July 30th, 2012 | by Ariel | published in Google Enterprise
Posted by Fred Brewin, Product ManagerJust like many of you, at Google we tend to live in our email inboxes. If your business has already gone Google, you know that Gmail lets you email, chat, call phones, and video chat – making it easy to connect wit…
July 30th, 2012 | by Stephanie Taylor | published in Google Open Source
Earlier this year at LibrePlanet 2012, Jeremy Allison caught up with Eben Moglen, head of the Software Freedom Law Center, to discuss the GPLv3 and the software project Freedom Box. Some highlights from the chat are listed below:What is the role of the…
July 30th, 2012 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Fred Brewin, Product ManagerSince the introduction of Gmail video chat back in 2008, many of you have told us that you love the direct, personal communication it provides. That’s why we’re excited to announce that video chat is being upgraded…
July 30th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
Following in the footsteps of The White House, we’re delighted to announce the iconic residence of the UK Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Downing Street, London, can now be seen in Street View. Google Maps users can take a virtual str…
July 27th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
Cross-posted from the Google Apps Developer BlogAre you an expert in the Drive API or Google Apps APIs? Are you an expert in Google Apps Script? If you are, then you must have been busy coding away for the Google Apps Developer Challenge since its laun…
July 27th, 2012 | by YouTube Staff | published in Youtube API
If you’ve hesitated to use the player in your app due to the IFrame Player API’s experimental status, then wait no more. We’ve removed that API’s ‘experimental’ tag, which means the API is production-ready and is covered by YouTube’s deprecation policy. Since the is the default way of sharing YouTube videos on the Web, the IFrame Player API is now the recommended mechanism to control video playback behavior in your Web applications.
To provide a consistent developer experience with the YouTube Upload Widget, we’ve changed the the URL for loading the IFrame Player API code to https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api. The old URL (http://www.youtube.com/player_api) is now deprecated, though it will continue to work. Similarly, the iframe API initialization callback name has been changed to onYouTubeIframeAPIReady from onYouTubePlayerAPIReady, also for consistency with the YouTube Upload Widget. The old callback name, onYouTubePlayerAPIReady, is now deprecated as well. If your app uses both the YouTube Upload Widget as well as the IFrame Player API, you only need to include the script once and handle a single initialization callback.
Going forward, we’ll continue making improvements to the IFrame API and make it work better with mobile platforms. As before, you can find the details about the API in our documentation and ask questions about it on our developer forum.
Cheers,
–Jarek Wilkiewicz, YouTube API Team
July 27th, 2012 | by Unknown | published in Google Research, Youtube
Posted by Jeff Walz, Head of University RelationsYesterday afternoon at the 2012 Computer Science Faculty Summit, there was a round of lightning talks addressing some of the research problems faced by Google across several domains. The talks pointed ou…
July 27th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
In our continuing effort to build the most comprehensive and accurate view of the world, the Google Earth and Maps Imagery team just published another extensive catalog of new imagery. This week we have exciting new updates to both our high resolution …
July 27th, 2012 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research
Posted by Andrea Held, University RelationsIn the last 10 years, we’ve seen a major transition from stand-alone applications that run on desktop computers to applications running in the cloud. Unfortunately, many computer science students don’t hav…
July 27th, 2012 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Analytics
Google Analytics has always provided powerful tools to help you better understand your website visitors and improve their experience. Some of you have also started using insights from your website to optimize your remarketing campaigns and re-engage cu…
July 27th, 2012 | by Katie Miller | published in Google Adwords
A few years back, we introduced interest based advertising, including remarketing, as a way to reach the right audience with your message and re-engage with customers who have visited your site. Since then, clients have seen great results – more engage…
July 26th, 2012 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research
Posted by Maggie Johnson, Director of Education and University RelationsGoogle’s Eighth Annual Computer Science Faculty Summit opened today in Mountain View with a fascinating talk by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, leaders of the data visual…
July 26th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
Maps users have told us that when they embark on a journey, they often want to start from their current location. That’s why today we’re making Google Maps more useful by automatically zooming into your city as the starting point for your search. N…
July 26th, 2012 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
When someone writes a plugin for SketchUp, he or she isn’t just looking to cram a few more icons into your toolbar. Plugins help users solve important design and workflow problems, so plugin developers have to be as keyed into the needs of SketchUp users as we are. Our Ruby API is a canvas, but it is the ingenuity of developers that makes the plugin community truly remarkable.
Today, I’m happy to announce that Íscar, the Spanish SketchUp Pro reseller and Authorized Training Center, is hosting the first-ever SketchUp Plugin Conference this fall.
The details:
Íscar’s conference will take place September 5th – 7th, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. The event is focused on the needs of plugin developers, distributors and resellers, though it’s open to everyone. The conference will be a venue for developers to present their plugins, share tips with other plugin authors, and even find new distribution channels for products. Users will see demos of the latest and greatest plugins, and have a chance to compare notes with people from around Europe and the rest of the world.
This conference is not being organized by the SketchUp team but we are co-sponsoring it, and a few of us will be in attendance. We may even cook up a presentation or two.
Register for the conference here. Questions? Check out this FAQ.
Posted by Chris Cronin, SketchUp Business Development
July 26th, 2012 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Analytics
A version of the following post originally appeared on Justin Cutroni’s Analytics Talk blog.It’s that time again! Time to take your analytics questions (via Google+) and provide a useful answer.This edition includes information about such topics as…