Thursday, July 29, 2010

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[G] Destination: Beauty! YouTube’s gurus help you look your best

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 09:38 PM PDT

YouTube Blog: Destination: Beauty! YouTube's gurus help you look your best

Get your eyeliner sharpened, your mascara pumped, your hair ready to be oh-so-carefully tussled -- today, we're launching our first-ever beauty program, "Destination Beauty," sponsored by L'Oréal Paris. The year-long initiative will feature a constantly refreshed selection of videos offering tips and tricks on looking your best from partners like Panacea81, KandeeJohnson and Seventeen Magazine, all of whom are authorities in this space. Take a peek at the videos below as examples of what you'll find on the channel.

Emulating Katy Perry's "California Gurls Video" look:











Getting violet lips:











Constructing a quick summer up-do:











Check back every Monday for a new dose of only-on-YouTube tutorials in categories like makeup, hair and trends.

Mia Quagliarello, Community Manager,  recently watched "Get Leighton Meester's Cool, Colorful Eye Look!"


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/9Chn2QTwX5k/destination-beauty-youtubes-gurus-help.html

[G] YouTube Summer School, Session 3: Mathematics

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 09:06 PM PDT

YouTube Blog: YouTube Summer School, Session 3: Mathematics

Welcome back, life-long learners! We're in our third week here at YouTube Summer School and today we're shifting gears again. After our lovely stroll through the art gallery of YouTube EDU, we're headed to the hall of mathematics and will be crunching numbers for the next week.

Ever have any trouble with algebra, geometry, calculus or trig-a-what? For some, putting numbers in their place isn't as easy as Captain Picard makes it look. Sometimes we simply can't "make it so" without a little help. That's why we've scoured through YouTube EDU to find what professors from top universities around the globe are teaching about everything from differential equations to probalistic aggregation studies (try saying that 10 times fast!).









And to review what we covered last week, take a minute to test yourself with the following questions. If you know the answers, let us know in the comments below (please note comments are moderated due to spam). We're on the lookout for our "Grade A" students!

1) What color house did Frida Kahlo grow up in?
2) Malaquias Montoya, professor of Chicano studies and art history at the University of California in Davis, is known for what item of unique clothing?
3) The African art exhibit in the Valparaiso University Brauer Museum is from what century?

Until next week!

Mandy Albanese, Communications Associate, recently watched "Nilsequences and the Primes."


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/art3rxVp1vM/youtube-summer-school-session-3.html

[G] Alex Trebek, Teachers and Googlers Unite at the Google Geo Teachers Institute

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:20 PM PDT

Google LatLong: Alex Trebek, Teachers and Googlers Unite at the Google Geo Teachers Institute


What do Alex Trebek, teachers and Googlers have in common? Last week, these individuals and groups all came together at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA to celebrate exploration and learning.

Google hosted its first Geo Teachers Institute, an intensive two-day workshop in which 150 educators received hands-on training and experience with Google Maps, Google SketchUp and Google Earth, including features like Mars, Moon and SkyMaps. Attendees from around the globe not only learned how these products work, but also discovered tips and resources for introducing these tools to students and using them to conceptualize, visualize, share and communicate about the world around them. Through this event, teachers were hopefully inspired to bring the world's geographic information to students in compelling, fresh and fun ways.


John Hanke, VP of Product Management, addressing the audience of educators

As part of our continued effort to collaborate with teachers and help students get a better sense of places across the globe, we also announced that Google Earth Pro is now available to educators for free through the Google Earth for Educators site. Educators from higher educational and academic institutions who demonstrate a need for the Pro features in their classrooms can now apply for single licenses for themselves or site licenses for their computer labs. A similar program exists for SketchUp Pro through the Google SketchUp Pro Statewide License Grant, which is currently being provided via grants to 11 states, and available to all others at the K-12 level at no cost.

In conjunction with these exciting Geo-related events and announcements, the Geo Education team also thought it'd be timely and fun to test Googlers' geographic knowledge by hosting the company's first ever Google Geo Bee. With help from National Geographic, 68 teams relived their school years and took a written geography exam, competing for a spot on stage with Alex Trebek, who hosted the main event. The competition was based on the group version of the National Geographic Bee for students, which Google has sponsored for the past two years. Questions included those like "Which country contains most of the Balkan Mountains, which mark the boundary between the historical regions of Thrace and Moesia?" and "Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the United Kingdom, is located in which mountain chain?"


The winners of our Google Geo Bee: Ian Sharp, Marcus Thorpe and Rob Harford

The final three Google teams (the Tea-Drinking Imperialists, the Geoids and the Titans) all showed off their geographic literacy and answered a plethora of diverse and complex questions. In the end, it was the Tea-Drinkers who emerged the winners when they figured out that Mecca was the answer to the clue, "Due to this city's location on a desert trading route, many residents were merchants, the most famous of whom was born around A.D. 570." And they didn't just walk away with bragging rights; thanks to Sven Linblad from Linblad Expeditions, they also won an amazing adventure trip to either the Arctic, the Galapagos or Antarctica.

Through all of these education efforts - for teachers, students and grown-up Googlers alike - we hope people of all ages never stop exploring.

Posted by Tina Ornduff, Geo Education Team
URL: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/07/alex-trebek-teachers-and-googlers-unite.html

[G] AdWords Policy Change Log to Announce Policy Changes

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Inside AdWords: AdWords Policy Change Log to Announce Policy Changes

In order to help you stay up to date with changes to our AdWords policies, we've launched the AdWords Policy Change Log. This new site makes it easier to stay informed about upcoming AdWords policy changes by posting a short summary, including the affected region, for each policy change going into effect.

While the AdWords Policy Change log will have the most comprehensive listing of changes to AdWords policies, if we anticipate that your account will be directly affected by an upcoming policy change, we'll still email you a service announcement, as necessary, to make sure you're aware of the change.

Posted by Dan Friedman, Inside AdWords crew
URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/07/adwords-policy-change-log-to-announce.html

[G] Introducing the Google Mobile Ads Blog

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Inside AdWords: Introducing the Google Mobile Ads Blog


As many of you know, we started the Go Mobile! series of posts on the Inside AdWords blog to give you an easy way to keep up with the world of mobile advertising.

The mobile industry has really evolved since the start of the series: mobile is becoming a core part of many marketing campaigns and publishers are developing mobile-specific content across the web and in applications across mobile operating systems. We're even more excited about the prospects for driving further innovation in mobile now that AdMob has joined the Google Mobile Ads team.

With this in mind, we created a dedicated blog for those of you specifically interested in mobile advertising and mobile monetization. The Google Mobile Ads Blog is a place where advertisers and publishers can find the latest news, product updates, tips, and account management resources from the Google Mobile Ads team.

Of course we'll continue to post major Google Mobile Ads announcements on the Inside AdWords blog, but be sure to visit the official Google Mobile Ads Blog for all of your mobile-specific updates.

Mobile has come a long way in a short period of time and we can't wait to see what's next.

Posted by Anna Khesed, Product Marketing Manager, Google AdMob
URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/07/introducing-google-mobile-ads-blog.html

[G] Alex Trebek, teachers and Googlers unite at the Google Geo Teachers Institute

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Official Google Blog: Alex Trebek, teachers and Googlers unite at the Google Geo Teachers Institute

(Cross-posted from the Lat Long Blog)

What do Alex Trebek, teachers and Googlers have in common? Last week, these individuals and groups all came together at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA to celebrate exploration and learning.

Google hosted its first Geo Teachers Institute, an intensive two-day workshop in which 150 educators received hands-on training and experience with Google Maps, Google SketchUp and Google Earth, including features like Mars, Moon and SkyMaps. Attendees from around the globe not only learned how these products work, but also discovered tips and resources for introducing these tools to students and using them to conceptualize, visualize, share and communicate about the world around them. Through this event, teachers were hopefully inspired to bring the world's geographic information to students in compelling, fresh and fun ways.


John Hanke, VP of Product Management, addressing the audience of educators

As part of our continued effort to collaborate with teachers and help students get a better sense of places across the globe, we also announced that Google Earth Pro is now available to educators for free through the Google Earth for Educators site. Educators from higher educational and academic institutions who demonstrate a need for the Pro features in their classrooms can now apply for single licenses for themselves or site licenses for their computer labs. A similar program exists for SketchUp Pro through the Google SketchUp Pro Statewide License Grant, which is currently being provided via grants to 11 states, and available to all others at the K-12 level at no cost.

In conjunction with these exciting Geo-related events and announcements, the Geo Education team also thought it'd be timely and fun to test Googlers' geographic knowledge by hosting the company's first ever Google Geo Bee. With help from National Geographic, 68 teams relived their school years and took a written geography exam, competing for a spot on stage with Alex Trebek, who hosted the main event. The competition was based on the group version of the National Geographic Bee for students, which Google has sponsored for the past two years. Questions included those like "Which country contains most of the Balkan Mountains, which mark the boundary between the historical regions of Thrace and Moesia?" and "Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the United Kingdom, is located in which mountain chain?"


The winners of our Google Geo Bee: Ian Sharp, Marcus Thorpe and Rob Harford

The final three Google teams (the Tea-Drinking Imperialists, the Geoids and the Titans) all showed off their geographic literacy and answered a plethora of diverse and complex questions. In the end, it was the Tea-Drinkers who emerged the winners when they figured out that Mecca was the answer to the clue, "Due to this city's location on a desert trading route, many residents were merchants, the most famous of whom was born around A.D. 570." And they didn't just walk away with bragging rights; thanks to Sven Linblad from Linblad Expeditions, they also won an amazing adventure trip to either the Arctic, the Galapagos or Antarctica.

Through all of these education efforts — for teachers, students and grown-up Googlers alike — we hope people of all ages never stop exploring.

Posted by Tina Ornduff, Geo Education Team
URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/alex-trebek-teachers-and-googlers-unite.html

[G] What to search when you’re expecting

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Official Google Blog: What to search when you're expecting

This is part of our summer series of new Search Stories. Look for the label Search Stories and subscribe to the series. -Ed.

Having been a new dad for six months now, I've quickly come to learn two valuable parenting lessons. First, being a father is truly a full-time job—and second, sleep is completely overrated. Whether buying the latest bottles, binkies, blankets and bibs, or just blogging about the whole magical journey, becoming a father has been the most invigorating and moving experience of my lifetime.


This week, I'm excited to help introduce our latest search story, New Baby. The video really captures the joys (and costs!) of becoming a new parent. I'd like to share my heart-felt compassion with new dads everywhere (and of course, my wife and the other mothers out there who are the true heroes.) We will all rest when they head off to college—in the meantime, enjoy!



Posted by Murali Viswanathan, Product Manager
URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-to-search-when-youre-expecting.html

[G] Switch to the new version of AdSense for search

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Inside AdSense: Switch to the new version of AdSense for search

Over the last two years, the AdSense team has offered the powerful Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) product as an improvement over the original AdSense for search. After some recent improvements, we're now ready to retire the older version of AdSense for search. If the Google logo on your search results page reads "Powered by Google" instead of the newer "Google Custom Search" then you haven't yet upgraded to the newer version. The new AdSense for search with CSE is available in your account, and we encourage you to make the switch by updating your code as soon as possible.

AdSense for search with CSE gives you more control over your search results without changing how you earn money showing AdSense for search ads. For example, with the new version, you'll have access to advanced features like refinements and promotions. Our team has developed a number of updates and improvements during the past few months, and you can access more advanced features at www.google.com/cse.

Your existing AdSense for search box will continue to work normally for a few more months, and we'll be sure to update you when we retire this version. To take advantage of the benefits offered by the new version of AdSense for search and ensure you don't miss any revenue during the transition, we encourage you to update your code now. You'll just need to regenerate your AdSense for search code by signing in to your account and following these instructions:
  1. Visit your "AdSense Setup" tab and select "AdSense for Search."
  2. Select the sites you'd like your users to be able to search across (Learn More).
  3. Customize the look and feel of your search engine results.
  4. Update the code on your website.
For more information about AdSense for search with CSE, please visit our Help Center.

Posted by Katrina Kurnit - Inside AdSense Team
URL: http://adsense.blogspot.com/2010/07/switch-to-new-version-of-adsense-for.html

[G] London OS Jam 17: Speeeeed

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Google Open Source Blog: London OS Jam 17: Speeeeed

Just over a week ago, we hosted Google London Open Source Jam 17. The event is an opportunity for open source developers to give five minute presentations to their peers, socialise, eat pizza, and drink beer. The topic for this Jam was "Speed" and — unusually for us — many of the talks were on-topic:

Simon Stewart, pondering

Simon Stewart started off by telling us how to measure things: using tools like Firebug and Speed Tracer to break down client-side latency.

Matt Godbolt gave us some tips for making speedy Android apps, and Tim Cox presented a "Rant at Speed" that covered everything from CPU cache latency to the speed of light, all in five short minutes!

Glyn Wintle gave a quick rundown on common exploits: "How to break into a computer — fast", covering the top five security mistakes made by web developers. You can try out some of these attacks yourself using the Google Gruyère codelab.

Ade Oshineye gave an impromptu (and not entirely serious) plan for "Making it faster." Mike Mahemoff talked about speeding up web applications with the new shiny features in HTML5, and chatted briefly about the ever-blurring distinction between web applications and web pages. Paul Downey gave us an overview of TiddlyWiki, and TiddlySpace, where he hosted his presentation.

Squirrel

Squirrel gave a talk about Performance Secrets, which — uniquely for a Squirrel presentation — didn't involve a flipchart.

Matthew Wild told us about Prosody, an XMPP server written in Lua. Apart from praising Lua as a great language, he also showed us how his continuous build generated annotated performance graphs on each commit to the repository.

George Cox proposed a need for making operational changes at speed — new deployments, and so on, while Luca Colantonio discussed his experiences implementing txty.mobi, a cloud-based web application for sending SMS messages via your own Android phone.

Tom Quick talked about the open source stack he'd used to develop GlastoTag, using Redis as a fast, persistent storage layer, and how using Django had helped to speed up their development process.

Jag

Last but not least, OS Jam favourite Jag gave us an overview of some of the performance decisions he'd made while developing Din.

As always we retired to the pub afterwards to continue our discussions. If you're around London you're welcome to join us for the next Jam. Join the mailing list or keep an eye out on the Jam site to find out more.

By Malcolm Rowe, Software Engineering Team
URL: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/07/london-os-jam-17-speeeeed.html

[G] Surf video all day long on TV and the Web, then tell your friends about it

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:32 AM PDT

YouTube Blog: Surf video all day long on TV and the Web, then tell your friends about it

As you could probably guess, we're really excited about the imminent launch of Google TV. You can learn more about this initiative here, but it's basically a new way to watch TV by seamlessly integrating the Web and TV into one incredible viewing experience. Soon, you'll be able to watch a lot more of those beautiful hi-def YouTube videos on your beautiful, hi-def TV.

Google TV will initially be available on devices manufactured by Sony and Logitech in the fall, with more partners to be announced later. Logitech has just come up with a nifty idea to publicize their device, the Logitech Revue with Google TV™ -- a contest to find the 'Host with the Most' in one of three fabulous cities within the U.S.



Check out this site for more details of 'Host with the Most,' but the gist is simple: if you can prove that you are a true social influencer with a passion for the new universe of TV and video that Google TV will offer, Logitech may select you to become a Logitech host and pay you to spend time in one of their lofts in New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco. Your mission will be to host a bunch of parties, show off the technology, and spread the word through your social circles. (See Logitech's OFFICIAL RULES for eligibility requirements and complete details.) Since nothing goes together better than YouTube and Google TV – and no group is more socially connected than the YouTube community – we thought we'd encourage you all to nominate yourselves for the role. We look forward to seeing what cool things the winning hosts will do with the Logitech loft experience – and maybe one of them will be you!

Peter Sherman, Product Marketing Manager, recently watched "What is Google TV?"


*NEITHER GOOGLE NOR YOUTUBE IS A SPONSOR OF OR AFFILIATED WITH THE LOGITECH 'HOST WITH THE MOST' CONTEST IN ANY WAY. EMPLOYEES OF GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/ifxqxbglXPY/surf-video-all-day-long-on-tv-and-web.html
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