December 17th, 2010 | by Chang Kim | published in Google Blogger Buzz
This is a guest post by Eric Marcoullier, CEO of OneTrueFan. Though Blogger/Google does not have any affiliation with OneTrueFan, we’ve found OneTrueFan as an interesting way for our users to build community around their blog and get to know their au…
December 17th, 2010 | by Chris Nguyen | published in Google Mobile
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Yesterday we introduced Google Maps 5.0 for Android with two significant new features: 3D interaction and offline reliability. In order to create these features, we rebuilt Maps using vector graphics to dynam…
December 17th, 2010 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster level: AllToday we’ve added a new notification to our search results that helps people know when a site may have been hacked. We’ve provided notices for malware for years, which also involve a separate warning page. Now we’re expanding …
Spreading holiday cheer with charitable donations
December 17th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
The past couple of years have been a challenging stretch for charitable organizations as giving tends to decline during economic downturns when the need is highest. Charitable giving was down 3.6% in 2009, only the second year there’s been a drop sin…
December 17th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On the Google Display Network, we’ve been working hard to make display advertising accessible to everyone, no matter what your size or budget. In 2008, we launched Display Ad Builder to help you design display ads in minutes for free. Now, 100 new adve…
Google Celebrates 10 years in Chicago
December 17th, 2010 | by GAN UI Blog | published in Google Affiliate Network, Uncategorized
Reposted from the Google company blogThese days, you probably know the city of Chicago as the home of great comedy, amazing parks, soaring skyscrapers, championship hockey and—no matter what our colleagues at Google NYC say—the greatest pizza in th…
Google Celebrates 10 years in Chicago
December 17th, 2010 | by GAN UI Blog | published in Google Affiliate Network, Uncategorized
Reposted from the Google company blogThese days, you probably know the city of Chicago as the home of great comedy, amazing parks, soaring skyscrapers, championship hockey and—no matter what our colleagues at Google NYC say—the greatest pizza in th…
December 17th, 2010 | by Vivek Tata | published in Google Merchant
We are pleased to announce our newest addition to the shopping family — simple yet powerful programmatic interfaces that enable retailers to upload their content to and query data from Google. The new Shopping Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)…
December 17th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
When the Free Software Foundation’s executive director, Peter Brown, visited the Google offices last week, he graciously offered his time for an interview with Samba co-founder and Open Source Programs Office team member Jeremy Allison. Peter and Jer…
Android stretches its legs… errr wheels… with help from 20% time at Google
December 17th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Code
Today we announced a fun 20% robotics project that resulted in three ways you can play with your iRobot Create®, LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, or VEX Pro® through the cloud. We did this by enhancing App Inventor for Android, contributing to the op…
December 17th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
We know from examining our charts and graphs that the good people of Brazil are crazy about SketchUp. We can officially add 3D modeling to the long, long list of things for which that country is famous.The first book about Google SketchUp 8 is now avai…
Robot hackathon connects with Android, browsers and the cloud
December 17th, 2010 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Ryan Hickman and Mamie Rheingold, 20% Robotics Task ForceWith a beer fridge stocked and music blasting, engineers from across Google—and the world—spent the month of October soldering and hacking in their 20% time to connect hobbyist and …
Searching for the sunshine and snow
December 17th, 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.
In the town where I grew up, the average temperature fluctuates from 66°F to 83°F. I …
December 17th, 2010 | by Michelle | published in Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: For all the small businesses out there including the millions that use our Google Enterprise products, we recently asked a question – if you had one wish for your small business in 2011, what would it be? Today we’re excited to share s…
December 17th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Youtube
Last week in our ongoing Howcast series on filmmaking in the digital age we talked about how the web is changing the traditional path toward film festivals. This week, we bring you an interview with filmmaker Sam Kauffmann whose films have screened at …