We spend a lot of time thinking about how information travels around the globe. After all, there are Googlers living and working in dozens of countries — and we're pretty sure our products are used in many more. So we're...
Senin, 31 Agustus 2009
Kamis, 27 Agustus 2009
Translate documents: sharing across languages and generations
My cousin is in first grade and sometimes she writes short stories for class. I try to share the stories with her grandparents, but because Japanese is their first language and they don't speak English very well, it's been...
Rabu, 26 Agustus 2009
Five years of introducing students to open source
We've just concluded our fifth Google Summer of Code, our flagship global program to introduce college and university students to open source development. Once again, the results this year have been impressive. Nearly 2,000...
More books in more places: public domain EPUB downloads on Google Books
Try doing a search for [Hamlet] on Google Books. The first few results you'll get are "Full View" books — which means you can read the full text. And, because the book is in the public domain, you can also download a copy...
Selasa, 25 Agustus 2009
Finding great stuff to read with Google Reader
I only followed a handful of blogs when I first started using Google Reader, but was always on the lookout for more great stuff to read. Over time, I discovered that my friends followed lots of interesting sites, and my...
In the future, everyone will monetize their 15 minutes
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Biz Blog)We first launched the YouTube Partnership Program (YPP) to help some of our more popular users make money from their videos on YouTube. While we've focused on accepting prolific users...
The bright side of sitting in traffic: Crowdsourcing road congestion data
This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. What if you could do a little something to improve the world during your daily...
Kamis, 20 Agustus 2009
A new website for the rapid sharing of influenza research
[From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest, and we are very pleased to have Harold Varmus join us here. Harold is the Chairman and Co-Founder of the Public Library of Science, a non-profit...
Rabu, 19 Agustus 2009
Getting connected Side-by-Side with enterprise search
People use search to find what they need, and the same holds true in the business world. We want searching your company intranet to be comparable to searching on Google.com, and the Google Search Appliance (GSA) to have...
Senin, 17 Agustus 2009
Sharing with Google Groups
As more and more businesses and organizations "go Google," we find that many of the features we develop based on feedback from large enterprises end up benefiting all of our users. We recently rolled out improvements to...
New features and languages for Google Insights for Search
Since launching Google Insights for Search a year ago, we've been providing daily insight into what the world is searching for. Whether you're an advertiser looking to expand keyword lists, an economist analyzing economic...
Jumat, 14 Agustus 2009
Growing open government with Transparency Camp West
(If you're interested in meeting the team of Googlers working to strengthen the public sector and civic engagement through technology, check out our Public Sector blog. -Ed.)Organizing public sector information isn't easy,...
Rabu, 12 Agustus 2009
I scream, you scream, we all scream for iGoogle social!
We launched iGoogle in 2005 as a way for people to quickly and easily personalize their Google experience with all the information on the web that was most useful to them. Now tens of millions of people choose to use their...
Selasa, 11 Agustus 2009
Google Code Jam returns
Are you energized by cracking conundrums? Are you keen to crank out some code? Here at Google, we know the rush of encountering a challenge and rising to meet it, transforming a problem into a solution and a solution into...
Senin, 10 Agustus 2009
New tools for Google Services for Websites
Earlier this year, we launched Google Services for Websites, a program that helps partners, e.g., web hoster and access providers, offer useful and powerful tools to their customers. By making services, such as Webmaster...
Kamis, 06 Agustus 2009
Recreating the Google Chrome icon: videos from around the world
(Cross-posted from the Google Chrome blog)When I was originally designing the Google Chrome icon, I went through many iterations to figure out how to best represent our brand new web browser. The design needed to stand out...
Rabu, 05 Agustus 2009
The Fighting Irish: a Google Apps Education success story
We love hearing from schools using Google Apps Education Edition, especially when it's helped them save money, gain back time or make students happy. University of Notre Dame is a perfect example (PDF) of one school that's...
A speedier, spiffier beta for Google Chrome
Since our last major update of Google Chrome in May, we've been hard at work improving some of its most used and loved features. Today, we're releasing a new beta for you to try. Not only is it speedier than ever, but we've...
Innovation in video on the web
Today, video is an important part of many people's everyday activities on the Internet and a big part of many Google products.Because we spend a lot of time working to make the overall web experience better for users, we...
Selasa, 04 Agustus 2009
Leave the math to us: Advertisers increase their profits using Conversion Optimizer
This post is the latest in an ongoing series on The Power of Measurement. Previous topics have covered ways to make your website as successful as possible through tools such as Analytics and Website Optimizer. – Ed.If you're...
Audio care packages for service members with Google Voice
(From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest and are pleased to have Sergeant Dale Sweetnam join us here. SGT Sweetnam is working with Google's communications team this year through the U.S....
Senin, 03 Agustus 2009
Two views from the 2009 Google Faculty Summit
(Cross-posted from the Google Research Blog)We held our fifth Computer Science Faculty Summit at our Mountain View campus last week. About 100 faculty attendees from schools in the Western hemisphere attended the summit,...
"Going Google" with Google Apps
Every morning, millions of people wake up to a very refreshing experience at work. They don't see "mailbox is full" errors in their email. They don't worry about backing up their data. They can get to any file they need...
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