December 16th, 2010 | by Chris Nguyen | published in Google Mobile
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog and the Google Lat Long Blog)Update (12/17/2010 11:30am PST): Check out a related post on the technology powering Google Maps 5.0 for Android.I’m excited to announce Google Maps 5.0 for Android, with two si…
December 16th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public PolicyIn April the Department of Commerce announced the formation of an Internet Policy Task Force to look at the various issues affecting economic growth and job creation through the Internet. Today, the task…
December 16th, 2010 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Google Apps is Google’s suite of cloud-based messaging and collaboration apps used by over 30 million users in small and large businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and non-profit organizations around the world. Apps includes pro…
December 16th, 2010 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
This post is part of the “Teach Your Parents Tech” series where Googlers help provide some tips and tricks you can gift your parents with this Holiday Season.
For my mom, learning new technology can be pretty overwhelming. Except, of course, when …
December 16th, 2010 | by Jeff | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
This year cloud computing went mainstream, and the conversations moved beyond “this is a way to cut costs” to “this is a better way to run my business.” While many IT vendors have now adopted (or co-opted) the term “cloud computing” to describe a …
December 16th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Code
(Cross-posted from the Chromium Blog)We’re happy to announce that WebGL is now on by default in Google Chrome’s beta channel, with some shiny new demos to show off what the technology can do.WebGL is a 3D graphics API for JavaScript that developers…
December 16th, 2010 | by Google Chrome Blog | published in Google Chrome
Last week, we previewed several upcoming features that will be available to users on Chrome and Chrome OS. Today we’re excited to introduce a few of these new security, speed, and open web platform features into Chrome’s beta channel.As one of the …
December 16th, 2010 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Last week we announced Nexus S, a pure Google phone. With a brilliant 4” Contour Display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, the latest Google mobile apps and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) pre-installed, we’re excited about getting this great device out the…
December 16th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Yep, it’s that time of the year again when everyone takes a break to celebrate the traditional holidays with their family and friends. At Google it’s no different. Despite our constant work to launch new improvements for you every month, we like to…
December 15th, 2010 | by Kate Rose | published in Youtube
Starting today, you might notice a button on YouTube.com asking if you want to check out an experimental homepage we’ve been working on. It’s an opt-in experiment, offering a homepage that has a real emphasis on a personalized video browsing and wa…
December 15th, 2010 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Cross posted on the YouTube BlogThree years ago, the vlogbrothers Hank and John kick started an initiative called Project for Awesome, which called for YouTube users across the world to “take over YouTube” by creating videos that promote their favo…
When one translation just isn’t enough
December 15th, 2010 | by Missy | published in Google Translate, Uncategorized
When you come to Google Translate, we always do our best to give you the most accurate translation our system can produce. However, sometimes translation can be pretty tough. Language is full of ambiguities and our system has to do its best to make the…
December 15th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
When Google acquired Instantiations, the maker of a suite of Java development tools, we made many of their Java Eclipse tools available for free as part of the Google Web Toolkit. Today, Google is donating the source code for WindowBuilder, an Eclipse …
December 15th, 2010 | by Jessica Smallman | published in Google Checkout
Online holiday shopping has been setting new records this season, and there’s no reason to slow down now. Google can help you find great deals for all the last-minute items on your list using Google Checkout and Google Product Search.Know the type of…
The “City of Love,” now in 3D
December 15th, 2010 | by Gopal Shah | published in Google SketchUp
To foreigners, Paris is the “city of love.” To Parisians, it’s the “city of lights” (La Ville-Lumière). Today, Paris is the “city in 3D.”Sunrise in ParisOften considered one of the top destinations for world travelers, Paris is known for…