Google Developers Blog: February 2012

New debugging dashboard for the Google Content API for Shopping

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

By Thomas Kotzmann and Paul Brauner, Google Content API for Shopping TeamCross-posted from the Google Commerce BlogGoogle Merchant CenterGoogle Content API for Shopping

Google Merchant CenterAPI DashboardPosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Introducing Technitone: Showcasing the Web Audio API, multiplayer and live in WebGL

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

By Paul Irish, Chrome Developer RelationsWeb Audio APIgskinner.comTechnitone

Your tone samples can come from your own recordings, or any of the available samples.

The left side Tools panel offers realtime audio filters, like echo reverb and pitch shift.

We keep you connected to other players in realtime using WebSockets and Node.js.

You can drop into solo mode or invite your friends to join you in a session.

Get inspired by others’ audio creations in the gallery.

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/casestudies/technitone/Paul Irish helps developers build compelling apps for the web on the Chrome Team. He also works on HTML5 Boilerplate, Modernizr, and many bits and bobs of open source code.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google Developers House at SXSW

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

By Amy Walgenbach, Developer Marketing TeamSXSWGoogle Developers House#googlesxswGoogle Village at SXSWs'moresGTUGNewTekYouTube channel

Google Developers HouseLightning talksthe scheduleCode labsthis formMixology event co-hosted by Startup WeekendStartup WeekendGoogle Developers LEGO Mindstorm hackathonDeveloper Hangouts In Real LifeSign upAmy Walgenbach leads marketing for the Google+ Platform and developer marketing for games at Google.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Esperanto translation, preserved forest, sky alignment

Friday, February 24, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorGoogle TranslateGoogle Translate now includes Esperantocreated more than 100 years ago2^6a forest that was buried in ash 300 million years agoJupiter, Venus, and the Moon will convergeHey, glad to see you made it over to our new home on Google Developers Blog! We like it here and hope you do too. As you might know, on Fridays we take a break and do a Fridaygram post just for fun. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds. Ĝuu vian semajnfinon!

Google Developers

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

By Mike Winton, Director of Developer Relationsannounced the Google+ APIdevelopers.google.comcode.google.comdevelopers.google.com

Google DevelopersGoogle Developers Blog+Google DevelopersMike Winton founded and leads Google's global Developer Relations organization. He also enjoys spending time with his family and DJing electronic music.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Google Public DNS, lonely black hole, tiny chameleons

Friday, February 17, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorGoogle Public DNSOfficial Google Blog postDNSmore distant placesblack hole HLX-1recently discovered in Madagascar

Tiny chameleon: he comes and goes, he comes and goes

Linsanitythis articleOn Fridays we take a break and do a Fridaygram post just for fun. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds. Special thanks to Wired Science for having many excellent posts this week.

Images: Glaw, F., et al., PLoS ONE

Come learn about Apps Script in Washington, DC

Thursday, February 16, 2012

By Jan Kleinert, Developer Relations TeamGoogle Apps ScriptApps Script hackathondetails of the eventRSVPJan Kleinert is a Developer Programs Engineer based in NYC, focusing on helping developers get the most out of Google Apps Script. Prior to Apps Script, she worked on Commerce, helping merchants integrate with Google Checkout and on Chrome, helping developers build great web apps.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Tech preview of Chromium with Dart engine now available

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Vijay

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By Anton Muhin, Vijay Menon, and Pavel Podivilov, Software EngineersCross-posted with the Chromium BlogDartDart VM into ChromiumChromium + Dart VMtry Dartlet us knowAnton Muhin is an engineer at Google Saint Petersburg who recently worked on making V8 VM and DOM bindings faster and now is working on integrating the Dart VM into Chromium. Before that he worked on the Google Calendar backend.

Vijay Menon is a software engineer at Google Seattle working on integrating the Dart language and runtime into the browser. His background is in compilers, runtime systems, and parallel programming.

Pavel Podivilov is a software engineer at Google Saint Petersburg who worked on Chrome Developer Tools prior to joining the Dartium team.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Falling in love with the Google+ API

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

By Melina Mattos, Program Manager for Google Africa and Bob Aman, Program Manager for Developer RelationsCross-posted from the Google Africa BlogHackathons in South Africa and KenyaGoogle Technology User GroupsAccraKampalaLagosKampalaLagosAccrathese resourcesGoogle+ Platform Office HoursGoogle I/O#hackgplusPosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Building Web Apps? Check out our Field Guide

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

By Pete LePage, Developer AdvocateField Guide to Web ApplicationsBert Appward

rich, visual experienceofflinePete LePage is a Developer Advocate on the Google Chrome team and works with developers to create great web applications for the Chrome Web Store. He recently helped launch the +Chrome Developers page on Google+.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Image results now available from the Custom Search API

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

By Nam Nguyen, Software Engineeradded image resultsCustom Search APIRead moreCustom Search API Explorerdeprecated Google Image Search APIhttps://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=YOUR_API_KEY&cx;=YOUR_CSE_ID&q;=flower&searchType;=image&fileType;=jpg&imgSize;=small&alt;=json{
"kind": "customsearch#result",
"title": "flower-photo",
"htmlTitle": "\u003cb\u003eflower\u003c/b\u003e-photo",
"link": "http://images.example.com/flowerphoto.jpg",
"displayLink": "images.example.com",
"snippet": "photo of flower",
"htmlSnippet": "photo of \u003cb\u003eflower\u003c/b\u003e",
"mime": "image/jpeg",
"image": {
"contextLink": "http://images.example.com/flowergallery.html",
"height": 100,
"width": 100,
"byteSize": 6104,
"thumbnailLink": "https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:3x4MPL3",
"thumbnailHeight": 82,
"thumbnailWidth": 82
}
}Nam Nguyen works on the JSON/Atom Custom Search API, which lets developers retrieve and display results from Google Custom Search programmatically. He is dedicated to making developers' lives a little easier by providing a simple API.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

A fresh new look for HTML5Rocks.com

Monday, February 13, 2012

By Eric Bidelman, Senior Developer Programs Engineer, Google Chrome Team30 contributors

GamesBusinessMobileUpdatesStudioPlaygroundHTML5 technology classesour contributors guideEric Bidelman is a Senior Developer Programs Engineer on the Google Chrome Team and a core contributor to html5rocks.com. He is the author of the book .Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

See you at the Game Developers Conference

Monday, February 13, 2012

By Amy Walgenbach, Developer Marketing TeamGame Developers Conference2 Developer Days

Room 2020other sessionsbooth 1901our presence at GDChttp://www.google.com/events/gdcAmy Walgenbach leads marketing for the Google+ Platform and developer marketing for games at Google.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Unicode, ancient lake, very ancient sound

Friday, February 10, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorUnicodesymbolsover 60%Mark Davis writesmojibake

Lake Vostokthe teamlisten to the song of a cricket that was around during the Jurassic periodOn Fridays we take a break and do a Fridaygram post just for fun. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds.

Google Summer of Code 2012 is on!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

By Carol Smith, Open Source TeamCross-posted with the Google Open Source Blog

FOSDEMGoogle Summer of Code Google Summer of CodeGoogle Summer of CodeGoogle Summer of CodewebsitetimelineFAQsPosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: science education, simulating galaxies, spider webs

Friday, February 3, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorGoogle Roots in Science and Engineering (RISE)just announcedprimary school students in DublinSan Francisco Bay Areakids in Uganda who want to learn about technologylab procedure that simulates the magnetic fields in newly formed galaxiesnew study saysVi Hart videoFridaygram posts are just for fun. Fridaygrams are designed for your Friday afternoon and weekend enjoyment. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds, and we certainly love our lasers.

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