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By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorEarlier this week, our Google Maps API got a great new feature. When you build an application with the Maps API, you can now enable users to draw on the maps. There are tools for various shapes, so your users ca…

UrvangVikasJyrkiBy Jyrki Alakuijala, Vikas Arora, and Urvang Joshi, Software Engineers, WebP TeamCross-posted with the Chromium BlogIn September 2010 we announced the WebP image format with lossy compression. WebP was proposed as an alternative to JPEG…

By Michael Bolin, Open Source EngineerCross-posted from the Open Source at Google blog(CSS is for programming, not for pasting.)When the Closure Tools were first released a little over two years ago, they gave web developers the ability to organize and…

By Esteban de la Canal, Software EngineerWe launched Google Swiffy in July. Swiffy enables you to convert Flash SWF files to HTML5. One of our main aims for Swiffy is to let you continue to use Flash as a development environment, even when you’re dev…

By Justin Smith, Senior Product Manager UPDATE 11/14: After considering the feedback and timing, we have decided to delay the launch of the changes described in this post. The new date for these changes is December 7th, 2011. Once again, we expect thes…

By Ju-kay Kwek, Product Manager(Cross-posted on the Google App Engine Blog and the Google Enterprise Blog.) Rapidly crunching terabytes of big data can lead to better business decisions, but this has traditionally required tremendous IT investments. I…

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorOne of the most rewarding aspects of working on neat technology is when you can make a difference in the real world. Our Custom Search team has been collaborating with U. S. agencies to produce a job search engi…

By Stephanie Liu, Developer Relations, Startup and Community OutreachWe announced a partnership with Startup Weekend today that will support budding entrepreneurs all over the world. If you’ve never experienced a Startup Weekend before, it’s an int…

By Nicolas Garnier, Developer Relations TeamA few of us from Developer Relations will be going around EMEA in the next few months to meet with developers and talk about some Google Apps technologies for developers.This tour will start with Ryan Boyd an…

By Nicolas Garnier, Developer Relations TeamCross-posted on the Google Apps Developer BlogIn March, we announced that all of the Google Web APIs adopted support for OAuth 2.0. It is the recommended authorization mechanism when using Google Web APIs.To…

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorSatellite images make the world seem smaller by letting us view images of buildings and neighborhoods that are thousands of miles away. The satellite views in Google Earth and Google Maps are updated periodicall…

By Aaron Koblin, Data Arts Team and Bill Schilit, ResearchCross-posted from the Official Google BlogAs digital designers, we often think about how to translate traditional media into a virtual space. Recently, we thought about the bookcase. What would …

By Dominic Mazzoni, Software EngineerInterested in making your Chrome Extension (or packaged app) talk using synthesized speech? Chrome now includes a Text-to-Speech (TTS) API that’s simple to use, powerful, and flexible for users.Let’s sta…

By Carol Smith, Google Code-in Program Manager, Open Source TeamCross-posted from the Google Open Source BlogListen up, future coders of the world: today we’re launching the second annual Google Code-in competition, an open source development contest…

By Monica Tran, Developer Marketing TeamThis year’s Google I/O saw 1 million developers join us from around the world at Moscone Center, via I/O Live, and at our I/O Extended viewing parties. As we prepare to round the corner into 2012, mark your cal…