September 2nd, 2011 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Uncategorized
In July, my Google Earth Outreach teammate Sean Askay and I traveled from the Ecuadorian Andes all the way to the Amazon basin with a group of journalists who report on environmental issues impacting the Amazon region.
We were there at the invitation …
September 2nd, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Kent Walker, Senior Vice President and General Counsel In December, we announced four initiatives to tackle the problem of copyright infringement online. We’ve made considerable progress on each front, and we will continue to evolve o…
September 1st, 2011 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Uncategorized
We’re excited to announce a new metric in AdWords, top of page bid estimates, to provide additional assistance in optimizing your ads to show above the search results. Analogous to first page bid estimates, this metric approximates the cost-per-clic…
New 45° imagery available for 24 cities
September 1st, 2011 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
This month’s update to 45° imagery in Google Maps includes coverage of more U.S. and international cities, particularly in Spain.
For example, Girona, a city in the autonomous region of Catalonia and close to the French border, has many historical …
September 1st, 2011 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James WhittakerAnything in software development that takes ten minutes or less to perform is either trivial or is not worth doing in the first place. If you take this rule of thumb at face value, where do you place test planning? Certainly it takes …
September 1st, 2011 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
This week, we added the Subtotal function to our list of functions in Google spreadsheets. One of the benefits of the Subtotal function is that it works well with AutoFilters by only using unfiltered data when performing calculations (other functions s…
September 1st, 2011 | by effie | published in Google Mobile, Uncategorized
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Back in December, Android ventured into near space, thanks to a weekend of DIY work, a couple of Nexus S phones, some weather balloons and the help of this little guy. After this first adventure, we knew it w…
September 1st, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
Back in December, Android ventured into near space, thanks to a weekend of DIY work, a couple of Nexus S phones, some weather balloons and the help of this little guy. After this first adventure, we knew it was only a matter of time before Android went…
September 1st, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
It’s that time of the year again for the Chrome team, when we pause on our anniversary to reflect on the amazing life and times of the web. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three years since we launched our open source web browser, Chr…
Using Google Earth to hunt for treasure
September 1st, 2011 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Uncategorized
For as long as I can remember my dad has had a real knack for doing puzzles, in particular cryptic crosswords. On the other hand, I don’t have a clue when it comes to puzzles. I just don’t seem to be able to get into that “figuring out puzzles
September 1st, 2011 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, we announced the Gold Star Partnership Showcase as an opportunity to publicly recognize some of our amazing AdSense partners.
We asked you, our blog readers, to submit your sites for consideration and to tell us why your site should b…
September 1st, 2011 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API, Uncategorized
Recently, we have migrated the Google Apps accounts to a new infrastructure that includes all Personal Google accounts. This has introduced a conflict for API users who have the same email address for both types of accounts. As a result, you will not…
September 1st, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
(Cross-posted on the YouTube Blog and the Public Sector Blog)If you’ve been watching the 2012 Republican presidential race from the sidelines, now is your chance to get involved: Google and FOX News will present a GOP primary debate in Orlando, Flori…
September 1st, 2011 | by Google Chrome Blog | published in Google Chrome
It’s that time of the year again for the Chrome team, when we pause on our anniversary to reflect on the amazing life and times of the web. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three years since we launched our open source web browser, Chr…
September 1st, 2011 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Code
By Christine Songco Lau, Developer RelationsLast year, the Google DevFest Tour gathered thousands of developers collectively around the world. Attendees heard from peers in the community already running their businesses on the Google platform. Googlers…