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Protecting users from malware hosted on bulk subdomain services

June 17th, 2011 | by Jay | published in Google Online Security, Uncategorized

Posted by Oliver Fisher, Google Anti-Malware TeamOver the past few months, Google’s systems have detected a number of bulk subdomain providers becoming targets of abuse by malware distributors. Bulk subdomain providers register a domain name, like ex…

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Search all your email on iOS devices

June 17th, 2011 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps

You can now search all messages in your Gmail account with the addition of server search for Google Sync enabled iOS devices.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationHow to access what’s new: To search messages …

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Diary of a Summer Intern – Erika

June 16th, 2011 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog

Introduction: Now that you’ve met the interns who will be featured this summer, let’s jump right in to see what they’ve been up to. Erika will kick things off and give us a sneak peek into her first few weeks as an intern in the Google Tokyo office.

Hey everyone,

This week marks the end of my first month as an associate product management (APM) intern on the Geo team in the Google Tokyo office. So much has happened over the past few weeks and I can’t believe things have been moving along so fast. At the beginning of May, I packed up two suitcases and moved from Colorado to Japan for the next three and a half months. I was a little overwhelmed to be moving to a foreign city, but looking back on my first month with Google, there’s no doubt that it was a worthwhile move.

Erika hanging out at the kotatsu in the webmaster corner

After my plane landed at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, I moved into my new apartment and the next day—despite my jetlag—I got right to work at my new internship. The Google Tokyo office is located in the 54-story Mori Tower building. Besides the incredible view, working in the city’s fifth tallest building has other perks as well—whenever I get lost walking to work (which I still do, even one month in), it’s incredibly convenient to be able to look up, spot Mori Tower hovering over the other buildings and easily find my way to the office.

Since I am the first ever APM intern in the Tokyo office, getting settled in entailed a lot of trial and error, as well as a lot of hand-waving and charades to overcome the language barrier. I also got used to being greeted with a quizzical, “We have interns?”, since the idea of an internship is still a relatively new concept in Japanese society. The most exciting part of my first few days was meeting and going out to dinner with the Geo team. Bonding with the team early on helped me get familiar with not just my fellow Geo colleagues, but also the wide range of Geo projects going on here in the office.

I am working with the Maps Personalization team to create an individualized Google Maps experience for every user. Recently, we launched My Places which allows users to easily re-find and organize locations that are important to them. It was a really awesome to be able to dive into a project from the get-go and see the product launch within one month of my internship! Another really cool thing about my project is that the Maps team is spread out across several offices worldwide. It’s incredible to see people from different time zones working and communicating so well on a daily basis.

Outside of work, there is still more fun to be had. There are a lot of after-work clubs in the Tokyo office, including the ramen club, juggling club and ping pong club. I recently joined the climbing club and we go rock climbing or bouldering once a week at various gyms scattered throughout the city. It’s a great way to meet fun people from around the office while exploring new areas of Tokyo.

私はGoogleが大好き！

-Erika

Fun Google Fact: Google offers many ways to bring employees closer together. On Tuesdays, we have a Mystery Lunch event where people from all over the office meet outside the cafeteria and draw a random card from a deck. We then find the other three people with the same card number and all enjoy lunch together. It’s a great opportunity to step out of your usual lunch circle, meet Googlers outside of your department and enjoy interesting conversation over lunch. Google’s Mystery Lunch tradition is a tasty way to make friends and was even aired on NHK TV, Japan’s national broadcasting company.

Posted by Jessica Safir, University Programs Coordinator

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Now easier to rename a user

June 16th, 2011 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps

We’ve made it easier to rename users in the Administrator Control Panel by adding the ability to rename from the user information page.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationLanguages included: US English on…

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More Building Maker cities and a new competition, too

June 16th, 2011 | by Gopal Shah | published in Google Earth

[Cross-posted from the SketchUp Blog]It’s a great day for the citizens of Argentina — and for Canadians in the nation’s capital. We’ve released new Building Maker imagery in six new cities:Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCórdoba, ArgentinaMa…

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Google at CVPR 2011

June 16th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research, Uncategorized

Posted by Mei Han and Sergey Ioffe, Research TeamThe computer vision community will get together in Colorado Springs the week of June 20th for the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2011). This year will see …

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GTAC 2011 Keynotes

June 16th, 2011 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing

By James WhittakerI am pleased to confirm 3 of our keynote speakers for GTAC 2011 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View CA.Google’s own Alberto Savoia, aka Testivus.Steve McConnell the best selling author of Code Complete and CEO of Construx …

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Rimm-Kaufman Group discusses their experience with Product Listing Ads

June 16th, 2011 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords

Recently we had a chance to catch up with Matthew Mierzejewski of Rimm-Kaufman Group (RKG) to discuss his experience managing Product Listing Ads for his clients.Founded in 2003, RKG is a data-driven online marketing firm that specializes in paid searc…

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Google eBooks Affiliate program – Open for business

June 16th, 2011 | by Jamie | published in Google Affiliate Network

Reposted from Inside Google Books blog by Pratip Banerji, Product Manager, Google Books team.Retailers, bloggers, book publishers and other website owners in the U.S. can now become Google eBooks affiliates. Affiliates can link to Google eBooks on thei…

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Design an improvement for your vehicle, win a 3D printed prize

June 16th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp, Uncategorized

Speaking of Personal Manufacturing, our fast-moving friends over at i.materialise have devised a new 3D printing competition for SketchUp modelers everywhere. The Google SketchUp and i.materialise Pimp Your Vehicle Challenge invites you to design an ad…

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Trying to end mixed scripting vulnerabilities

June 16th, 2011 | by Chris Evans | published in Google Online Security

Posted by Chris Evans and Tom Sepez, Google Chrome Security TeamA “mixed scripting” vulnerability is caused when a page served over HTTPS loads a script, CSS, or plug-in resource over HTTP. A man-in-the-middle attacker (such as someone on the same …

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More Layout Options

June 16th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search

Ever since the launch of Custom Search, users have asked us to provide more flexible options to integrate search into their websites. Today, we’re launching a set of new layout options for your Custom Search experience. If you go to the Look and feel…

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Google eBooks Affiliate program – Open for business

June 16th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books

Posted by Pratip Banerji, Product Manager, Google Books team Retailers, bloggers, book publishers and other website owners in the U.S. can now become Google eBooks affiliates. Affiliates can link to Google eBooks on their sites for any of the hundreds…

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Faster than fast

June 16th, 2011 | by Google Chrome Blog | published in Google Chrome

What if a waiter handed you your meal, hot and fresh, the instant you ordered it? What if the elevator doors opened onto the eighth floor the instant you pressed the eighth floor button in the lobby? What if a web page appeared in your browser, loaded …

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Webinar: Implementing the +1 Button

June 16th, 2011 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense, Uncategorized

(Cross-posted on the Webmaster Central blog)A few weeks ago, we launched the +1 button for your site, allowing visitors to recommend your content on Google search directly from your site. As people see recommendations from their friends and contacts b…

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Archive for June, 2011

Protecting users from malware hosted on bulk subdomain services

Search all your email on iOS devices

Diary of a Summer Intern – Erika

Now easier to rename a user

More Building Maker cities and a new competition, too

Google at CVPR 2011

GTAC 2011 Keynotes

Rimm-Kaufman Group discusses their experience with Product Listing Ads

Google eBooks Affiliate program – Open for business

Design an improvement for your vehicle, win a 3D printed prize

Trying to end mixed scripting vulnerabilities

More Layout Options

Google eBooks Affiliate program – Open for business

Faster than fast

Webinar: Implementing the +1 Button

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