October 9th, 2012 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Google Apps administrators now have the ability to apply email settings like IMAP & POP access to Gmail, offline access, email forwarding, email footers, etc. to organizational units.Editions included:Google Apps for Business, Government and Educat…
October 9th, 2012 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Gmail now has more than 100 virtual keyboards, transliteration and IMEs—collectively called input tools. These tools allow users to type in the language and keyboard layout that they’re accustomed to.Editions included:Google Apps, Google Apps for B…
October 9th, 2012 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
No new features have launched this week.The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 16th:No new features to announce.Release track:ScheduledEditions included:Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Educatio…
October 9th, 2012 | by Raj Sarkar | published in Google App Engine, Google Enterprise
Posted by Aleem Mawani, co-founder of StreakEditors note: Today’s guest blogger is Aleem Mawani, co-founder of Streak, a startup alum of Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley incubator. Streak is a CRM tool built into Gmail. Aleem shares why Streak chose G…
October 9th, 2012 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
Cross-posted with the Google Developers Blog
Today’s guest blogger is Aleem Mawani, co-founder of Streak, a startup alum of Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley incubator. Streak is a CRM tool built into Gmail. Aleem shares his experience bui…
October 9th, 2012 | by Julia | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Posted by C. Andrew Warren, Product Manager(Cross-posted on the Gmail blog.) Finding the right words can be difficult, especially across languages, and once you choose them, finding a way to type them can be even harder. Try emailing family in Germany…
October 9th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Finding the right words can be difficult, especially across languages, and once you choose them, finding a way to type them can be even harder. Try emailing family in Germany, chatting with friends in China or adding a Russian business partner’s name t…
October 9th, 2012 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by C. Andrew Warren, Product Manager
Finding the right words can be difficult, especially across languages, and once you choose them, finding a way to type them can be even harder. Try emailing family in Germany, chatting with friends in China or adding a Russian business partner’s name to your contacts and you may find yourself limited by the language of your keyboard.
That’s why today we’re adding more than 100 virtual keyboards, transliteration and IMEs—collectively called input tools—in Gmail. These tools enable you to type in the language and keyboard layout you’re accustomed to, making it easy to keep in touch with family, friends and coworkers from any computer. You can even switch between languages with one click.
To try it out, check the box next to Enable input tools under Language in Settings.
Once you’ve enabled it, you’ll see the Input Tools icon next to the Settings button in your toolbar, and you can turn on and off any Input Tool from there.
With these new virtual keyboards, Gmail supports typing in 75 languages—a big jump from the five languages that were initially supported when we introduced Indic transliteration in Gmail in 2009.
Gmail’s users are from all over the world—and language should never get in the way of a good conversation. If you’d like to use Input Tools in other places, try out the Chrome extension, the Windows desktop client or the Android apps.
October 9th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
Introduction: Our interns explore new ideas, accelerate the launch of new product features, and are big contributors to Google. Technical interns are embedded in every major engineering team where their impact is unconstrained by titles. They truly “…
October 9th, 2012 | by Rob Gray | published in Google Enterprise
Posted by Matthew Eichner, General Manager, Enterprise SearchEvery day, Google helps people find the information they need, when they need it. When you need to know which spices make for a great butternut squash soup, typing just a few words into Googl…
October 9th, 2012 | by Pamela Eng | published in Google DoubleClick
Today’s marketers and agencies are looking for tools to help them navigate the complex digital landscape and make smart decisions about their media buys. It’s with this in mind that we’re investing in DoubleClick Digital Marketing, to give them a holis…
October 8th, 2012 | by Katie Miller | published in Google Adwords
As the digital media landscape continues to evolve, there are a series of new opportunities to engage with users. How has this transformed the nature of AdWords customer support? At the AdWords Communities Global Summit, taking place October 16-17 at G…
October 8th, 2012 | by Google Chrome Blog | published in Google Chrome
A few months ago, we heard an awesome story. It was about a dad, named Dallas Clayton, and a little book he wrote for his son about dreaming big, fantastic dreams – called An Awesome Book! After writing the book, Dallas wanted to share it with more …
October 8th, 2012 | by Android Developers | published in Google Android
Posted by Reto Meier, Android Developer Relations Tech Lead
With the release of Nexus 7 earlier this year, we shared some tips on how you can get your apps ready for a new wave of Android tablets. With the holiday season now approaching, we’re creating even more ways for great tablet apps to be featured in Google Play – including a series of new app collections that highlight great apps specifically for tablet users.
To help you take advantage of the opportunity provided by the growing tablet market, we’ve put together this Tablet App Quality Checklist to make it easier for you to ensure your app meets the expectations of tablet users.
The checklist includes a number of key focus areas for building apps that are a great experience on tablets, including:
- Optimizing your layouts for larger screens
- Taking advantage of extra screen area available on tablets
- Using Icons and other assets that are designed for tablet screens
Each focus area comprises several smaller tasks or best practices. As you move through the checklist, you’ll find links to support resources that can help you address the topics raised in each task.
The benefits of building an app that works great on tablets is evident in the experiences of Mint.com, Tiny Co, and Instapaper who reported increased user engagement, better monetization, and more downloads from tablet users. You can find out more about their experience in these developer case studies.
The Tablet Quality Checklist is a great place to get started, but it’s just the beginning. We’ll be sharing more tablet development tips every day this week on +Android Developers. In Android Developers Live, Tuesday’s Android Design in Action broadcast will focus on optimizing user experience for tablets, on Thursday we’ll be interviewing our tablet case studies during Developers Strike Back, and on Friday’s live YouTube broadcasts of The App Clinic and Friday Games Review will be reviewing apps and games on Android tablets.
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October 8th, 2012 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog
Entrepreneurship is at the heart of Google, tracing all the way back to the early days of the company when Larry and Sergey worked out of a garage in Menlo Park in 1998. Today, we have preserved much of the startup culture that gave birth to Google. In…