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- [G] Live, and Open for Questions: Health Care Summit on YouTube
- [G] Gmail Labs graduation and retirement
- [G] Upcoming System Upgrade for Greater Scalability & Reliability
- [G] Website Optimizer system upgrade coming soon
- [G] Go Mobile! Series: Join us for a free mobile webinar
- [G] 3D Buildings get smart
- [G] A smoother voice and video experience
- [G] Trend to Watch: Research On the Rise (2 of 4)
- [G] Serious Threat to Web in Italy
- [G] Mapping your data with Google Fusion Tables
- [G] Flying into the cloud
- [G] YouTube 101: Educational Series for New Users Launches
- [G] FeedBurner experiencing system instability
- [G] Partial disruption of email delivery service for February 23rd; problem resolved going forward
- [G] Serious threat to the web in Italy
[G] Live, and Open for Questions: Health Care Summit on YouTube Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:02 AM PST YouTube Blog: Live, and Open for Questions: Health Care Summit on YouTubeWhile some people are calling it the most important political event of the year and others deem it political theater, one thing is clear: Thursday's health care summit, featuring President Obama and top legislators from both bodies of Congress, will be a fascinating look into the inner workings of Washington. Democratic and Republican party leaders will engage in direct dialogue on an issue that has consumed the political landscape for the past year, and we'll be streaming the summit live on CitizenTube (youtube.com/citizentube), so you'll be able to watch the conversation unfold in its entirety.What's more, top legislators have agreed to address your questions and ideas on health care after the summit, exclusively on YouTube. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have all agreed to answer a selection of your top-voted questions about health care, the summit, and current legislation, which you can submit via our Google Moderator platform on CitizenTube during the event. The three lawmakers will upload video responses to your questions, and we'll feature those videos on the YouTube homepage on Friday. The summit starts at 10 a.m ET tomorrow at the Blair House (located just across the street from the White House), so head to CitizenTube to submit your questions as you watch the proceedings. Be sure to ask your questions and vote during the event, since we'll close down the Moderator platform at the conclusion of the summit, which is slated to end around 4 p.m. ET. This promises to be one of the most transparent moments in recent Washington history, so get your health care questions ready. Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, recently watched "Stage Set for Obama's Health Care Summit." URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/Gv5naAlQhxQ/live-and-open-for-questions-health-care.html |
[G] Gmail Labs graduation and retirement Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:02 PM PST Official Gmail Blog: Gmail Labs graduation and retirementPosted by Mark Knichel, Software EngineerWe launched Gmail Labs over a year and a half ago as a playground where engineers can come up with new features and let your input help decide which are good ideas and which don't quite work out. Any engineer at Google can come up with feature, code it, and launch it quickly to tens of millions of users. Labs started out with 13 features and quickly grew to 60, with even more on the way. We've received countless comments and kept an eye on our stats: some of these experimental features were adopted by millions and others trickled along with little usage. A couple have already graduated from Labs and we've already retired one: Tasks was the first to become a regular part of Gmail, Right-side Labels was retired when we updated the way labels work, and Offline Gmail graduated a couple months back. Today, true to the original intent of Gmail Labs, we're graduating six more features and retiring five. Graduating:
These decisions were made based based mainly on usage, taking feature polish and your feedback into account. We've also tweaked some of the graduating features to improve them before making them default Gmail features. For example, we've combined Go To Label with Search Autocomplete, making it easier than ever for you to find what you're looking for. Search Autocomplete and Go To Label Start typing in the Gmail search box (English only for now), and Gmail suggests terms that might help you find what you're looking for — from contact names to labels and advanced search operators. We've integrated Go To Label into this search box as well. If you have keyboard shortcuts turned on, type "g" then "l" and instead of getting the old "Go to label" pop-up, you'll be in the search box with the "label:" operator filled in for you. Start typing the label you want to go to, and autocomplete will take it from there. All you have to do is hit enter. If you want to send your cursor to the blank search field, the keyboard shortcut "/" will do it. Forgotten Attachment Detector From time to time, we all forget to attach a file and sheepishly send another email with the forgotten attachment. To help save you from that embarrassment, Gmail looks for phrases in your email that suggest you meant to attach a file and alerts you if it looks like you forgot an attachment. YouTube Previews If you're like me, your friends probably often email you links to YouTube videos. Instead of having to clicking on the link and wait for a new window to load before you can watch the video, Gmail now shows YouTube previews right below the message. All you have to do is click the play button and enjoy. Custom Label Colors Why settle for a restrictive palette when you can choose from over 4000 possible color combinations to help distinguish and organize your labels? Just click on "Add custom color" from the regular labels interface. Vacation Dates If you specify which dates you'll be away in advance, you won't have to remember to turn on the vacation responder when when you're actually on vacation. Set your dates in advance, and let Gmail do the rest. Retiring features is always a tough decision — we invest in building and maintaining them and we realize some of you are probably fans of some of Gmail's lesser-used features. But Labs are experimental features, and from time to time they may break (that's why there's a quick way to disable them), or even disappear. Over the next few days, you'll see Muzzle, Fixed Width Font, Email Addict, Location in Signature, and Random Signature stop working and disappear from the Labs tab. We'll keep working on new Labs to help make your Gmail experience even better, and we'll continue to graduate successful features and retire the ones that don't work out to make room for new ones. Thank you to all the engineers who have worked on Labs features — especially Bruce, Darick, Jon (the intern), Ibrahim, Chris, Keith, Chad, Michael, and Marco! Please continue to send us feedback and remember that you vote for your favorite Labs features by using them and leaving comments. URL: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/gmail-labs-graduation-and-retirement.html |
[G] Upcoming System Upgrade for Greater Scalability & Reliability Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:22 PM PST Google Analytics Blog: Upcoming System Upgrade for Greater Scalability & ReliabilityWithin the next two weeks, Google Analytics will be performing a system upgrade. This upgrade is to further increase the scalability and reliability of Google Analytics to meet the demand of an increasing number of enterprises using Google Analytics. Rest assured your website traffic data will be unaffected and there will be no interruption to data collection or processing. All reports will be available and accessible to users. However, for some limited hours, users will not be able to perform administrative account actions such as opening new accounts, creating or modifying profiles, setting up filters and goals, managing user access, etc. The specific system upgrade times will be posted in the Google Analytics administrative interface. If you anticipate a need to make account changes during the next two weeks we encourage you to make them as soon as possible to ensure smooth operations during the system upgrade. We are proud to see the continued growth in Google Analytics and are committed to delivering the unparalled reliability and scalability that users have come to expect from products running on Google's globally renowned infrastructure. P.S. Google Website Optimizer will also be undergoing a system upgrade. All running experiments will continue to run and collect data. However users will be unable to create or modify experiments. Read more on the Website Optimizer blog. Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Google Analytics Team URL: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2010/02/upcoming-system-upgrade-for-greater.html |
[G] Website Optimizer system upgrade coming soon Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:22 PM PST Official Google Website Optimizer Blog: Website Optimizer system upgrade coming soonWithin the next two weeks, Google Website Optimizer will undergo a system upgrade. During this upgrade, Website Optimizer will be in maintenance mode. Your experiments will continue to run and collect data, and you'll be able to view your reports. However, you will not be able to create or modify experiments. This includes launching, pausing, or stopping an experiment. We'll notify you of the exact timing of this upgrade both here on the blog and with a message inside your Website Optimizer account. Thanks for bearing with us as we continue to make Website Optmizer better. If you also use Google Analytics you should know that they'll be undergoing a similar upgrade, which you can read about on the Google Analytics blog. URL: http://websiteoptimizer.blogspot.com/2010/02/website-optimizer-system-upgrade-coming.html |
[G] Go Mobile! Series: Join us for a free mobile webinar Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:22 PM PST Inside AdWords: Go Mobile! Series: Join us for a free mobile webinarThe Internet is going mobile. Every week, tens of millions of people search on Google from their mobile phones and generate hundreds of millions of searches. Using mobile ads, you can reach these consumers while they're on-the-go. Please join us for an upcoming webinar about what we're seeing in the mobile ad space and how you can incorporate mobile advertising into your marketing strategy. Specifically, we'll cover how you can: * Understand mobile trends and what they mean for your business * Drive consumer action online and in the store * Optimize your strategy for the mobile platform Register here for the webinar to be held on March 2, 2010 at 11:00am PST / 1:00pm CST / 2:00pm EST. Posted by Katrina Kurnit, Inside AdWords crew URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/02/go-mobile-series-join-us-for-free.html |
Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST Google LatLong: 3D Buildings get smartThe 3D buildings in Google Earth are a great way to understand an area visually, and they just got better at conveying information about the place itself. Currently, you can click on model that was created by 3D modelers using tools like Google SketchUp and Google Building Maker to open a balloon. Today, we've added two new sections to those balloons: Photos of nearby places and Nearby places. Not only can you learn more about the place from the balloon, but you can also dig deeper by following the links. Want to see more nearby photos and places? What to learn about the Ferry Building listed as a nearby place? Click the links in the balloon to explore further. Next time you're exploring a city with 3D buildings, watch for the familiar glow as you hover over a building, and give it a click. You might learn something new about the place. Posted by Mark Limber, Product Manager URL: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/02/3d-buildings-get-smart.html |
[G] A smoother voice and video experience Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST Google Talkabout: A smoother voice and video experienceWe have spent the last few months focusing on three things: quality, quality, and quality! For those of you with the Google voice and video chat plugin installed, you have recently received an automatic update that contains:
From users who have chosen to "Report quality statistics" in their chat settings, we can see a substantial increase in call connection rates and a big decrease in the call drop rate (see chart below). We hope that this will result in more enjoyable conversations with our software. As with all software, working on improving quality is a never ending process, so we hope that you will continue to report any issues you have in our user forum, and we will continue to work on improving connection rates and call quality. Thanks to all of you who use our service -- and especially those of you who report issues! Posted by Jessan Hutchison-Quillian and Mikael Drugge URL: http://googletalk.blogspot.com/2010/02/smoother-voice-and-video-experience.html |
[G] Trend to Watch: Research On the Rise (2 of 4) Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST Google Affiliate Network: Trend to Watch: Research On the Rise (2 of 4)Reposted from the Google Retail blogWhat other consumer trends should we keep an eye on in 2010? The lengthening shopping cycle we discussed last week hinted at the increasing importance of research as a trend to watch. And, with the increased search volume in the electronics, appliance, and furnishing categories, much of this research will take place online. Be sure to "stay on" as consumers not only research far in advance but research increasingly online for upcoming seasonal purchases. Source: Google/OTX Post-Holiday Consumer Study, January 2010. Q1A Listed below are the products or services you mentioned you purchased this Holiday Season. How long prior to making this/these purchase(s) did you research it/them, if at all? (Select one for each.) Mean summary. n=1850. Reposted from the Google Retail Blog URL: http://googleaffiliatenetwork-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/trend-to-watch-research-on-rise-2-of-4.html |
[G] Serious Threat to Web in Italy Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST YouTube Blog: Serious Threat to Web in ItalyBy now, you might have heard about the ruling in Italy, whereby three Google employees were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws for a video posted to Google Video in 2006. Because this is an issue of critical importance to all of us here at Google, particularly at YouTube, we wanted to direct readers of this blog to the Official Google Blog post on the matter: "Serious threat to Web in Italy."The YouTube Team URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/WtyBqYcJY3g/serious-threat-to-web-in-italy.html |
[G] Mapping your data with Google Fusion Tables Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST Google LatLong: Mapping your data with Google Fusion TablesGot a database full of cool data you want to show on a map? It just got easier. Google Fusion Tables is a place in the cloud for your data tables. Today we're announcing some new features that will let you upload and map large amounts of geographic data. This used to require a developer, but now you can do it yourself. You can also now hide and show different data depending on your own criteria. Here's a great example. Tom and Dirk at MTBGuru.com have a database of bike trails their users have submitted from around the world. Each bike trail includes hundreds or thousands of geographic points. In a blog post today, MTBGuru.com describes their experiences using Google Fusion Tables to show all 5000 trails on one map, embedded directly on the site. Zoom into an area and the actual paths of the trails become visible. Play around with the interactive map below, which shows data from MTBGuru. For starters, we're zoomed in to Prague, and not only can you see the trails, but each line is clickable. Too many trails? Want to find trails long enough for a heart-pounding workout? Filter for trails longer than 70 kilometers and show just those on the map. It renders in seconds. To try this for yourself, go to Tom and Dirk's live map. You can also read the MTBGuru.com blog to hear from . In addition to filtering, aggregating, mapping points, lines, or polygons, and exporting to Google Earth, with Google Fusion Tables you can integrate different data sources, collaborate with others on columns, rows, and cells, and visualize your data in lots of other ways. If you want to connect your database to the Fusion Table map programatically like MTBGuru.com did, check out our API. We hope you enjoy your newfound freedom to map and filter large data sets, and we'll continue to let you know about more cool new mapping features in Google Fusion Tables as they become available. Posted by Hector Gonzalez & Rebecca Shapley, Google Fusion Tables team URL: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/02/mapping-your-data-with-google-fusion.html |
Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST Official Google Enterprise Blog: Flying into the cloudEvery day thousands of companies move to Google Apps, but it's not that often that we get to bring Apps to those who already work among the clouds. We're excited to share that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has moved 11,200 of their crew members to Gmail as part of their Google Apps Premier Edition deployment. KLM crew members will now be able to send and receive email effectively from any location and using any Internet connected device, including personal laptops, shared computers, BlackBerry devices, mobile phones, or PDA devices.The adoption of Gmail marks KLM's move to cloud computing. With 25 GB of storage per account, Gmail provides them with a powerful, intuitive and efficient messaging platform with integrated IM (Google Talk) and a series of additional features that facilitate communication. For example, message translation allows KLM employees to translate email from and into 42 different languages with one click of the mouse. The employees' familiarity with Google's consumer products meant that minimal or no training was needed to complete the deployment. If you're interested in joining KLM in the cloud, check out www.google.com/a Posted by Adrian Joseph, Managing Director of Google Enterprise for Europe, Middle East and Africa URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/02/flying-into-cloud.html |
[G] YouTube 101: Educational Series for New Users Launches Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST YouTube Blog: YouTube 101: Educational Series for New Users LaunchesIf you subscribe to the YouTube channel, you may have noticed a slew of new videos uploaded recently. They're part of an initiative called "YouTube 101," a series that explains basic features to new users. With hundreds of thousands of people creating new YouTube channels every day, there are a lot of folks out there who may not know that they can share a video privately, customize their channel or even how to upload a video -- in full HD, no less.Each video has a unique flavor and you may even recognize some familiar faces helping us out (Happy Tree Friends, anyone?): These tutorials will be embedded in our Help Center, the Creator's Corner, and other places where you're most likely to need quick, entertaining tutorials on how to use YouTube. Let us know what you think in the comments below, particularly if there's a feature you find mysterious and think deserves the 101 treatment. Mia Quagliarello, Community Manager, recently watched "A Pluto Song." URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/wwES7e1Kjaw/youtube-101-educational-series-for-new.html |
[G] FeedBurner experiencing system instability Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST The FeedBurner Status Blog: FeedBurner experiencing system instabilityIssue: FeedBurner is experiencing system instability for the morning of 24-Feb which may affect access to your feed and FeedBurner account.Update (9:22am PST 24-Feb): All services have been fully restored. URL: http://feedburnerstatus.blogspot.com/2010/02/feedburner-experiencing-system.html |
[G] Partial disruption of email delivery service for February 23rd; problem resolved going forward Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST The FeedBurner Status Blog: Partial disruption of email delivery service for February 23rd; problem resolved going forwardIssue: FeedBurner's regularly scheduled email delivery process was interrupted for several hours during the morning yesterday, 23-Feb. The issue has been resolved and all email is being properly sent today, 24-Feb.Missing email subscriber counts will also reappear tomorrow. URL: http://feedburnerstatus.blogspot.com/2010/02/partial-disruption-of-email-delivery.html |
[G] Serious threat to the web in Italy Posted: 24 Feb 2010 06:41 AM PST Google Public Policy Blog: Serious threat to the web in ItalyPosted by Matt Sucherman, VP and Deputy General Counsel - Europe, Middle East and Africa(cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) In late 2006, students at a school in Turin, Italy filmed and then uploaded a video to Google Video that showed them bullying an autistic schoolmate. The video was totally reprehensible and we took it down within hours of being notified by the Italian police. We also worked with the local police to help identify the person responsible for uploading it and she was subsequently sentenced to 10 months community service by a court in Turin, as were several other classmates who were also involved. In these rare but unpleasant cases, that's where our involvement would normally end. But in this instance, a public prosecutor in Milan decided to indict four Google employees —David Drummond, Arvind Desikan, Peter Fleischer and George Reyes (who left the company in 2008). The charges brought against them were criminal defamation and a failure to comply with the Italian privacy code. To be clear, none of the four Googlers charged had anything to do with this video. They did not appear in it, film it, upload it or review it. None of them know the people involved or were even aware of the video's existence until after it was removed. Nevertheless, a judge in Milan today convicted 3 of the 4 defendants — David Drummond, Peter Fleischer and George Reyes — for failure to comply with the Italian privacy code. All 4 were found not guilty of criminal defamation. In essence this ruling means that employees of hosting platforms like Google Video are criminally responsible for content that users upload. We will appeal this astonishing decision because the Google employees on trial had nothing to do with the video in question. Throughout this long process, they have displayed admirable grace and fortitude. It is outrageous that they have been subjected to a trial at all. But we are deeply troubled by this conviction for another equally important reason. It attacks the very principles of freedom on which the Internet is built. Common sense dictates that only the person who films and uploads a video to a hosting platform could take the steps necessary to protect the privacy and obtain the consent of the people they are filming. European Union law was drafted specifically to give hosting providers a safe harbor from liability so long as they remove illegal content once they are notified of its existence. The belief, rightly in our opinion, was that a notice and take down regime of this kind would help creativity flourish and support free speech while protecting personal privacy. If that principle is swept aside and sites like Blogger, YouTube and indeed every social network and any community bulletin board, are held responsible for vetting every single piece of content that is uploaded to them — every piece of text, every photo, every file, every video — then the Web as we know it will cease to exist, and many of the economic, social, political and technological benefits it brings could disappear. These are important points of principle, which is why we and our employees will vigorously appeal this decision. URL: http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/02/serious-threat-to-web-in-italy.html |
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