September 18th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps
Together with thousands of participating businesses owners around the world, we’ve been working hard to improve the comprehensiveness of interior, panoramic imagery available on Google and Google Maps.Now, if you’re searching or browsing Google Map…
September 18th, 2012 | by Pete Frisella | published in Google Analytics
Google Analytics Core Reporting APIs enable a powerful and flexible way to analyze, report on, and ultimately optimize such things as web and mobile experiences, conversions, and sales.Today we’re adding over 40 new metrics and dimensions that can be…
September 18th, 2012 | by Katie Miller | published in Google Adwords
At Google, we’re amazed by how the ad industry is using the digital canvas to bring brands and ideas to life. Whether it’s enticing viewers with video, evoking a smile with a mobile phone, or reconfiguring the typical ‘test drive,’ when digital a…
September 18th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
To kick-off the new school year, last month we invited 150 bright and enthusiastic students from universities across the US to join us in Mountain View for our annual two-day Student Ambassador Summit. At the Summit, our new class of Student Ambassador…
September 18th, 2012 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Boost your revenue this fall with Google Affiliate Network. Over 40 promotions from U.S. advertisers will be available exclusively to Google Affiliate Network publishers from September 21st to September 24th. Post an exclusive promotion on your site an…
September 18th, 2012 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research
Posted by Jon Vaver, Research Scientist and Lizzy Van Alstine, Marketing ManagerAdvertisers have a fundamental need to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns. In a previous paper, we described the application of geo experiments to mea…
September 18th, 2012 | by Katie Miller | published in Google Adwords
In the past 10 years the number and variety of new technologies in display advertising have more than doubled, effectively creating new – and better – ways to buy display across the web. With this influx of new display targeting technologies available…
September 18th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Google Play and YouTube offer the latest new movie releases and your favorite TV shows to enjoy on your Android phone or tablet and on the web. But you’ve been missing one critical thing…Stewie Griffin. We’re happy to share that Stewie, “Family…
September 18th, 2012 | by Unknown | published in Google DoubleClick
Today at the London ATS Trading summit we announced the launch of Audience Extension, a new feature within DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) designed to generate more premium revenue for publishers by leveraging their audiences across the web. Audience …
September 17th, 2012 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
We are delighted to make Virtual IP (VIP) based SSL more widely available to developers by announcing a reduction in price. From the 25th of September, VIPs will be $39/month – down from the previous price of $99/month. For those applications already …
September 17th, 2012 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Analytics
GAUGE (Google Analytics Users’ Great Event) Boston is approaching quickly. For those who don’t yet know, GAUGE is a training conference led by Google Analytics Certified Partners, and will help sharpen your GA skills through learning practical know…
September 17th, 2012 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Posted by John Edelman, CEO of Design Within Reach Editors note: Today’s guest blogger is John Edelman, CEO of Design Within Reach, a national retail operation that sells modern design for homes and offices. Design within Reach joins other retail org…
September 17th, 2012 | by Jay | published in Google Online Security
Posted by Ryan Troll, Application Security Team
(Cross-posted from the Google Developers Blog)
Our users and developers take password security seriously and so do we. Passwords alone have weaknesses we all know about, so we’re working over the long term to support additional mechanisms to help protect user information. Over a year ago, we announced a recommendation that OAuth 2.0 become the standard authentication mechanism for our APIs so you can make the safest apps using Google platforms. You can use OAuth 2.0 to build clients and websites that securely access account data and work with our advanced security features, such as 2-step verification. But our commitment to OAuth 2.0 is not limited to web APIs. Today we’re going a step further by adding OAuth 2.0 support for IMAP/SMTP and XMPP. Developers using these protocols can now move to OAuth 2.0, and users will experience the benefits of more secure OAuth 2.0 clients.
When clients use OAuth 2.0, they never ask users for passwords. Users have tighter control over what data clients have access to, and clients never see a user’s password, making it much harder for a password to be stolen. If a user has their laptop stolen, or has any reason to believe that a client has been compromised, they can revoke the client’s access without impacting anything else that has access to their data.
We are also announcing the deprecation of older authentication mechanisms. If you’re using these you should move to the new OAuth 2.0 APIs.
- We are deprecating XOAUTH for IMAP/SMTP, as it uses OAuth 1.0a, which was previously deprecated. Gmail will continue to support XOAUTH until OAuth 1.0a is shut down, at which time support will be discontinued.
- We are also deprecating X-GOOGLE-TOKEN and SASL PLAIN for XMPP, as they either accept passwords or rely on the previously deprecated ClientLogin. These mechanisms will continue to be supported until ClientLogin is shut down, at which time support for both will be discontinued.
Our team has been working hard since we announced our support of OAuth in 2008 to make it easy for you to create applications that use more secure mechanisms than passwords to protect user information. Check out the Google Developers Blog for examples, including the OAuth 2.0 Playground and Service Accounts, or see Using OAuth 2.0 to Access Google APIs.
September 17th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
Introduction: Over the summer we host a variety of programs and internships for technical and non-technical students. We’re relaunching the My Summer @ Google series to give you an inside look at each of these programs, hearing from the stu…
September 17th, 2012 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We hosted our first DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business Hangout On Air a couple months ago, and we heard you loud and clear – you want more tips and tricks to maximize your AdSense revenue through DFP Small Business. This week we’ll be ho…