June 2nd, 2010 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
As many of you know, App Engine’s Datastore performance has been seriously degraded over the last few weeks. In addition to May 25th’s 45 minute Datastore outage, applications have seen an increased latency and thus errors as a result of timeouts….
June 2nd, 2010 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
As mobile apps continue to proliferate in stores like Android Market and the iPhone App Store, finding relevant information on the web about these apps is becoming more important to help you decide which apps to download. In addition to helping you fi…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Mark Weitzel | published in Google OpenSocial
The election for the OpenSocial Foundation’s community board representatives is now open. If you previously applied for membership, you should have received an email directing you to submit your ballot. The election will close at 11:59 PM PDT on Tuesda…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Joyce | published in Google Code
The Android intensity at Google I/O 2010 was definitely palpable. The Android presence included all of Day 2’s keynote along with a full session track, office hours, an Android device display of over 50 phones, and (many people’s favorite) the Deve…
June 2nd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Although it feels like summer in many parts of the world, this week much of the North American sports community is focused squarely on ice hockey. That’s because the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers kicked of…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Christine | published in Google Code, Google Docs
There was a big focus on developing software for businesses at Google I/O this year, centered around three themes: build and sell apps in the Marketplace, customize and extend Google’s apps, and build your own apps for internal use. The news kicked of…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
May’s resource round-up includes some first-hand experience from Google Grantees on what to expect from your Google Grant from set-up to tracking, a word from an SEO on their approach to our program, advice on how to make social marketing work for your…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Jean-Michel Trivi, an engineer working on the Android Media framework, whose T-shirt of the day reads “all your media buttons are belong to you”. — Tim Bray]Many Android devices come with the Music application used to play audio …
June 2nd, 2010 | by Jessica Smallman | published in Google Checkout
Graduation and Father’s Day are around the corner, and it’s time to reward dads and grads for their hard work. Google Checkout makes it easy to find great deals to show dads our appreciation and to give grads our congratulations.Hundreds of Checko…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
Today on the Chromium blog, we announced that we’re open-sourcing the RLZ library in Google Chrome as its own project. The RLZ library gives us the ability to accurately measure the success of marketing promotions and distribution partnerships in or…
June 2nd, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
From iGoogle’s debut in 2005 to our more recent launch of stars in search in March, we’ve enjoyed making your search experience more relevant, useful and fun through personalization. Today, we’re introducing a new feature that brings a whole new …
June 2nd, 2010 | by Chris Nguyen | published in Google Mobile
Grab your BlackBerry, hop on your bike, and have your friends join you with Google Maps for mobile! After adding biking directions and sharing for Android folks a few weeks ago, we’re happy to announce that Google Maps 4.2 for BlackBerry can also let y…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jon Orwant, Engineering ManagerWhen we launched Google Patent Search in 2006, we wanted to make it easier for people to understand the world of inventions, whether they were browsing for curious patents or researching serious engineering. Rec…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Hicham Alaoui | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
While the majority of Google Apps customers choose to “go Google” quickly without transferring old data from their previous IT environment, some companies are reluctant to step into the future without bringing along emails, calendar entries and con…
June 2nd, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
We launched YouTube Video Volunteers last June at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) to help nonprofits who struggle with creating great video, engage the passionate YouTube community, and introduce the idea that the Internet ca…