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May 19 2010
Google Storage Product Overview
Google's answer to S3, at last. "A new service for developers to store and access data in Google's cloud. It offers developers direct access to Google's scalable storage and networking infrastructure as well as powerful authentication and data sharing mechanisms."March 10 2010
Biking directions added to Google Maps [Google]
Yay! Also, a new "Biking" layer on the map view highlights bike lanes and trails.January 07 2010
This is so Google
I bet they'll define metrics to help you quantify exactly how smooth your dance moves are before and after the class, with a web-based analytics system. And yes, this could well be self-parody, which is also very Googly.
I bet they'll define metrics to help you quantify exactly how smooth your dance moves are before and after the class, with a web-based analytics system. And yes, this could well be self-parody, which is also very Googly.
December 28 2009
PyGlang
A Python wrapper to translate text with the 'Google AJAX Language API'. PyGlang.translate('bonjour', 'fr', 'en') --> 'hello'December 19 2009
Gadget Patrol: 21st century phone [Charles Stross]
Great essay on the future of smartphones and cell networks. "The real message here is that if Google succeeds, the economic basis of your mobile telephony service in 2019 is going to be unrecognizably different from that of 2009. ... What's good for the internet is good for Google. Right now, the phone companies are not good for the internet. If I'm right about the grand strategy, the Googlephone will change that."December 03 2009
Google Public DNS
"Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider." I've been trying it out for a few months; it makes web surfing at home noticeably faster. Just set your DNS servers to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.September 24 2009
jimray - More technical details about Google Chrome Frame
"I am completely smitten with Google Chrome Frame. I don’t think it’s an overstatement to call it one of the more interesting developments in the web landscape to come about in some time, because it finally provides a real solution to the horror that is Internet Explorer. It’s not perfect, of course, but it’s an audacious start. If nothing else, it should give Microsoft a rather swift kick in the ass."January 23 2009
Paul Buchheit: Communicating with code
“Some people can sell their ideas with a brilliant speech or a slick powerpoint presentation. I can't. Maybe that's why I'm skeptical of ideas that are sold via brilliant speeches and slick powerpoints. [...] We did a lot of things wrong during the 2.5 years of pre-launch Gmail development, but one thing we did very right was to always have live code [...] every new feature went live immediately, and most new ideas were implemented as soon as possible. [...] The great thing about this process was that I didn't need to sell anyone on my ideas. I would just write the code, release the feature, and watch the response.”January 12 2009
Powering a Google search [Official Google Blog]
“In the time it takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than Google uses to answer your query. ... A typical search returns results in less than 0.2 seconds. Queries vary in degree of difficulty, but for the average query, the servers it touches each work on it for just a few thousandths of a second. Together with other work performed before your search even starts (such as building the search index) this amounts to 0.0003 kWh of energy per search, or 1 kJ. For comparison, the average adult needs about 8000 kJ a day of energy from food, so a Google search uses just about the same amount of energy that your body burns in ten seconds.“October 29 2008
Ars Technica review of Google's Android G1 phone
"The T-Mobile G1 Google smartphone, designed by Google and made by HTC, remains firmly in the shadow of the iPhone—for now. ... It's not a bad phone, but the software and hardware needed more time in the oven to bring them to a golden brown crispness." [I totally agree.]October 22 2008
Official Google Blog: Greater access to voting information
“At Google, we pride ourselves on helping people find things on the Internet. And every four years in America, Google Trends shows that people are searching to find voting information, like how to register and where to vote. It's hard to believe that in 2008, information so important to U.S. citizens and the democratic process isn't well organized on the web. To solve this problem, we've released our US Voter Info site, an effort to simplify and centralize voting locations and registration information.”October 01 2008
2001: A search odyssey [Official Google Blog]
“Now that we're a decade old, we figured we're long overdue for some spring cleaning. ... Amazingly enough, hidden in a corner beneath Larry's and Sergey's original lab coats, we found a vintage search index in mint condition. We dusted it off and took it for a spin, gobsmacked to see how different the web was in early 2001. "iPod" did not refer to a music player, "youtube" was nonsense ... We had so much fun searching that we wanted to put this old index online for everyone to play with. "September 27 2008
Interactive timeline of Google's history [Google 10th Birthday]
Interesting tidbits and trivia (like the custom It's-Its, and the snake getting loose in the NYC office.)September 23 2008
Confirmed: T-Mobile G1 has no 3.5mm headphone jack [Engadget]
And I thought the original iPhone's recessed jack was lame. WTF? Also, the device looks as thick as a suitcase in that photo. Woof.September 15 2008
Google Gears For Safari Released
"This means that you can now access all the Gears-enabled sites (such as Zoho office, WordPress, the new YouTube uploader and Google Docs offline) in Safari. Since launch, we've increased the number of APIs available in Gears. The 0.3 release added the ability to create desktop shortcuts for websites, and the 0.4 release added Geolocation and Blobs (useful for resumable uploads of large files). All of these are now available in Safari and work exactly the same as on the other browsers Gears supports."September 05 2008
open-vcdiff
A new delta-compression library being developed at Google. Uses same data format (VCDIFF) as xdelta, but the code has a friendlier license (Apache vs. GPL2.)September 02 2008
Platforms and Priorities [Official Google Mac Blog]
Notes on the progress of the Mac version of Google's Chrome browser.September 01 2008
Google announces its new web browser
New browser named "Chrome", based on WebKit with some Mozilla components, and an ultra-super-fast new JavaScript engine. MS Windows beta released tomorrrow; Mac and Windows coming soon. (My friend Evan works on this, so I heard about it right when I started at Google.)
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