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The Tools Google Uses Internally

A web seminar Google held yesterday at KMWorld Magazine offered a great deal of insight into how Google manages projects and communication internally. The presentation by Google followed an employee through his first few weeks at the company, explaining the many tools he’s using: from the Google intranet MOMA, the Google Ideas site and Google Caribou Alpha, to Google Experts Search, “Googler Search,” and Google Apps. Following is a smaller excerpt of the large-size screenshots & info Google was showing in the 59-page presentation, with thanks to Brian – who has a wrap-up of the presentation as well as the full slides at his blog – for sending this in. KMWorld says the presentation will be archived at their site eventually, so perhaps if you register with them you might still be able to see the event.

Google Sky Brings the Heavens Online

Google has extracted the recently released night sky browser out of Google Earth and released it on the web. While Google Sky is still part of Google Earth, it is also joining Google Moon and Google Mars with its very own URL and new collection of Google Maps-like features.

Google Apps Now in Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is offering Salesforce for Google Apps, which makes Google's applications available from inside Salesforce.com. A Google video says the deal makes it possible to manage all customer information from within Salesforce, including Google Docs, Gmail, Google Talk and Google Calendars.

Google's Shareholders Vote Against Human Rights

yo_cruyff notes a Computerworld article on Google's recent annual shareholder meeting, which was dominated by argument over the company's human rights policies. Google's shareholders, on advice from their board, have voted down two proposals on Thursday that would have compelled Google to change its policies. "Google [has been] coming under fire for operating a version of its search engine that complies with China's censorship rules. Google argues that it's better for it to have a presence in the country and to offer people some information, rather than for it not to be active in China at all... [S]hareholders and rights groups including Amnesty International... continue to push Google to improve its policies in countries known for human rights abuses and limits on freedom of speech.

Google's Top 17 Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes

Buried Deep in GoogleGoogle Web site -- and many of the company's software programs -- are loaded with gags, goofs, and Easter eggs that have helped Google maintain a fun-loving spirit in the cutthroat world of Web competition. Of course, Google always has a good idea. Thousands of our readers have enjoyed past explorations of wonders like "The Strangest Sites in Google Earth" and "The Most Spectacular Sights in Google Sky." So when we heard stories of hidden teddy bears, a Google Romance beta service, and early morning appearances of the Loch Ness monster on Google home pages, we had to check them out. And most of them turned out to be true. Take a look. Artwork: Chip Taylor Google's Official Easter Egg GameIt's one thing to find Easter eggs, and it's another thing to catch them.

Google Apps Now in Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is offering Salesforce for Google Apps, which makes Google's applications available from inside Salesforce.com. A Google video says the deal makes it possible to manage all customer information from within Salesforce, including Google Docs, Gmail, Google Talk and Google Calendars.

Just Plain Strange - Google Bans Kids

Under 18? No Google for you. In what has to be one of the weirdest news items I've read recently, Google's Terms of Service prohibit any person under the age of 18 from utilizing any Google Web properties. So that means no searching, no YouTube, no Gmail. At issue here is Google's stance that a person under 18 is not capable of signing a binding contract - and that apparently you need a contract to search the Internet. Logically, if you have to be 18 to use Google's properties, you'd have to be 18 to have a Myspace page, right? Nope - Myspace only requires users to be 16 to publicly post their "preferences", religion, and those awesome pictures of that party at that kid's house when his parents were out of town. Facebook? 13. What makes this even more odd is that Google is sponsoring an art contest - Doodle 4 Google - for students K-12, w

Microsoft to Google: 'Hello, Newman'

Talk about a losing streak: First, Microsoft lost a stake in AOL to Google. Then Microsoft lost all of DoubleClick to Google. Now Microsoft may lose Yahoo to Google. In fact, even if Microsoft loses Yahoo to AOL, it still would be losing to Google, as Google owns 5% of AOL. (In December 2005, Time Warner sold that stake to Google for $1 billion. Time Warner wanted to shake the attentions of Microsoft, which also was bidding for a stake in AOL).

Google adds a new layer of security to Google Apps

Google Apps is getting a new layer of security aimed at IT departments worried about phishing attacks and care less users. Google and Arcot Systems announced a partnership that makes Arcot's A-OK On-Demand authentication system available to any Google Apps Premier Edition customer for just $1 a month. By partnering with Arcot and offering the service at such a minimal fee, Google is aiming to further entice business customers and enhance the reputation of Google Apps as a secure, business-ready system.

Google founders have "grown up" says CEO Eric Schmidt

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has admitted that the two 30-something founders of the internet search giant have finally "grown up," prompting a rare insight into the lives of the media shy pair.

Google Search Mobile now available also for Windows Mobile

After Google Maps and Google Gears, Google Search is another product that Google releases for Windows Mobile. Now if only Google could release also Google Mail (Gmail) for Windows Mobile, then everybody would be happy!

Google founders have grown up: CEO

MOUNTAIN VIEW: It's official: the guys who founded Google are grown up. That was the pronouncement on Thursday from Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, who was hired in 2001 to provide mature, traditional business savvy to the Internet search company founded by whiz kids Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Google Gearing Up for the Enterprise

The Google Solutions Marketplace, a portal for apps that make use of Google's APIs or Gadgets, demonstrates Google's increasing interest in the enterprise, along with Google's recent acquisition of enterprise-focused wiki company JotSpot, now called Google Sites. Additionally, Salesforce.com will begin reselling Google Apps to its customers.

Google Scoops Microsoft w/ Mesh Applications

Julie188 writes "Google's offline access for Google Apps is a kick in the shin at Ray Ozzie. Google took a page right out of the Ozzie mesh playbook when it announced the offline access (let's call it Google Docs Unplugged). Google delivered desktop apps from the cloud first and then added unplugged functionality. Microsoft wants to do the same, but in reverse, and faces an infinitely bigger challenge: rebuild Microsoft apps so they can become cloud enabled while pulling its giant channel (and embedded software) along in the process. Good luck with that, Microsoft. But then again, just because Google is making faster progress doesn't mean much. There's no guarantee users will like the unplugged versions of cloud apps."

EU denies Google's trademark application for Gmail

Google has been having a rough time in Europe when it comes to the Gmail brand. Back in 2005, Google had to rename Gmail to Google Mail in the United Kingdom after a trademark dispute with Independent International Investment Research. Then, in June 2007, Daniel Giersch, CEO of P1 Privat in Germany, brought a case against Google that he ultimately won — the ruling prevented Google from using the Gmail trademark in Germany too. In October, Google was forced to pay a 10,000 Euro fine by Daniel Giersch after continuing to use “m.gmail.com�.

Get Your City On Google Transit

Google posed a challenge to all the attendees of the American Public Transportation Association's recent TransITech conference: get your city on Google Transit by Earth Day 2008. We've written before about how great a tool it is, and were proud to help instigate it. Transit now shows up as an option for every "driving directions" trip you type into Google Maps (if your city is hooked up), encouraging the use of public transit and making it easy for those that would otherwise never even try it. It's a win for the transit agencies, too, because their specialized trip-planner websites are all made with expensive proprietary software, while Google's system is free and they publish their API.

Google Sky Now Available Through Your Browser

Ars Technica brings word that Google Sky, formerly only available as an extension of the Google Earth software, is now accessible through your web browser. The interface of Google Sky is quite similar to that of Google Maps, complete with search and alternate views by spectrum. The story also mentions (and more importantly, links) ten of the more interesting sights. We discussed Google Sky's initial release last year. Quoting: "Visible light only shows us a small picture of the entire universe; non-visible spectra such as ultraviolet (UV), infrared and X-ray hold a whole other world of information. Here is where Google Sky becomes very cool. There are three more sections that highlight fantastic images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the GALEX Evolution Explorer (UV), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (IR).

Google: A Clear & Present Danger to Corporate Data Privacy

UPDATE: Editors' Note: At the request of Google, we've removed the photo of Google engineer Jayant Madhavan, co-author (with Alon Halevy) of the Google Webmaster Central blog post, Crawling through HTML forms, posted by Maile Ohye, Senior Support Engineer at Google. The photo was deleted at Google's request to respect the privacy of Google's corporate data and the personal privacy of Jayant Madhavan.

Google founders have grown up, CEO says

mountain view • It’s official: the guys who founded Google are grown up. That was the pronouncement on Thursday from Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, who was hired in 2001 to provide mature, traditional business savvy to the Internet search company founded by whiz kids Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Google Apps Hacks

With 100,000 businesses running trials of Google Office, the venerable Microsoft Office suite has a serious challenger. But can Google's web apps make the cut? With scores of clever hacks, workarounds, and other undocumented tips, this book helps you get more than the obvious out of Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Presentations, and a host of other Google applications.

Google Patents Detecting, Tracking, Targeting Kids

theodp writes "A newly-issued Google patent for Rendering Advertisements With Documents Having One or More Topics Using User Topic Interest describes how to detect the presence of children by 'using evidence of sophistication determined using user actions' and tracking their behavior using the Google Toolbar and other methods to deliver targeted ads. Which is interesting, since the Google Terms of Service supposedly prohibit the use of Services by anyone 'not of legal age.' The inventor is Google Principal Scientist Krishna Bharat, who is a co-inventor of another pending Google patent for inferring searchers' ethnicity, reading level, age, sex and income (and storing it all)." Ok I'll be the first to admit that this is greek to me. Someone smart figure this out and post a comment translating patentese into english.

Google StreetView Is In Your Driveway

hermit_crab writes "Janet and George McKee are the neighbors of the Borings, who we discussed yesterday as the couple suing Google over StreetView. The McKees own a house that is featured in a much more intrusive set of Google StreetView images. 'The Google car continued past the steps leading to the McKees's front door and came to a stop outside the house's three-car garage (and next to the family's trampoline and portable basketball rim). Taking photos all the time, the Google vehicle was squarely on private property, a fact that presumably should have been apparent when the gravel path became paved.' Unlike the Borings, the McKees have not announced intentions to sue Google, nor have they requested to have the images removed."

Analysis: Google App Engine alluring, will be hard to escape

Last night at a Campfire One event at Google headquarters in Mountain View, a new service was announced called Google App Engine. Aimed almost squarely at the loosely-coupled Amazon Web Services, Google is betting that developers and startups will opt to host their applications in Google's cloud, taking advantage of Google APIs, and leveraging the nearly unlimited processing power and storage capacity of Google's servers.

Pleasing Google's Tech-Savvy Staff

An anonymous reader writes "Douglas Merrill, Google Inc.'s chief information officer, is charged with answering that question. His job is to give Google workers the technology they need, and to keep them safe — without imposing too many restrictions on how they do their job. So the 37-year-old has taken an unorthodox approach. Unlike many IT departments that try to control the technology their workers use, Mr. Merrill's group lets Google employees download software on their own, choose between several types of computers and operating systems, and use internal software built by the company's engineers. Lately, he has also spent time evangelizing to outside clients about Google's own enterprise-software products — such as Google Apps, an enterprise version of Google's Web-based services including e-mail, word processing and a calendar.

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