August 6th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
What’s new on YouTube since we last met? Let us count the things…”Playlist Bar” launch: Last week, we introduced the “Playlist Bar”: when you view a playlist, recommended videos (from the homepage), your subscriptions or your favorites, you’ll see a …
August 6th, 2010 | by Jamie Yood | published in Google.org
(Cross-posted from the LatLong blog)According to the UN, the recent floods in Pakistan have affected over 4 million individuals – and the human toll continues to grow. Disease is an ever-increasing risk as relief agencies rush to the aid of those who …
August 6th, 2010 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Today we’re happy to announce that The Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium (MEEC) will make Google Apps for Education available to 1.4 million students in the state. MEEC is comprised of the University System of Maryland, Maryland Higher Educati…
Optimization Best Practices: Negative Keywords
August 6th, 2010 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Negative keywords play a significant role in your campaign’s success. Adding negative keywords to your ad groups or campaign means that your ads won’t show for searches containing that term. In other words, negative keywords filter out unwanted imp…
A new curve tool for drawings
August 6th, 2010 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Sometimes scribbles just don’t cut it and you need more powerful curve tools in Google drawings. Well, we’ve just released a tool that does just that, based on cardinal splines.The new curves can be left open or closed, and can be filled or unfill…
August 6th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
We’re excited to announce we’ve acquired Slide, a social technology company with an extensive history of building new ways for people to connect with others across numerous platforms online.For Google, the web is about people, and we’re working t…
YouTube Summer School, Session 4: History
August 6th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
While we enjoy looking ahead and thinking big, we also take to heart the famous quote from George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That’s why for this week’s session of YouTube Summer School, we’re takin…
August 5th, 2010 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google SketchUp
Great news! In response to customer feedback, the Google 3D Warehouse now sends model updates via email, allowing you to stay informed about the status of your models as they’re being evaluated.Now, when your model is published to Google Earth you’…
New Keyword Targeting Feature: Broad Match Modifiers
August 5th, 2010 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
AdWords users – including Google Grants recipients – have always had the option to specify match types to decide the level of reach and the level of control they wish to exercise on their keywords. To allow our advertisers to expand their reach and exe…
August 5th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Last week, we held our sixth North American Computer Science Faculty Summit at our Mountain View headquarters. About 100 faculty members from universities around the world attended the summit, which focused on security, cloud computing and the social w…
Bergelectric on evaluating Microsoft BPOS-S and choosing Google Apps
August 5th, 2010 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Enterprise
Editor’s Note: We invited Kyle Swafford, Director of IT Services for Bergelectric, to share the story of Bergelectric’s evaluation of Google Apps and Microsoft BPOS-S and their subsequent migration from Novell Groupwise to Google Apps using Google …
August 5th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Macduff Hughes, Engineering DirectorI have a couple different Gmail addresses that I use for different purposes. Historically, Google Accounts – including Gmail accounts — have only let people access one account at a time per browser,…
Google Summer of Code Midterm Evaluations
August 5th, 2010 | by Carol Smith | published in Google Open Source
Midterm evaluations for Google Summer of Code 2010™ have wrapped up and we have some great news about the program.Out of the over 1,000 participating students from the beginning of the program, 964 have passed their midterm evaluation. That’s just …
Introducing the Google Small Business Blog
August 5th, 2010 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Enterprise
Most every business, including ours, starts small. These days, technology is giving businesses even more ways to grow bigger… faster. In our recent Small Business series on the Official…
August 5th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is the latest post in our series about Small Business and the real-life entrepreneurs who are using Google tools to fuel their success. Previous posts have illustrated the possibilities enabled by online resources like Google Places, Google Apps, …