Monthly Archives: March 2011
New imagery of Japan after the earthquake
It’s now the third week after the devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck northeastern Japan. Aid organizations have been hard at work and cities are starting to show signs of recovery, but the damage is beyond imagination and there are still … Continue reading
Now accepting student applications for Google Summer of Code
Starting today, we’re accepting applications from students for the 2011 Google Summer of Code. In this global program, now in its seventh year, university students receive a stipend to write code for open source projects, gaining experience in real-world software … Continue reading
33 million streams in 189 countries around the world: The YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale
On March 20, the Grand Finale of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 was held at Sydney Opera House and live-streamed to the world on YouTube During the week-long festival leading up to the finale, 101 musicians from 33 countries joined … Continue reading
Tag Your TV Shows!
If your website is the authoritative source for the video of a particular TV show, make sure we know about it! Hopefully, you already submit Video Sitemaps or mRSS feeds to inform us about video content on your website. We … Continue reading
Page Speed for Chrome, and in 40 languages!
Today we’re launching the most requested feature for Page Speed, Page Speed for Chrome. Now Google Chrome users can get Page Speed performance suggestions to make their sites faster, right inside the Chrome browser. We would like to thank all … Continue reading
This Blog Linked From Here This Blog Linked From Here National Engineers Week 2011: Classroom visits inspire students to pursue CS
We love using our computer science (CS) and engineering skills to solve some of world’s most interesting and important problems. We also know that not enough students are pursuing careers in CS and that the U.S. currently has a 3-to-1 … Continue reading
People that have made it easier to write programs for the Kinect
A ton of people have made the Kinect more accessible on Linux or helped the Kinect community. I ended up picking five winners. * Hector Martin * Arne Bernin * Kyle Machulis * Brandyn White * Joshua Blake All of … Continue reading
What’s new with Blogger?
2010 was a big year for Blogger. We cemented ourselves as one of the largest blogging platforms and the sixth largest website in the world, according to Alexa. Blogger users published more than half a billion blog posts, which were … Continue reading
National Engineers Week 2011: Classroom visits inspire students to pursue CS
We love using our computer science (CS) and engineering skills to solve some of world’s most interesting and important problems. We also know that not enough students are pursuing careers in CS and that the U.S. currently has a 3-to-1 … Continue reading
Baseline to baseline, we’ve got the basketball games covered
Do you hear the dribble on the court and the chanting of the fans? Following an action-packed week of buzzer beaters, the 2011 NCAA® Championship here in the U.S. promises to be as exciting as ever. As a college hoops … Continue reading
