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November 20, 2008
Moving quickly to rebuild the economy through clean energy
With a new President and Congress, we have an unprecedented opportunity to transform our fossil fuel economy to one based largely on clean energy, while creating millions of jobs in the process.Last month, we offered a Clean Energy 2030 proposal for how the U.S. can dramatically scale up renewable energy, become smarter about how we use energy, and deploy millions of plug-in electric cars. Our energy team has continued… Continue reading
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November 20, 2008
Get a headstart on the holidays with Docs templates
The holidays are a time to celebrate with family and friends, but preparing for the holidays can sometimes be time-consuming and stressful. Whether you’re still planning your Thanksgiving party, or already working on your gift shopping list, you might want to check out our new templates for the holidays — a series of templates designed to help make your holidays a little more efficient (and cost-effective, too). You’ll find… Continue reading
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November 20, 2008
The Final Inch
(Cross-posted from the Google.org blog)Early readers of the Google.org blog may recall us embarking on a film project portraying public health heroes working in the field to eradicate polio. Gone from the modern world, new cases of polio continue to afflict mostly children under age 3 in the poorest regions of just a few countries — India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. When we first announced this
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November 20, 2008
Google Hosts LIFE Photo Collection
When your mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”, you have to first gather the information. If it’s not online, the first thing that needs to be done is to get the permission to use that data or to create a system that allows copyright owners to upload their works and to monetize them.Google started to host content in 2001 when… Continue reading
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November 19, 2008
Lively no more
In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it’s the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people’s lives. But we’ve also always accepted that when you take these kinds of risks not… Continue reading
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November 19, 2008
Google Contacts Sync for Blackberry
As more of its services are used in business environments, Google started to provide synchronization tools for mail, calendar and contacts, but their launch wasn’t timely and they were pretty limited. For example, the Google Calendar/Outlook sync tool is limited to the main calendar, while the Blackberry sync application doesn’t upload preexisting events to Google Calendar. You can find third-party tools that offer a better experience, but… Continue reading
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November 19, 2008
A local focus: two new case studies
From the practical to the political, from the serious to the silly, developers of over 150,000 sites around the world continue to inspire us with their creative uses of the Google Maps API.To celebrate this blossoming ecosystem, we’ve redesigned our Case Studies video site. Timed with this relaunch, we’ve got two new videos showcasing innovative API uses, this time for sites that help you… Continue reading
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November 19, 2008
Gmail Themes
Following the footsteps of Google’s personalized homepage, Gmail added themes. Once the new option is enabled in your account (as usually, Gmail’s new features are slowly rolled out), you’ll find a tab named “Themes” in the settings page and you’ll be able to choose from 30 themes. “We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny… Continue reading
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November 19, 2008
LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search
The Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination; The Mansell Collection from London; Dahlstrom glass plates of New York and environs from the 1880s; and the entire works left to the collection from LIFE photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili, and Nina Leen. These are just some of the things you’ll see in Google Image Search today.We’re excited to announce the availability of never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive. This effort… Continue reading
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November 18, 2008
Vocito (Voe-kee-toe)*
By Dave MacLachlan, Google Mac Team
For those of you who are lucky enough to be be part of the GrandCentral Beta Program, there’s a new toy on the Google Mac Playground. Vocito* is a quick dialer that lets you dial your phone directly from your desktop.
Vocito is also integrated into Address Book, QuickSilver, and
