Archive for the ‘Google News (Official Blog)’ Category

Vote for the YouTube Awards

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Vote for the YouTube Awards Posted by Mia Quagliarello, YouTube TeamWe're thrilled to say that the second annual YouTube Awards are now live and ready for your vote. This year we've added five new categories: Short Film, Political, Sports, Eyewitness, and Instructional, for a total of 12. So head over ...

Keeping up with Google Apps

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Keeping up with Google Apps Posted by Jeremy Milo, Marketing ManagerDuring 2007, we introduced 40 significant improvements to Google Apps, which is our suite of communication, collaboration, and security apps for businesses, schools, and organizations. Feedback from many of you, and even our own employees, inspired these changes. And there are ...

Space Jam

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Space Jam Posted by Lior Ron, Product ManagerCode Jam is one of our most famous traditions. Programmers compete to hack and solve complex programming challenges in a very short time, and the winners are awarded fame, cash prizes and the opportunity to intern at Google.Diego Gavinowich from Buenos Aires was a ...

Using log data to help keep you safe

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Using log data to help keep you safe Posted by Niels Provos, Google Security TeamWe recently began two new series of posts. The first, which explains how we harness data for our users, started with this post. The second, focusing on how we secure information and how users can protect themselves ...

Book info where you need it, when you need it

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Book info where you need it, when you need it Posted by Frances Haugen, Associate Product Manager and Matthew Gray, Software Engineer, Book SearchHere at Google Book Search we love books. To share this love of books (and the tremendous amount of information we've accumulated about them), today we've released a ...

Our solutions for ad serving

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Our solutions for ad serving Posted by Rohit Dhawan, Senior Product ManagerEarlier this week, we completed our acquisition of DoubleClick. Together, we're now focused on building a full suite of products and tools that help publishers of all sizes improve productivity, manage their inventory, generate additional revenue opportunities and save time ...

The most wonderful time of the year

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The most wonderful time of the year Posted by Ben Lewis, Product Manager... for fans of college basketball, that is. We're only days away from March Madness, and the question is: who's going dancing? Will a Cinderella team pull the upset or will we see a number one seed team as ...

ARIA For Google Reader: In praise of timely information access

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

ARIA For Google Reader: In praise of timely information access Posted by T.V. Raman, Research ScientistFrom time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see -- tips that sighted people, among others, may also find ...

Google I/O: Advancing the web as a platform

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Google I/O: Advancing the web as a platform Posted by Tom Stocky, Senior Product Manager, Developer ProductsWe spend a lot of time, especially within our Developer Products team, talking about how to build applications for the web. After all, Google was born on the web, and over time we've gained tons ...

YouTube finds its way into Spore

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

YouTube finds its way into Spore Posted by Eric Mauskopf, Sales Engineer, YouTube PartnershipsIt's no secret that YouTube has embraced user generated video since its inception. Armed with a video camera and an Internet connection, anyone is able to contribute. We're seeing more and more videogames starting to incorporate user generated ...