Google Scholarships in North America – Now accepting applications!
January 10th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to advancing computing and technology, we are pleased to support the work of our partner organizations in providing scholarships to students studying computer science.Today we are announcing the following schola…
January 10th, 2012 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Code, Uncategorized
By Melina Mattos, Program Manager, Google AfricaCross-posted from the Google Africa Blog2011 was a busy year for the Google Africa team. The g|Day developer and business conference visited Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa,…
January 10th, 2012 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android, Uncategorized
[This post is by R. Jason Sams, an Android Framework engineer who specializes in graphics, performance tuning, and software architecture. —Tim Bray]For ICS, Renderscript (RS) has been updated with several new features to simplify adding compute …
Think fast in the first Think Quarterly of 2012
January 10th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
In the amount of time it takes you to read this blog post, roughly 382 Android phones will be activated, 250,000+ words will be written on Blogger and 48 hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube. The world is moving faster than ever before, bringing …
January 10th, 2012 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Uncategorized
Brits, Aussies, and Kiwis: see what Americans have been buzzing about for weeks!We launched a new look for the AdWords Help Center and it’s now available in your countries! Since we introduced it in the U.S. just a few weeks ago, thousands of AdWords u…
Personalized optimization tips explained
January 10th, 2012 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense, Uncategorized
We’ve heard from many of you that the AdSense optimization tips we regularly discuss are helpful but you’re still not sure just how these tips apply to your sites. You understand that wide formats perform better, but which of your small formats sho…
Get indoor maps of Las Vegas Casinos, the Convention Center and more
January 10th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps, Uncategorized
At the 2012 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV, attendees will now be able to use Google Maps on their Android devices to help them find their way in the sea of exhibitors and attractions throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center, select …
The strengths of autism shine in 3D
January 10th, 2012 | by Gopal Shah | published in Google SketchUp
About 8 years ago, the SketchUp team started receiving some pretty intriguing calls: parents of children on the autism spectrum were calling to let us know how SketchUp was changing their kids’ lives. People with autism tend to be unusually strong vi…
January 10th, 2012 | by Wendy Wu | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise, Google Maps, Uncategorized
Posted by Jason Kirkland, Technology Projects Manager, City of LewisvilleEditors note: Today our guest blogger is Jason Kirkland, Technology Projects Manager for the City of Lewisville, Texas. Jason is recognized by Google as a Government Transformer f…
Search, plus Your World
January 10th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Google Search has always been about finding the best results for you. Sometimes that means results from the public web, but sometimes it means your personal content or things shared with you by people you care about. These wonderful people and this ric…
Rice + Academics
January 10th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
Introduction: Veronica Rae Saron is a Google Student Ambassador at Rice University. In this four-part blog series, Rice+, Veronica will share about the various creative ways that the Rice community is using Google+ to enhance their world. Stay tuned fo…
January 9th, 2012 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Code
By Raph Levien, Engineer, Google Web FontsOne of Google’s core principles is that “fast is better than slow”, and the Web Fonts team takes that to heart. We’re always looking for ways to make web fonts load faster, and that’s doubtless a key fact…
Make Ideas Real: Projects for You, Projects for Me
January 9th, 2012 | by Mark Harrison | published in Google SketchUp, Uncategorized
Reviewing the hundreds of designs that SketchUp users have submitted to the Make Ideas Real project, we’ve noticed that a large number of submissions could be described as “useful.” (Shocker right? People design things for a reason!) For some fol…
Google Body becomes Zygote Body; built on open source 3D viewer
January 9th, 2012 | by Stephanie Taylor | published in Google Open Source, Uncategorized
Google Body was built by Google engineers in their “20% time” and was retired along with Google Labs last year. Today we’re pleased to announce that the software underlying Google Body is now open source.Zygote Media Group, which provided the ima…
Where you’ll find Google and YouTube at CES 2012
January 9th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Every year in the tech world, thousands of us pack a bag with all of our gadgets and head to Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It’s a tech lover’s paradise where you can check out new technologies and talk about the t…