July 30th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
Our August and September 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
July 29th, 2011 | by Mark W. | published in Google OpenSocial
OpenSocial rocks! Plain and simple. On Wednesday, Jive Software hosted an event where we showed off the Jive Apps Market. Thirteen of our app partners were present to demonstrate their killer apps (AppFusions, Appirio, Box, Crowd Fa…
July 29th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp, Uncategorized
It was over five years ago when we came up with the initial Acceptance Criteria for photo-textured 3D buildings in Google Earth. Since then, we’ve learned many things and have also made many improvements to the 3D modeling process—including the rel…
July 29th, 2011 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Code, Uncategorized
By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorWalking to my office today, I saw a bunch of kids wearing “GSOC” t-shirts. That reminded me that the 7th annual Google Summer of Code is going on now. Google Summer of Code helps students spend part of their vac…
July 29th, 2011 | by Natasha | published in Google Enterprise, Google Maps, Uncategorized
Rahul Sood, Enterprise Director of PartnershipsToday, all types of businesses rely on geographic information to make better decisions about their customers, products and processes. As part of our ongoing effort to make geographic information accessibl…
July 29th, 2011 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Corey Goldfeder, Software EngineerEditor’s Note: For a more technical description, see the Google Apps Developer BlogAt Google, we all use email very heavily — for communicating with other Googlers, for task management, and to mail around …
July 29th, 2011 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Code, Uncategorized
By Ram Ramani, Engineering ManagerUpdate 7/29/11: We were notified of a bug in the measurement tool that sometimes causes incorrect measurements. If your results indicated a slowdown on your pages, please run the tests again, and make sure you specify …
July 29th, 2011 | by Google Chrome Blog | published in Google Chrome
In the past, we’ve written a good deal about the Chrome sandbox and other security features that we built into the Chrome browser. These features demonstrate the Chrome team’s overall focus on providing usable security even as we continue our rapid…
Happy SysAdmin Day from Google – here’s to many happy returns (on investment)
July 29th, 2011 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise, Uncategorized
Posted by Anna Mongayt, Google Apps Premium Services Lead Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day – a humble holiday for all the men and women who keep our IT systems churning and burning. At Google, we’ve had the opportunity over the years to…
Gone fishin’—piloting community supported fisheries at Google
July 29th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted on the Google Green Blog)I’ve always loved the ocean—I was born in Shanghai, which means “upon the sea.” And as a chef, I’m always drawn to food that claims a spirit of place. After moving to California, near Half Moon Bay, I began vi…
July 29th, 2011 | by dly | published in Google Mobile, Uncategorized
(Cross-posted on the Inside Search blog)As part of our effort to evolve the Google design and experience, we’ve improved the www.google.com search experience on tablets. We’ve simplified the layout of search results pages and increased the size of …
Who’s New in Google Summer of Code: Part 9
July 29th, 2011 | by Stephanie Taylor | published in Google Open Source, Uncategorized
Every Friday all summer long we have spotlighted three or four new organizations participating in Google Summer of Code. This time organization administrators from Evergreen, Astrometry.net and Xapian give more insight into their projects and discuss s…
July 28th, 2011 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog, Uncategorized
Hey guys!Throughout the course of my internship, I’ve been learning more about what it means to be a product manager. One of the main tasks of the job is keeping your eyes and ears open for product ideas, then making them concrete by writing product …
July 28th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Nishit Shah, Product Manager, Google Security (Cross-posted on the Online Security Blog) Earlier this year, we introduced a security feature called 2-step verification that helps protect your Google Account from threats like password com…
July 28th, 2011 | by Josh Pyle | published in Google Affiliate Network
Today, we’re announcing two new improvements to the Google Affiliate Network Advertiser interface. We have updated the Advertiser Home to help you understand your affiliate program more efficiently and see the latest network announcements. We have al…