January 13th, 2011 | by Gopal Shah | published in Google SketchUp
On April 6, 2009, a powerful earthquake struck l’Aquila, Italy. Three hundred and eight people died, and most of the buildings in the city center and surrounding areas were damaged or destroyed. About six months ago, we received an email from a Briti…
App Engine team appearances Winter 2011
January 13th, 2011 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
The Google App Engine team has launched some significant features recently, including: High Replication Datastore, Channel API, Always On, Warm Up requests, longer 10-minute (vs. 30-second) limit for tasks, and increased API call sizes. We are excit…
January 12th, 2011 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
As AdWords users, you know how effective AdWords can be in driving traffic to your website and how it can turn curious visitors into regular customers. But since not every visit leads to a sale, wouldn’t it be great to have other ways of making money…
January 12th, 2011 | by Chris Dale | published in Youtube
Starting today, we’re welcoming VEVO’s extensive library of official music videos from artists like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kanye West and U2 onto the YouTube 2.0 app for Android, available around the world. To watch these videos your mobile phone nee…
January 12th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Earlier today, we announced a maintenance release for Google SketchUp 8 (free and Pro) that is a free upgrade for all SketchUp 8 users. One of the bugs we’ve fixed is the oldest and thorniest in our bug tracker. Most folks call it the “Shadow Bug.
January 12th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Sometimes a haiku says it best:new SketchUp versionshadows work much better nowfarewell artifacts!You’ll want to download today’s free update for SketchUp 8 as soon as possible. It contains (among a great many other things) fixes for for raster image e…
January 12th, 2011 | by Andrew | published in Google Translate
When we launched the first version of Google Translate for Android in January 2010, we were excited about the year ahead. For the first time, we were bringing the capabilities supported on Google Translate—like machine translation, romanization of no…
January 12th, 2011 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile, Google Translate
(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and Translate Blog.)When we launched the first version of Google Translate for Android in January 2010, we were excited about the year ahead. For the first time, we were bringing the capabilities supported on G…
January 12th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Google.org
It’s been one year since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, and governments and NGOs are continuing to respond, many using high-resolution images of the area. To support these efforts, we’ve updated our aerial imagery in Google Earth of th…
January 12th, 2011 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Since our post announcing the open beta of the new AdSense interface, we’ve been working on a few additional features, listening closely to your feedback about how we can continue to improve. We’re very excited to announce a few changes that will f…
January 12th, 2011 | by Jamie Yood | published in Google.org
(Cross-posted from The Official Google Australia Blog)The flood emergency in Queensland continues to unfold.We’ve been working over the last 24 hours to access the latest information from authorities about river levels and projected road closures due…
January 12th, 2011 | by Vanessa Schneider | published in Google Earth
We recently released Google Places with Hotpot in Google Maps for Android, and starting now, you can have that same great experience as an iPhone app. We realize the importance of finding places you’ll love while you’re out and about, no matter wha…
January 12th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Today, Google and major websites are joining the Internet Society to announce World IPv6 Day, a 24-hour test flight of the next generation Internet protocol on June 8, 2011.The story begins in 1977, when Vint Cerf, the program manager for the ARPA Inte…
January 12th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Our January and February 2011 SketchUp Authorized Training Center schedule is now available. The map below contains information on specific locations, dates, and courses provided:View in a larger mapPosted by Shara Rice, SketchUp Training Team
Discover New Places From Your Hotpot Friends on Google Maps
January 11th, 2011 | by Vanessa Schneider | published in Google Earth
(Cross-posted from the Hotpot Blog.)When you need a great restaurant, hotel or pub, who do you turn to first for a recommendation? Your friends. We wanted to recreate that valuable exchange with Hotpot, our local recommendation engine from Google Place…