Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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[G] Announcing the new Google E-Commerce YouTube Channel

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Official Google Checkout Blog: Announcing the new Google E-Commerce YouTube Channel

Welcome to the Google E-Commerce YouTube Channel, your interactive source for demo, feature launch and instructional videos for Google Checkout and Product Search.

Recently, we've added instructional videos for how to set up shipping information and sales tax calculations for Google Checkout. Soon, we'll add videos to address frequently asked buyer and merchant questions and an informational video about how to handle customer chargebacks.

We look forward to supplying merchants with a video resource library and encourage your feedback. Click the 'Subscribe' button at the top of the channel page to follow all the latest e-commerce videos and please keep your channel comments coming.

Posted by Chad Liffmann, Google Checkout Operations
URL: http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/2010/05/announcing-new-google-e-commerce.html

[G] Google I/O 2010

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Google Open Source Blog: Google I/O 2010

Google I/O, Google's largest annual developer conference, will take place on May 19-20 at Moscone West San Francisco, and nearly all of the tracks feature open sourced products -- Android, GWT, Chrome, Wave and Google APIs. We are very excited about the amount of content for open source developers this year.

Feel free to take a look at the full schedule that was recently announced. The event is completely sold out, but you can still catch the keynote presentations as they will be streamed live on the Google Developers YouTube Channel. You can also watch last year's keynotes and session videos. Recordings from this year's sessions will be posted on YouTube as well.

For those of you attending, Open Source Programs Manager Chris DiBona will be moderating a fireside chat with the Android team on Thursday, and he and members of the Open Source Programs Office will be present throughout the conference.

After many years of hard work from Googlers and the entire open source community, Chris DiBona is now ready to say, "Open Source is everywhere at Google I/O."

Hope to see you there!

By Ellen Ko, Open Source Team
URL: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/05/googleio2010.html

[G] Mobile app developers talk Google-AdMob

Posted: 10 May 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Google Public Policy Blog: Mobile app developers talk Google-AdMob

Posted by Paul Feng, Group Product Manager

More mobile app developers -- the folks who use mobile ad networks like Google, AdMob, Apple/Quattro, Millennial, Jumptap, Greystripe and others to make money from ads within their iPhone and Android apps -- are joining Wertago in sharing their views about our planned acquisition of AdMob.

Wayne Skipper of Concentric Sky, a developer of iPhone and Android apps, blogged that he was asked by the FTC for his views on Google/AdMob, and told the agency:
Like many in the industry, we believe [that blocking the deal] would be a serious mistake. There are much better places for the agency to focus its attention.

The mobile space is clearly in its infancy and is changing rapidly. At every touchpoint with the FTC, we felt like the market had shifted enough that what we'd said previously was already out of date. Recent game changing events like Apple's iAd platform - not to mention Alcatel-Lucent's new ad system that bypasses apps entirely - make it hard to understand why anyone would feel that a Google/AdMob partnership will reduce competition. From our perspective, this acquisition is a positive, reaffirming event for the entire mobile industry.
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We tried to emphasize our view that mobile advertising is an industry in flux - and as such, we strongly believe regulation now would be premature.
Will Price, the CEO of mobile website developer WidgetBox, also shared his views that blocking the acquisition could have a negative impact on the start-up economy. And later Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media tweeted in agreement with Price:
I agree: FTC considering blocking Google acquisition of AdMob is madness. Key competition is in mobile, not advertising
Finally, Farhad Manjoo of Slate wrote this morning about "why it's so absurd for the FTC to question Google's AdMob deal."

You can read more about what others are saying about the deal here.
URL: http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/05/mobile-app-developers-talk-google-admob.html

[G] Three tips for start-ups considering Google Apps

Posted: 10 May 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Three tips for start-ups considering Google Apps

Editors note: Today's guest blogger is Silicon Valley veteran Andy Bechtolsheim. While at Stanford University, Bechtolsheim devised a powerful computer (which he called a workstation) because he was tired of waiting for computer time on the central university system. Vinod Khosla and Scott McNealy approached him to market his invention and start Sun – derived from "Stanford University Network." Sun Microsystems quickly became a success, with a market capitalization by 2003 of $11.5 billion. Today, Andy is Chairman of Arista Networks, a company that delivers networking solutions for large data centers and high-performance computing environments.


Andy will be speaking on a live webcast this Thursday, May 13, at 11:00 a.m. PDT, where he will also field questions from the audience.


If you are an entrepreneur or you are part of a growing start-up, then you're no doubt laser-focused on developing and marketing something game-changing. From experience, I know that you can't afford to siphon off resources toward anything that's not core to the business.


When we founded Arista Networks, we did not really want to buy our own servers for internal IT tasks such as hosting email. And we didn't want to worry about data back-ups or remote access. We initially used a small, hosted email provider, but something went wrong every week. More than two years ago, we switched to Google Apps for all of our communication needs, and we have not had any problems since.


Our experience with Google Apps is very good. Email works great --- in particular the search function plus the integrated chat, and there is no SPAM. We get back-ups and world-wide remote access managed by Google. Document sharing is very useful. Basically everything just works as you would expect, and we don't have to worry about anything. We don't need a system administrator, even with a headcount of more than a hundred people.


My advice to every start-up is to use Google Apps. It saves you from having huge headaches, it is very inexpensive, and just a better system. We also use some other cloud services such as Salesforce.com for customer relationship management, Netsuite for our database and Amazon to host our website. Cloud computing works great for us. I would never buy another server to bring these functions in-house.


I would be happy to relay my experiences with Google Apps here at Arista and share three tips with you on:

  • How to use cloud computing to focus on your core competency
  • Ways to help employees increase productivity in a rapid growth environment
  • How to recharge your business approach through constant innovations in Google Apps




Please join us for this LIVE event:

May 13, 2010
11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EDT / 6:00 p.m. GMT


Posted by Serena Satyasai, the Google Apps team







Do you have an informative and fun Google Apps story to share? Please submit it here.

URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/05/three-tips-for-start-ups-considering.html

[G] Small Talk contest celebrates the funny things kids say

Posted: 10 May 2010 12:33 PM PDT

YouTube Blog: Small Talk contest celebrates the funny things kids say

Kids and video go together like peanut butter and jelly, and our new Small Talk contest, made possible by the New Toyota Sienna, is set to pack even more fun into sharing family moments on YouTube. Small Talk is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, who invites you to capture hilarious and heartwarming clips from your family's most outspoken young members. If your video wins the love of the YouTube community, you could win $10,000.



The good news is, you don't need to spend hours coaxing the next "Charlie Bit My Finger"out of your loved ones. In fact, all fingers are safe in this contest. Small Talk is all about the funny things kids say. All you need to do is enter a video of your kid answering one or more questions from the list featured on the Small Talk channel.

The top entries will be featured on the Small Talk channel, and the YouTube community will vote for the one that charms and cheers the most. If you love sharing your kid's most memorable and charming moments, now is the time to record some Small Talk and share it with the world. The results could be very rewarding. You've got till June 20 to capture the magic. Good luck!

Lee Hadlow, Ad Programs Associate, is still tickled by "Surprised Kitty."


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/wdw8zu7inoE/small-talk-contest-celebrates-funny.html
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