Every day, more than 99 human years are wasted because of uncompressed content. Although support for compression is a standard feature of all modern browsers, there are still many cases in which users of these browsers do not receive compressed content…
Millions of Google users worldwide use JavaScript-intensive applications such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps. Like developers everywhere, Googlers want great web apps to be easier to create, so we’ve built many tools to help us develop these (a…
Today, we’re excited to announce several new features for Google Friend Connect that make it possible for website owners to get to know their users, encourage users to get to know each other, and match their site content (including Google ads) to visit…
Google has recently added three important enhancements to our OAuth support:The ability to use OAuth without registrationSupport for software apps installed on a computer or mobile phoneAdditional controls for our Google Apps Premier and Education cust…
Do you operate a website and wish you could increase the percentage of users who finish the registration process? As discussed on Google’s main blog, Google has been working with Plaxo and Facebook to improve the registration success rate for Gmail use…
Today, we launched a new Google Data API for Google Sites. The API supports most of the functionality found in Google Sites, which includes the ability to:Retrieve, create, modify, and delete pages and content.Upload/download attachments.Review the rev…
On April 7th, Google launched a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. We shared the behind-the-scenes story through this blog and decided to share more of what we’ve learned in a brief series of follow-up blog posts. T…
Alongside the exciting release of Google Sidewiki today, we’re also happy to announce the availability of the first version of the Google Sidewiki Data API. Google Sidewiki is a new feature of Google Toolbar (for Firefox and Internet Explorer) that let…
Are you interested in HTML 5 and what’s coming down the pipeline but haven’t had time to read any articles yet? We’ve put together an educational Introduction to HTML 5 video that goes over many of the major aspects of this new standard, including: Web…
Today, we’re releasing an early version of Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.We’re building Google Chrome Frame to help web developers deliver faster, richer applications …
We are excited to open registration for our second round of Google Developer Day events this year:November 6, 2009 — Prague, Czech RepublicNovember 10, 2009 — Moscow, RussiaBoth events will offer opportunities to learn the latest about our APIs and d…
If you’re a gadget developer, you’ve probably used the gadgets.* API, a re-namespaced and improved version of the original legacy, or _IG_*, gadgets API. The gadgets.* API has gained wide acceptance, both on Google and non-Google gadget containers, and…
On April 7th, Google launched a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. We shared the behind-the-scenes story through this blog and decided to share more of what we’ve learned in a brief series of follow-up blog posts. T…
In July, the Project Hosting team announced the People sub-tab where project members can easily document their duties within their projects.Here are the top ten most frequently selected project duties:Lead by providing a project vision and roadmapDesig…
There’s a time for everything in life: a time for playing, learning & growing up; a time for maturing, working & performing, and a time for retiring, relaxing & handing the reigns over to the next generation. This is true for products too, an…