Back and other hard keys: three stories
December 18th, 2009 | by Dianne Hackborn | published in Google Android
Android 2.0 introduces new behavior and support for handling hard keys such as BACK and MENU, including some special features to support the virtual hard keys that are appearing on recent devices such as Droid.This article will give you three stories o…
Google’s approach to privacy
December 18th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Christine Chen, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsOnline privacy has been on a lot of people’s minds lately, including ours. As Google has grown, it’s only natural that people have questions about how we handle information.We’v…
How to video chat in orkut
December 18th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
We recently announced the launch of orkut video chat, an easy way for you and your friends to keep in touch, virtually face-to-face, directly from your orkut pages.
To enjoy this feature, all you need is a webcam and a small plugin — free at www.google.com/chat/video.
Take a look at this video to see how it works:
Remember that to be able to chat or video chat, first you have to validate your e-mail address on orkut.
To learn more, visit this help center page. Also, don’t forget to give us your feedback through the orkut help forum. Have fun video chatting with your friends!
Posted by Ariel, orkut operations team
Translate a site, preview PDFs and page templates location released in Google Sites
December 18th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
In Google Sites you can now:- Translate a site you visit that’s not in your default language for Google Sites. This could be used by international co-workers to view the project site of a remote office if that project site is in the local language of t…
Carbon offsets at Google
December 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
As leaders from around the world meet in Copenhagen to address global climate change this month, we thought it was a good time to reflect on our own carbon footprint. In 2007, we committed to become a carbon neutral company. We know that it isn’t possi…
December 17th, 2009 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Three months ago we announced the deprecation of the legacy gadgets API. Since then we’ve released a legacy migration guide for converting legacy gadgets to “gadgets.*” by hand, and we’re continuing to work on a migration tool to help perform this conv…
December 17th, 2009 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
Three months ago we announced the deprecation of the legacy gadgets API. Since then we’ve released a legacy migration guide for converting legacy gadgets to “gadgets.*” by hand, and we’re continuing to work on a migration tool to help perform this conv…
December 17th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
In the past few months, you may have noticed that Google Maps directions have been using some new phrases such as “Take the 2nd right” rather than just “Turn right”. We’re using phrases like this because they’re natural concepts that relate to the way …
December 17th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Have you ever been lost? Perhaps you missed a turn because a street sign was poorly labeled, hard to see in the dark, or just not where it should have been? These are problems we’ve all faced, but they’re especially complicated in India, where street n…
New resource for display advertisers on the Content Network
December 17th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Over the last year and a half, we’ve made significant changes to the Google Content Network to deliver better performance for your campaigns and to simplify the process of serving ads across a range of websites. As we roll out more features, we want to…
AdWords API v2009 Hack Days
December 17th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
Have you been putting off migrating to v2009? Not sure where to start? Been way too busy? Well it’s time to jump start your v2009 development with some in-person help from Google. Join us in San Francisco (January 7th) or New York (January 14th) for…
The Davos Debates 2010: Your Pitch To The World
December 17th, 2009 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
This year’s iteration of The Davos Debates is up and running, offering one YouTube user the opportunity to attend this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos to put forward the cause they are most passionate about at a specially convened pane…
Google Honored as a Finalist in the 2010 SC Awards
December 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Google is honored to have been selected as a finalist in the 2010 SC Awards for outstanding achievement in IT security. Google Message Security, powered by Postini, was nominated for the Reader Trust award in the Best Managed Security Service category …
2009 Grants Education Wrap-up
December 17th, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
2009 was a big year for educational resources and support! We implemented major changes to our existing support model, while providing new content and additional resources. Email SupportFor direct support requests, we instituted categorized webforms wh…
Automatic site translation and more in Google Sites
December 17th, 2009 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve added three new additions to Google Sites. First, we’ve integrated Google Sites with the Google Translate element. Now, visitors to your Google Site with a different language setting than your site can hit the tra…