Thursday, February 23, 2012

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[G] Taking Automated Rules to the next level: Now in My Client Center

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:51 PM PST

Inside AdWords: Taking Automated Rules to the next level: Now in My Client Center


We've added My Client Center support, so you can now run Automated Rules across multiple client accounts, to help you manage many accounts more quickly, easily and efficiently. To get started, simply click the "Automate" drop-down menu on the Performance or Budget tab:

This AdWords Help Center article walks you through how to set up Automated Rules in My Client Center. As you may notice, the steps are mostly the same as for individual accounts, except that we've added sections for account and currency selection:


As always, remember to click the Preview results button to verify that you've set the rule up correctly. Previewing displays the time you've chosen for the rule to run in groups according to your clients' timezones, and allows you to get a glimpse of the changes that the rule will make to the first account you've selected.


To see popular types of rules created by advertisers, please see this AdWords Help Center article. To learn more about Automated Rules, please visit Ad Innovations.

Posted by Andrew Truong, Product Marketing Manager
URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2012/02/taking-automated-rules-to-next-level.html

[G] Presenting the brand new AdWords Community

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:51 PM PST

Inside AdWords: Presenting the brand new AdWords Community


For the past three years the AdWords Help Forum has been a place where advertisers from all walks of life could come together and exchange ideas, advice and stories with other AdWords advertisers. It's really awe-inspiring to see people helping people and it's all thanks to your support and enthusiasm. Over the years we've been collecting your comments about the Help Forum and decided it was time for a change. We strive to make our users happy with the best possible products we can provide, from our advertising products, to our search products, to our social products. That's why we're excited to announce today that we're upgrading the AdWords Help Forum to a new platform that we're calling the AdWords Community.


Our new AdWords Community website is live now! Check out our new look and functionality.

New improvements with our website include:

1. Easy Navigation: The main AdWords Community page has an easy navigation bar divided into four main sections:
  • Discuss: In this section you can engage with other advertisers. Depending on the topic, choose a category board and post your question, or follow up on an existing discussion.
  • AdWords Wiki: Here you can find helpful AdWords articles written by other users who share their experience on AdWords account management and optimization, sitelinks, account structure, and many more topics.
  • About Community: Want to know more about this community? Here you can meet the Top Contributors and AdWords Community Team, read our posting guidelines, and learn how to advance in levels.
  • Resources: Still not sure if you have the right answer? Check out our other Google resources to learn even more about AdWords.

2. Contact Google: The AdWords Community is here for you, as is our Google Support team. Click the Contact Google button in the upper right corner if you want to get in touch with us directly.

3. Online Now: Wondering who else is posting now? On the left hand side you can see all users who are currently online. Check out their profiles, read their posts and give stars to every good answer!

Being part of our community has never been more fun! When visiting the new community for the first time, you need to register with your Google Account and create a username. When creating a username, we advise to use the same one as the one you used in the AdWords Help Forum. There are two restrictions when choosing it. First, the length cannot be longer than 15 characters. Second, the username cannot contain spaces. Once you register as a member, you have the option to create your own profile and start sharing your questions and ideas about AdWords with other users.

The new AdWords Community website will be now available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian languages.

Posted by AdWords Community Team
URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2012/02/presenting-brand-new-adwords-community.html

[G] Collaborate and edit anywhere with the updated Google Docs for Android

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

Docs Blog: Collaborate and edit anywhere with the updated Google Docs for Android

As I was sitting on the ferry commuting to Google's Sydney office this morning, two thoughts occurred to me. First, Australia is beautiful. If you've never been here, you really should visit. And second, it's amazing how productive I can be with just my Android phone and an Internet connection. I was responding to email, reading news articles, and editing documents--just like I do at the office. Only the view was better!

We want to give everyone the chance to be productive no matter where they are, so today we're releasing a new update to the Google Docs app for Android. We've brought the collaborative experience from Google Docs on the desktop to your Android device. You'll see updates in real time as others type on their computers, tablets and phones, and you can just tap the document to join in.

We also updated the interface to make it easier to work with your documents on the go. For example, you can pinch to zoom and focus on a specific paragraph or see the whole document at a glance. We also added rich text formatting so you can do things like create a quick bullet list, add color to your documents, or just bold something important. Watch the new Google Docs app in action:

 

If you want to hear about the latest Docs news or send us feedback on the new app, visit Google Docs on Google+.

Gotta run--I've got another ferry to catch!

Posted by: By Vadim Gerasimov, Software Engineer
URL: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/02/collaborate-and-edit-anywhere-with.html

[G] Collaborate and edit anywhere with the updated Google Docs for Android

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

Official Google Mobile Blog: Collaborate and edit anywhere with the updated Google Docs for Android

As I was sitting on the ferry commuting to Google's Sydney office this morning, two thoughts occurred to me. First, Australia is beautiful. If you've never been here, you really should visit. And second, it's amazing how productive I can be with just my Android phone and an Internet connection. I was responding to email, reading news articles, and editing documents—just like I do at the office. Only the view was better!

We want to give everyone the chance to be productive no matter where they are, so today we're releasing a new update to the Google Docs app for Android. We've brought the collaborative experience from Google Docs on the desktop to your Android device. You'll see updates in real time as others type on their computers, tablets and phones, and you can just tap the document to join in.

We also updated the interface to make it easier to work with your documents on the go. For example, you can pinch to zoom and focus on a specific paragraph or see the whole document at a glance. We also added rich text formatting so you can do things like create a quick bullet list, add color to your documents, or just bold something important. Watch the new Google Docs app in action:



If you want to hear about the latest Docs news or send us feedback on the new app, visit Google Docs on Google+.

Gotta run—I've got another ferry to catch!

Posted by: By Vadim Gerasimov, Software Engineer
URL: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2012/02/collaborate-and-edit-anywhere-with.html

[G] Collaborate and edit anywhere with the updated Google Docs for Android

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

Official Google Blog: Collaborate and edit anywhere with the updated Google Docs for Android

As I was sitting on the ferry commuting to Google's Sydney office this morning, two thoughts occurred to me. First, Australia is beautiful. If you've never been here, you really should visit. And second, it's amazing how productive I can be with just my Android phone and an Internet connection. I was responding to email, reading news articles and editing documents—just like I do at the office. Only the view was better!

We want to give everyone the chance to be productive no matter where they are, so today we're releasing a new update to the Google Docs app for Android. We've brought the collaborative experience from Google Docs on the desktop to your Android device. You'll see updates in real time as others type on their computers, tablets and phones, and you can just tap the document to join in.

We also updated the interface to make it easier to work with your documents on the go. For example, you can pinch to zoom and focus on a specific paragraph or see the whole document at a glance. We also added rich text formatting so you can do things like create a quick bullet list, add color to your documents, or just bold something important. Watch the new Google Docs app in action:



If you want to hear about the latest Docs news or send us feedback on the new app, visit Google Docs on Google+.

Gotta run—I've got another ferry to catch!

Posted by Vadim Gerasimov, Software Engineer
URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/collaborate-and-edit-anywhere-with.html

[G] Great presentations start with great discussions

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

Docs Blog: Great presentations start with great discussions

Back in October, we released a preview of a brand new version of Google presentations, designed to make it easier to share ideas with others. We've been busy polishing the app based on your feedback and today we're excited to enable the new editor for all new presentations.

We're also introducing a number of performance improvements and making it easier for you to collaborate by bringing the discussion feature you've used in documents to presentations.



With discussions in presentations, you'll be able to:Comment on a shape or an entire slide to give context to your discussion. Send an email notification by adding someone to a comment.

Resolve comments to let collaborators know that they've been addressed, and to reduce clutter in your presentation.Plus, to make it easy to get feedback without giving up control of who can make changes, you can now give others the ability to comment on (but not edit) your presentation.

If you'd like to convert existing presentations to the new version of the editor, create a new presentation and import your slides by selecting Import slides from the File menu. To learn more about how to import your old presentations, check out these instructions.

With discussions and real time collaboration, we hope you'll love working together in Google presentations. We're rolling out these changes slowly over the next several hours. If you'd like to give us your feedback live, we'll be hosting a Hangout tomorrow at 2:30 EST to talk about the latest updates to presentations. Stop by our Google+ page to find out how to participate.

Posted by: Michael Thomas, Software Engineer
URL: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-presentations-start-with-great.html

[G] Cauliflower Vest: end-to-end OS X FileVault 2 recovery key escrow solution

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

Google Open Source Blog: Cauliflower Vest: end-to-end OS X FileVault 2 recovery key escrow solution



We are thrilled to announce the open source release of Cauliflower Vest, a solution that we've developed to automate enabling FileVault 2 and escrowing recovery tokens.



FileVault 2 is a major, welcome addition to Mac OS X starting with Lion, as full disk encryption is an important part of securing your computer and its data. While the new FileVault 2 offering is very well suited to consumers, some enterprises may require additional features that are not provided out of the box. For example, FileVault 2 encryption is initiated voluntarily by users, lacks enforcement, and, by default, escrows recovery keys to Apple's central server. It also relies on individual Apple IDs, which cannot be managed as a group.



Cauliflower Vest bridges these feature gaps by allowing enterprise Mac admins to:


  • Forcibly enable FileVault 2 encryption.

  • Automatically escrow recovery keys to a secure Google App Engine server.

  • Securely access recovery keys so that volumes may be unlocked or reverted.




This release includes a GUI client to easily enable encryption, an escrow service, and a web UI for management. Also provided is a standalone CLI tool to automatically initiate encryption and generate a recovery key without requiring any user actions.







Employees at Google self-enable FileVault 2 using Cauliflower Vest - it's tested and ready to help you make FileVault 2 part of your enterprise.



We are releasing this source code today as part of our commitment to share Google's unique IT approach with the world, including future releases of Simian and more.









For more information, please visit the Cauliflower Vest project page and join the discussion list.




Several Googlers made Cauliflower Vest possible: Anthony Lieuallen, Avi Drissman, Edward Marczak, Felix Gröbert, Greg Castle, John Randolph, Justin McWilliams, and Mark Mentovai.



By Edward Marczak, John Randolph and Justin McWilliams, Google Corporate Platforms Engineering Team


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleOpenSourceBlog/~3/5GMmZDFJM9w/cauliflower-vest-end-to-end-os-x.html

[G] From snowflakes to surfactants: meet the YouTube Space Lab regional winners

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

YouTube Blog: From snowflakes to surfactants: meet the YouTube Space Lab regional winners

At the end of January, we invited you to choose your favorite YouTube Space Lab experiment ideas from sixty finalist teams, and today we have our winners! More than 100,000 of you cast your votes that combined with the scores from our panel of judges to decide the regional winners for the final stage of the competition. Find out who won below and you can meet them all on the Space Lab Channel.



14 - 16 year old regional winning teams


17 - 18 year old regional winning teams:


The six regional winning teams will travel to Washington, D.C., where we'll announce the two global winners (one team from each age group). These two winners will have their experiments performed 250 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and live streamed on YouTube as part of a global event celebrating science and space. While in Washington, all the teams will take part in a series of activities to honor their achievements, including the opportunity to experience weightlessness on a ZERO-G flight.



Space Lab invited budding scientists to submit a YouTube video describing an idea for an experiment that could be carried out aboard the ISS. The channel, which serves as a launch pad for discovering great space and science videos on YouTube, has received more than 50 million views worldwide throughout the course of the competition. This week we're uploading interviews with the winners in their hometowns, so subscribe to the channel to keep up to date with all the latest from here on Earth!



Zahaan Bharmal, YouTube Space Lab lead, recently watched the "ESA Education (English)" playlist.


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/5ueeEmgUOV0/from-snowflakes-to-surfactants-meet.html

[G] 2011 EMEA Android Educational Outreach Program Awards Mobile Phones to Universities

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

Google Research Blog: 2011 EMEA Android Educational Outreach Program Awards Mobile Phones to Universities

Posted by David Harper, Head of University Relations, EMEA



As part of EMEA's 2011 Android Educational Outreach program, we recently granted over 300 Android-powered mobile phones to 40 universities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. These phones will be used to support mobile related project work in university teaching and research. Our steering committee reviewed applications from 77 universities in 24 countries across the region and selected finalists based on each proposal's scope to generate interest in mobile engineering, reach many students, and be applicable both within and outside the university.



This is the second year we have awarded mobile phones to universities. This is largely attributable to the enthusiastic feedback from last year's recipients who were interested in continued support for Android project work. The phones donated last year were used in a range of interesting projects, including:


  • George Candea, EPFL (Switzerland): The Pocket Campus, an application that helps students, graduates, staff and visitors to find their way around the EPFL campus was created as a course project. After the course, some of the students decided to continue development of the application. It has become so successful that it's now EPFL's campus-wide smartphone app.

  • Andrew Rice, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom): Students in the summer programme developed Learn!, a flashcard-based learning application that is available in Android Market. This project investigated how one might incorporate features of modern phones such as multimedia capture and playback, data communications and significant computation power into a learning application.

  • Alan Smeaton and colleagues, Dublin City University (Ireland): Undergraduate, master's, and PhD students embarked on a wide variety of projects, which included lifelogging (recording everyday activities using the phone); measuring the strengths of wireless networks as an aid to mapping wireless propagation; and interface design for an augmented reality application.

  • Nicolae Tapus, University Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania): Numerous applications were developed by students, including: TaxiFinder, an application that finds the closest taxi number with the lowest price, and Viewlity, an augmented reality engine for showing nearby points of interest (e.g., gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, places of worship) on an Android phone.

  • Gerhard Tröster, ETH Zurich (Switzerland): Martin Wirz and his team are using mobile phones to conduct research in the field of wearable computing and machine learning. The devices are used to collect all kinds of sensor information (e.g., accelerometer, magnetometer, microphone, GPS) to infer personal activities, psychological behaviors and social phenomena.




We are looking forward to sharing the great projects resulting from this year's Android Educational Outreach program early next summer.






URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/gJZg/~3/aT3K5TdKktg/2011-emea-android-educational-outreach.html

[G] Street View on Google Maps comes to Russia

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

Google Lat Long: Street View on Google Maps comes to Russia


Welcome to Russia! You can now virtually travel through the world's largest country to the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg using Google Maps Street View.

Take an online stroll around famous Red Square and Moscow Kremlin, or go to outskirts of Moscow to wander around the beautiful Tsaritsino or Kuskovo parks. You can also visit the former site of the palace in Kolomenskoye, once considered the 8th World Wonder.


Red Square, Moscow

St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia and northernmost megapolis in the world, was once a country capital, and the history of this young city started with The Peter and Paul Fortress. Today, the entire historical center of St. Petersburg is a UNESCO Heritage Site that you can enjoy via Street View.


Historical Center, St. Petersburg

Within St. Petersburg, you can see the great palaces and parks that Russian emperors and nobles built, with Peterhof being its crown jewel. In fact, whole southern shore on the Gulf of Finland consists of palaces and parks including Peterhof, the Oranienbaum, and Alexandria.



Peterhof, St. Petersburg

We hope you enjoy your virtual trip to Russia, and look forward to sharing more countries, cultures and sites as Street View continues to expand to more places. For a demo on how Street View works, start here.

Also, if you have a story to share about a place in Russia, find it in Street View and share it on Google+ with the #streetview.

Posted by Boris Khvostichenko, Product Manager, Google Russia
URL: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/02/street-view-on-google-maps-comes-to.html

[G] Global leader of network connectivity solutions connects employees with Google Apps

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Global leader of network connectivity solutions connects employees with Google Apps

Editors note: D-Link is a global leader in providing network connectivity solutions to small and medium businesses. The company has more than 90 global offices to serve North America, Asia, and Europe. See what other organizations that have gone Google have to say.

D-Link is headquartered in Taiwan, but has more than 90 global offices serving North America, Asia, and Europe, each of which operates almost like an independent business unit. Prior to Google Apps, there were multiple IT support groups each with different email systems and no collaboration platform to allow the business units to work together. The old platforms couldn't keep up with the rate of innovation of cloud-based solutions or the massive storage requirements that are now needed to run a business.

As we looked at our options, it was clear that we wanted to be in the cloud. We had been using an old version of Lotus Notes and I was already familiar with Microsoft® Exchange so I figured we'd just migrate over to Microsoft's BPOS (currently Microsoft Office 365). In the spirit of democracy, I threw the discussion wide open to the technology team at our North American headquarters and had a bake-off to evaluate Microsoft versus Google Apps. We looked at cost, usability, feature set and the global reach of each platform's infrastructure. In the end the affordability, infrastructure and features made Google the clear winner.

After surveying our American employees, we found 67% were already using Gmail in their personal lives, so we knew the transition would be pretty easy. Immediately after implementation we saw a 35% reduction in our help desk calls. Just the support resources we saved paid for Google Apps in less than 12 months.

Initially we moved 550 North American employees to Google Apps a year ago and we're adding 350 more users as we roll out Google Apps to our European offices. We have been supported in our efforts by our Google Apps partner, SADA Systems. The move to Google Apps has fundamentally changed how we communicate. Once people collaborate online to edit a document at the same time, they never want to go back to the old way of edit and email changes around. We use Google Talk and Google Video, both of which are total game-changers. To look your staff in the eye on a daily basis, no matter where they live, creates a real sense of belonging for those remote employees. People want to be social even at work and video interaction enables that.

Since Google Apps is web-based, we no longer have issues with storage and I know that wherever I roam, I can access my data and connect with people with the push of a button. I'm constantly blown away by Google's rate of feature development. I don't even have to spend more money; Google just keeps on giving us great new features at no extra cost!
URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/02/global-leader-of-network-connectivity.html
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