Last week, we opened sign-ups for Google Wave to everyone as part of Google Labs and made it available for all Google Apps domains. Here is the quick (seven minute) update on the state of the product from this year’s Google IO conference:Today, it’s be…
Last Friday, we said that mobile advertising was moving fast. So are we! Today, we closed our acquisition of AdMob. Omar Hamoui has built a great team and great products at AdMob and we’re thrilled to officially welcome them to Google.We’ll now beg…
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Tswana is a Bantu language spoken by the largest ethnic group in what landlocked country?The production of yerbe maté, a tea made from an evergreen plant, is important to the economy of Misiones. This province is located in which country that borders …
Your millions of online votes helped us pick the winners of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition. Today, we’re pleased to announce the results.Congratulations to Makenzie Melton, a third grader at El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools in El Dorado Springs, …
The main change is a link to the new orkut settings window that you can open at any time:
Now all your orkut settings will be there in one easy place. Simply open the four tabs (Profile, Privacy, General and Notifications) to check your current settings. It will be faster than ever to change them the way you really want!
We also added to the top of the page a new link to change your profile color or theme:
Later, if you visit someone else’s page and (totally) crave their theme, just grab it for yourself with the “get this theme” link that will also show up at the top of the page when you visit other orkut profiles:
I hope you enjoy both these new features!
Posted by Gustavo Moura, Google interaction designer
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