February 8th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog)Back in August 2008, we launched a Google Translate HTML5 web app for iPhone users. Today, the official Google Translate for iPhone app is available for download from the App Store. The new app has all of the …
February 8th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
It wasn’t very difficult for something to spark my imagination when I was a child—whether it was a pile of leaves or a couch of stackable cushions, just about anything could jump-start my creativity. My first encounter with Jules Verne’s 20,000 …
February 7th, 2011 | by Picasa Team | published in Google Photos (Picasa)
Posted by Tammy McLeod, Software engineer Picasa Web for mobile lets you view and share your photos, browse photos from people you follow, or search public photos from our Picasa Web community. All on the go. Until now, there was a limit to how many p…
February 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
We’ve been counting down the days until Google I/O 2011 and hope that you have been, too. With 91 days, 22 hours and 45 minutes to go, we’re excited to announce that registration is now open at www.google.com/io. Our largest annual developer confer…
February 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted on the Mobile Ads Blog) By the end of 2011, an estimated one billion people around the world will be connected to the mobile web and 50% of all Americans will own a smartphone. Because of the explosion of web-enabled mobile devices, mo…
February 7th, 2011 | by Vivek Tata | published in Google Merchant
Later this year, we plan to launch Google Shopping*, our shopping search engine, in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. To participate in this free service, merchants use a site called the Google Merchant Center to submit and track their product data fee…
February 4th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label “This week in search” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.This week it got just a bit faster to find the right things to buy and the right pla…
February 4th, 2011 | by Kevin Allocca | published in Youtube
Each weekday, we at YouTube Trends take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we’ve come across recently:We used the questions you asked of the Presiden…
February 4th, 2011 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
If you’ve ever spent hours debugging your Java code, today’s blog post is for you.Often bugs that are frustratingly elusive and hard to track down appear simple or even trivial once you have found their cause (the fault). Why are those bugs hard to…
February 4th, 2011 | by Amanda Surya | published in Google Code
Ever since we launched Google TV last October, we’ve seen web developers optimize their sites for TV with amazing results. However, designing a 10 foot UI and implementing controls optimized for the television is still a foreign concept for most web …
Showtime’s “SHORT stories” recruits YouTube finest to make short films
February 4th, 2011 | by Mia | published in Youtube
For “SHORT stories,” Showtime contacted cutting-edge creators from across the Web and asked them to tell a tale in an innovative way. The series sports the work of some of YouTube’s top creators, so naturally we’re interested in learning a whol…
February 4th, 2011 | by Kate Rose | published in Youtube
You may notice the streets will be exceptionally quiet this superb ‘ol Sunday afternoon, with perhaps only a few pizza delivery vehicles passing by, as Americans gather en masse around the big screen to watch our annual football, food and advertising s…
February 4th, 2011 | by Nick | published in Google Analytics
Welcome to our first Web Analytics TV episode of 2011!Web Analytics TV is powered by your questions, in this episode we had questions from Australia, India, Russia, Germany, Israel, Poland, Argentina, Dubai, Cyprus and so many other places. It is amazi…
February 4th, 2011 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
As part of our ongoing goal to provide more payment options around the world, we’re very excited to announce the arrival of Western Union Quick Cash® payments for the Palestinian Territories (Gaza & the West Bank).For those of you who aren’t famil…
February 4th, 2011 | by Tasha Danko | published in Google Earth
[Cross-posted from the Panoramio Blog]
It is 9 a.m. and the thermometer shows -15°C. I have a Nexus S with Google Latitude in my left pocket and my new Lumix LX-5 in the right one. I am in Davos and I am ready for a fantastic day of skiing when I dec…