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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
via The Official Google Blog by A Googler on June 07, 2008
Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, and Micheal Lopez, Web DesignerYou may have noticed that Google has a new favicon, the small icon you see in your browser next to the URL or in your bookmarks list. Some people have wondered why we changed our favicon -- after all, we hadn't in 8.5 years(!). The reason is that we wanted to develop a set of icons that would scale...
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Yahoo! and the future of the Internet
via Official Google Blog by Karen on February 02, 2008
Posted by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal OfficerThe openness of the Internet is what made Google -- and Yahoo! -- possible. A good idea that users find useful spreads quickly. Businesses can be created around the idea. Users benefit from constant innovation. It's what makes the Internet such an exciting place.So Microsoft's hostile bid for...
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We've officially acquired DoubleClick
via Official Google Blog by Karen on March 10, 2008
Posted by Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEOI'm pleased to share the news that we completed our acquisition of DoubleClick today. Although it's been nearly a year since we announced our intention to acquire DoubleClick last April, we are no less excited today about the benefits that the combination of our two companies will bring to the online advertising market.Because we have been waiting...
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Does your password pass the test?
via Official Google Blog by A Googler on June 03, 2008
Posted by HongHai Shen, EngineerThis post is the latest in an ongoing series about online safety. - Ed.One of the things I work on is password security. And because I'm someone who pays close attention to passwords and how people use them, I sometimes hear interesting stories. For example, a couple of my colleagues are so careful about the security of their passwords that they generate a...
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A friend connected web
via Official Google Blog by A Googler on May 12, 2008
Posted by Mussie Shore, Product ManagerHave you ever wished you could share information and interact with friends while visiting some of your favorite websites? There are a number of great social networking sites out there that let you stay connected, but the rest of the web typically hasn't been social. Yet.Site owners have been saying for a while that they would love to provide this...
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Google Sites now open to everyone
via Official Google Blog by A Googler on May 21, 2008
Posted by Andrew Zaeske, Engineering ManagerA few months ago we launched Google Sites exclusively as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations that wanted to use the service on their own domains. Now we've made it easy for anyone to set up a website to share all types of information -- team projects, company intranets, community groups, classrooms, clubs, family updates, you name it...
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What if... you could have your doodle on the Google homepage for a day?
via Official Google Blog by Karen on February 12, 2008
Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang, Webmaster Manager and Chief Google DoodlerToday, we're excited to announce the Doodle 4 Google competition.Every once in awhile, we redesign the logo (a.k.a. Google Doodle) on our homepage to commemorate special birthdays and events. Dennis Hwang draws these Google Doodles (check out this cool...
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Google Calendar Sync
via Official Google Blog by Karen on March 05, 2008
Posted by Shirin Oskooi, Product Manager, Google CalendarI've suffered major headaches trying to sync all my calendars. I used the Microsoft Outlook calendar on my desktop computer at home, but since I wanted to be able to access my schedule from anywhere, I also kept a copy of it on Google Calendar. When I traveled, I'd import my Google Calendar data into my laptop's Outlook calendar...
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At long last, real-time stock quotes are here
via Official Google Blog by Karen on June 01, 2008
Posted by Matthew Simmons, Market Data Gnome, and Katie Jacobs Stanton, Principal, New Business DevelopmentWe're very excited to tell you that real-time quotes on NASDAQ securities are now available on Google Finance. This is an important (and way overdue) development for everyone who consumes financial information. Historically, real-time stock data was not freely and widely accessible....
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Explore Walt Disney World® Resort in 3D
via The Official Google Blog by A Googler on June 04, 2008
Posted by Jay Rasulo, Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and ResortsLast May, Eric Schmidt and I met to talk about The Walt Disney Company’s focus on technology. We started to explore innovative ways we could work together to bring one of the world’s most magical destinations to Google Earth’s millions of users… and how our guests could be a mouse-click away from visiting the place where dreams...
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