Posted by Orkut Buyukkokten, FounderIt’s been more than three years since orkut first launched and now, at last, here’s a blog to go with it (better late than never, right?). We hope that this will be a great way for you to learn about what’s new …
Posted by Josh Cohen, Business Product ManagerWelcome to our first post on this new Google News Blog! You may be asking why there’s another Google blog – and why the focus on Google News? Believe it or not, the answer is not just because we’ve got a fr…
Posted by Eric Schrock, Engineering Tech Lead, and Katie Jacobs Stanton, Group Product ManagerWe’re excited to welcome you to the official Google Finance blog. This is how we want to communicate with the community of people who need financial informat…
Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product EvangelistWith the launch of this blog, we of the SketchUp team hereby declare our entry into the geektastic world of Web 2.0 existence. We would like to thank you for checking us out, and we hope you’ll come back often….
Posted by Aaron Boodman and Erik Arvidsson, Google Gears EngineersOne of the most frequently requested features for Google’s web applications is the ability to use them offline. Unfortunately, today’s web browsers lack some fundamental building blocks …
Posted by Paul McDonald, Product ManagerEver since the debut of HousingMaps.com, we’ve been fascinated by what the developer community has been able to do with our technology. Mashups enable us to visualize data in different ways, combine applications …
Posted by Panayiotis Mavrommatis and Niels Provos, Anti-Malware TeamOnline security is an important topic for Google, our users, and anyone who uses the Internet. The related issues are complex and dynamic and we’ve been looking for a way to foster …
Posted by by Shaluinn Fullove, Product Marketing ManagerDid you know that most electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels like coal or gas? Wind power is a viable alternative to these environmentally unfriendly energy sources. One of our newest C…
Posted by: Matt Wytock, Software EngineerWe’ve just added the ability to show popular queries for your Custom Search Engine, so that your users can see what others have been searching for on your site. Popular queries are updated daily, and the code sn…
Posted by Rich Godwin, Team ManagerOur AdWords team is making some important updates to the Quality Score program. Check out this post on the Inside AdWords blog, as it details the improvements you’ll be seeing soon. And of course let us know if you ha…
Posted by Amanda Camp, Software EngineerWe care a lot about scalability at Google. An algorithm that works only on a small scale doesn’t cut it when we are talking global access, millions of people, millions of search queries. We think big and love to …
You’ve been asking whether Google Talk will work on Windows Vista. Ask no more — today we’re releasing an update that makes it compatible with Vista. You don’t have to do anything — you’ll get the new update automatically — and whenever you upgrade …
Posted by Lilly Irani & Jens Riegelsberger, User Experience team9am Mountain View, California. 6pm Zurich, Switzerland. The two of us sit separated by thousands miles, telephones tucked under our ears, talking about this blog post and typing words and …
Quick — can you remember that restaurant your mom recommended or the joke that got three LOLs and a ROTFL? With chat archiving, you don’t have to; you can find your chats in your Gmail account using the same search technology that powers Google.com. W…
Sometimes, the sound of your friend’s voice or the sight of a favorite smiley may not be enough; you might need to connect by sending along your writing portfolio, or a recording of duck calls, or a video of a guy throwing silly putty from the roof of …