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- [G] Versus: liberating opinion with Google+ Hangouts
- [G] Google@SXSW: A taste of the Googleplex, in Austin
- [G] Google’s new Privacy Policy
- [G] Google Code-in students: Simply the best
- [G] AlloExpat thrives with Google AdSense
| [G] Versus: liberating opinion with Google+ Hangouts Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PST YouTube Blog: Versus: liberating opinion with Google+ HangoutsWhether enabling voters to interview their President, or connect underwater in a project to photograph the ocean floor, Google+ Hangouts are being used in amazing ways. Not only do Hangouts have the ability to connect people on opposite sides of the planet, they can also connect people on opposing sides of the social and political spectrum. We're delighted to announce that a new series of global debates, that will be live streamed on YouTube, will do exactly that.Versus, from Intelligence2—an organization committed to revitalizing the art of live debate—will give you the chance to question people who are close to the decisions being made on topical issues, on both sides of the debate. Real-time voting on the channel will also let the speakers know how their arguments are resonating with viewers. The first motion to be debated is "It's time to end the War on Drugs." The debate will air diverse opinions from the likes of +Richard Branson, +Russell Brand, +Julian Assange, and experts such as the former Presidents from Mexico and Brazil, among others. BBC newsreader and presenter +Emily Maitlis will chair the debate. The debate will be streamed live on the Versus YouTube channel on March 13 at 7pm GMT. From now until then, we invite you to discuss the issues and join the debate on the Versus page, where you'll also find out how you could have the chance to secure a place in the live debate hangout. Anna Bateson, director of YouTube marketing, EMEA, recently watched "Richard Branson: No More Drug War (2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference)."     URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/Xw5bfTg5ank/versus-liberating-opinion-with-google.html       |
| [G] Google@SXSW: A taste of the Googleplex, in Austin Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PST Official Google CPG Blog: Google@SXSW: A taste of the Googleplex, in AustinPart of what makes Google such a fun place to work is that there's always something going on: diverse talks, lunchtime concerts, impromptu game tournaments, you name it—all wrapped up with a collective passion for building a better web. So when we were thinking of what we should do for this year's SXSW, it was pretty obvious: let's package up a few of the things that we love about Google and bring them with us to Austin, Texas.Interactive talks Our participation kicks off on Friday, March 9, in a fireside chat where senior vice president Vic Gundotra will discuss the future of the Google+ project with Guy Kawasaki. We also have Googlers speaking on more than 25 panels, covering topics as varied as the design of Google and YouTube, changing the world through hacking and WebGL's impact on the web. Google Village On March 10-11 we'll open up the Google Village. We're taking over Rainey Street (just a few steps away from the Austin Convention Center), setting up shop in four houses and packing them full of demos, drinks, talks and, of course, live music. Here's what you can expect at each of the houses:
Live from the Lot There's no place like Austin for live music, and on March 15-16 Google Musicand YouTube Presents will host Live from the Lot, two days of concerts atop a downtown parking garage. We'll have performances by The Shins, Gossip, The Ting Tings and Heartless Bastards, to name a few. If you can't make it in person, tune in online for a full live stream of both days' shows atyoutube.com/presents. Plus, artists officially showcasing at SXSW can also stop by our artist lounge atLive from the Lot to relax and recharge with food, laundry machines, massages and more. Get more details about our plans for SXSW on our website. The trucks just finished packing up the last Android statue, and we're all ready to go. It's Austin or bust—hope to see you there! Posted by Marc Vanlerberghe, Marketing Director for Android  URL: http://google-cpg.blogspot.com/2012/02/googlesxsw-taste-of-googleplex-in.html   |
| [G] Google’s new Privacy Policy Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:17 AM PST Official Google Blog: Google's new Privacy PolicyOur updated Privacy Policy takes effect today, March 1. As you use our products one thing will be clear: it's the same Google experience that you're used to, with the same controls.And because we're making these changes, over time we'll be able to improve our products in ways that help our users get the most from the web. While we've undertaken the most extensive user education campaign in our history to explain the coming changes, we know there has been a fair amount of chatter and confusion. Here are a few important points to bear in mind: Our Privacy Policy is now much easier to understand. We've included the key parts from more than 60 product-specific notices into our main Google Privacy Policy—so there's no longer any need to be your own mini search engine if you want to work out what's going on. Our Privacy Policy now explains, for the vast majority of our services, what data we're collecting and how we may use it, in plain language. Our Privacy Policy will enable us to build a better, more intuitive user experience across Google for signed-in users. If you're signed in to Google, you expect our products to work really beautifully together. For example, if you're working on Google Docs and you want to share it with someone on Gmail, you want their email right there ready to use. Our privacy policies have always allowed us to combine information from different products with your account—effectively using your data to provide you with a better service. However, we've been restricted in our ability to combine your YouTube and Search histories with other information in your account. Our new Privacy Policy gets rid of those inconsistencies so we can make more of your information available to you when using Google. So in the future, if you do frequent searches for Jamie Oliver, we could recommend Jamie Oliver videos when you're looking for recipes on YouTube—or we might suggest ads for his cookbooks when you're on other Google properties. Our privacy controls aren't changing. The new policy doesn't change any existing privacy settings or how any personal information is shared outside of Google. We aren't collecting any new or additional information about users. We won't be selling your personal data. And we will continue to employ industry-leading security to keep your information safe. If you don't think information sharing will improve your experience, you can use our privacy tools to do things like edit or turn off your search history and YouTube history, control the way Google tailors ads to your interests and browse the web "incognito" using Chrome. You can use services like Search, Maps and YouTube if you are not signed in. You can even separate your information into different accounts, since we don't combine personal information across them. And we're committed to data liberation, so if you want to take your information elsewhere you can. We'll continue to look for ways to make it simpler for you to understand and control how we use the information you entrust to us. We build Google for you, and we think these changes will make our services even better. Posted by Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering  URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/googles-new-privacy-policy.html   |
| [G] Google Code-in students: Simply the best Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:17 AM PST Google Open Source Blog: Google Code-in students: Simply the best During the Google Code-in contest SymPy had a total of 176 tasks completed by 64 students. Some highlights of the program: - The Sympy webpage is now translated into five languages and our tutorial is translated into three languages. - The interface for SymPy Live was completely rewritten, and many new features, such as tab completion, full screen mode, saved searches, and recent searches were added. We also now have a mobile version of the site available. If you have not used SymPy Live since the start of the Google Code-in program, I encourage you to check it out. - Our documentation, in particular our Sphinx documentation, was vastly improved. For example, as a result of the program we are now much closer to the goal of including every public functions' docstrings in the Sphinx docs. We are also now much closer to the goal of complete docstring/doctest coverage for public functions, classes, and methods throughout SymPy. Other documentation was improved as well, such as the isympy manpage and the new cheat sheet. - Various bug fixes, cleanups, and improvements throughout the code base, as well as changes to our web page and wiki. For full information about which tasks were completed, see our page on the Google Code-in site. Thanks to all of these students for your contributions! We hope that you will continue to contribute to SymPy outside the program, and that you will use SymPy when you find yourself in need of a symbolic mathematics system. I would also like to thank all the mentors and anyone who helped to review tasks for Google Code-in. Some of the mentors who helped include: Aaron Meruer, Alexey Gudchenko, Chris Smith, Christian Muise, Hector (Prafullkumar P. Tale), Joachim Durchholz, Mateusz Paprocki, Matthew Rocklin, Ondřej Čertík, Ronan Lamy, Saptarshi Mandal, Stefan Krastanov, and Vladimir Perić. Thank you to each and every one of you. Without your mentoring help and assistance with various other things like developing the tasks, SymPy's participation in this contest would not have been possible. Finally, I want to thank Google for putting on this contest. This goes out especially to the Google Open Source Programs Office for running the contest and to the developers of Melange, who were helpful throughout the whole process. By Aaron Meurer and the SymPy development team     URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleOpenSourceBlog/~3/OwjIERZIntI/google-code-in-students-simply-best.html   |
| [G] AlloExpat thrives with Google AdSense Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:11 PM PST Inside AdSense: AlloExpat thrives with Google AdSense AlloExpat.com is a worldwide expatriate social portal. It addresses the growing global expatriate community by being a one-stop information center and by connecting expats with professional expatriate service providers. Inside AdSense (IA): What role does AdSense play in your business?  Theresa Giovagnoli (TG): We're a very large portal and have dedicated websites and discussion forums for each country in our global network. We need a solution that effectively targets ads to a wide international audience. AdSense is simply the best and most efficient solution to do this. Thanks to a consistent revenue steam from AdSense, our web development team has been able to dedicate its attention to growing our global audience and content. IA: What is the one success you've had with AdSense that you'd like to share with other publishers? TG: One successful tactic we employed was recategorizing targetable custom channels. We are a global site with multiple regions. Earlier, all our regions were combined under one custom channel, but once we defined targetable channels by region, we saw CPC increase by 20%. I would highly encourage publishers to set targetable custom channels at the level that best defines their site because it allows advertisers to specifically target their website by segment or region which may lead to performance uplift. IA: Why do you love AdSense? TG: We have managed to implement AdSense in a non-intrusive way, generating a fair amount of revenue over the years. AdSense has played a key role in our development over the years and still does today. We'd never have come this far without it. Posted by Jennifer Chan, AdSense Team  URL: http://adsense.blogspot.com/2012/02/alloexpat-thrives-with-google-adsense.html   |
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