Google Developers Blog: October 2011

Fridaygram: small world, little robots, tiny feature

Friday, October 21, 2011

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog EditorFollow Your World

added wingsGoogle search for ipGoogle DoodleDisney LegendIt’s a Small Worldarchive pageSmall explanation: Fridaygram posts are lighter than our usual stuff, meant to provide a little geeky fun at the end of the week.Updated at 4:30 PM to say that Follow Your World added language support this week, rather than launching.

Designing an infinite digital bookcase

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

By Aaron Koblin, Data Arts Team and Bill Schilit, ResearchCross-posted from the Official Google BlogGoogle BooksGoogle Books APIGoogle ChromeGoogle GogglesWebGL BookcaseChrome ExperimentsPosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

New Text-to-Speech API for Chrome extensions

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

By Dominic Mazzoni, Software Engineerpackaged appchrome.tts.speak('Hello, world!');
chrome.tts.speak('Can you understand me now?', {rate: 0.6});
TTS API docssamples pageChromeVoxTTS DemoTalking Alarm ClockSpeakItTTS Engine APIchrome.tts.speakHTML5 AudioWeb Audio APINative ClientLois TTS - US EnglishFlite SLT Female TTS - US English#chromettsChromium-extensionsDominic Mazzoni is a Software Engineer working on Chrome accessibility. He's the original author of Audacity, the free audio editor.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google Code-in: Are you in?

Monday, October 17, 2011

By Carol Smith, Google Code-in Program Manager, Open Source TeamCross-posted from the Google Open Source Blog

Google Code-inrefactoring codeGoogle Summer of Code20 organizations361 participating students14 grand prize winnersenjoy a day talking to Google engineersFrequently Asked QuestionsGoogle Code-in sitecontest sitemailing listNovember 21, 2011Carol Smith is Google Code-in Program Manager, Open Source TeamPosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Save the date for Google I/O 2012

Monday, October 17, 2011

By Monica Tran, Developer Marketing TeamUPDATE 11/28/11:The new dates are June 27-29, 2012.announcement postGoogle I/O(UPDATE: now June 27-29)videosphotosGoogle Developer DayGoogle Code BlogIn the past four years, Monica Tran has been around the world, working as a Product Marketing Manager in Mountain View, London, and Tokyo. After a good run on Google I/O, Monica is back to lead the charge on Google Developer Day, happening in 8 cities worldwide in 2011.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: we want your videos, learn math from chocolate, puzzling with wood

Friday, October 14, 2011

By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog Editorasked youdeveloper stories pagecandy bars and chocolate chipsblock of wood got a nail through itvideoFridaygram posts are just for fun - and sometimes they tell you about cool ways to mash up calculus with chocolate. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds.

Enhancing the Google APIs Console, one page at a time

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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By Ion Constantinescu and Chris Cartland, APIs Console TeamlaunchedGoogle APIs ConsoleIntroducing v2 of the Google APIs Console Traffic Reports Page

We have consolidated all API traffic in a single display.

We now compare traffic between multiple APIs in a single project.

We now show demographic and usage data about your API requests.

New traffic reports page

hear from you

Demographic data is available from traffic reports

Introducing the Google APIs Console Dashboard

New APIs Console Dashboard

let us knowNew APIs Available in the Google APIs ConsoleWeb Fonts Developer APIGoogle Orkut v2 REST APIGoogle Analytics Management API v3Blogger JSON APIcontact usIon Constantinescu is a Google Software Engineer working on the Google APIs Console. He has an academic background in Artificial Intelligence in the field of web service technologies.
Chris Cartland is a former Google Associate Product Manager Intern who worked on the Google APIs Console. He is currently helping CalSol - UC Berkeley's Solar Vehicle Team that designs and builds solar cars capable of racing at highway speeds - prepare to compete in the 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge in Australia.
Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

App Engine Premier Accounts and a new release

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

By Greg D'Alesandre, App Engine teamCross-posted from the Google App Engine Blog2011 has seen some exciting releases for App Engine. As the days get shorter, the weather gets colder, and all that Halloween candy starts tempting everyone in the grocery store, we’ve been hard at work on our latest action-packed release.

Premier AccountsWhen choosing a platform for your most critical business applications, we recognize that uptime guarantees, easy management and paid support are often just as important as product features. So today we’re launching Google App Engine premier accounts. For $500 per month (not including the cost to provision internet services), you’ll receive:

Premium support (see the

Technical Support Services Guidelines for details).

A 99.95% uptime Service Level Agreement (see the draft agreement; the final agreement will be in the signed offline agreement).

The ability to create an unlimited number of apps on your premier account domain.

No minimum monthly fees per app. Pay only for the resources you use.

Monthly billing via invoice.

To sign up for a premier account, please contact our sales team at appengine_premier_requests@google.com.
Python 2.7PIL? NumPy? Concurrent requests? Python 2.7 has it all, and today we’re opening up Python 2.7 as an experimental release. We’ve put together a list of all the known differences between the current 2.5 runtime and the new runtime.
Overall ChangesWe know that bumping up against hard limits can be frustrating, and we’ve talked all year about our continued push to lift our system limits. With this release we are raising several of these:

Request Duration: The frontend request deadline has been increased from 30 seconds to 60 seconds. We’ve increased the maximum URLFetch deadline to match from 10 seconds to 60 seconds.

File limits: We’ve increased the number of files you can upload with your application from 3,000 to 10,000 files, and the file size limit has also been increased from 10MB to 32MB.

API Limits: Post payloads for URLFetches are now capped at 5MB instead of 1MB.

We’re also announcing several limited preview features and trusted tester programs:

Cloud SQL Preview: We announced last week that we are offering a preview of SQL support in App Engine. Give it a try and let us know what you think.

Full-text Search: We are looking for early trusted testers for our long-anticipated Full-Text Search API. Please fill out this form if you’re interested in trying it out.

Conversion API: Ever wanted to convert from text to PDF in your App? Then consider signing up as a trusted tester for the Conversion API.

Datastore

Cross Group (XG) Transactions: For those who need transactional writes to entities in multiple entity groups (and that's everyone, right?), XG Transactions are just the thing. This feature uses two phase commit to make cross group writes atomic just like single group writes.

Platform Improvements

Experimental Google Cloud Storage Integration: As Google Cloud Storage, formerly Google Storage for Developers, graduates from labs, we are improving our integration by adding access via the files API.

Prediction API: Another of our friends graduating from labs is the Prediction API. Check out some of the App Engine examples in their getting started guide.

Of course, these are just the high level changes. This release is packed full of features and bug fixes, and as always, we welcome your feedback in the group.
Greg D'Alesandre is now the Senior Product Manager for App Engine after coming back from riding the Google Wave in Sydney. And he's obsessed with chocolate, no, seriously, obsessed.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google Cloud Storage is out of Code Labs, with new features and lower price

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

By Navneet Joneja, Product Manager for Google Cloud StorageCode LabsApp Engine File API Supportopened the service to allGoogle Cloud StorageApp Engine Files APIUsage Informationdetailed usage informationLower Pricesherediscussion grouphereNavneet Joneja loves being at the forefront of the next generation of simple and reliable software infrastructure, the foundation on which next-generation technology is being built. When not working, he can usually be found dreaming up new ways to entertain his intensely curious one-year-old. Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google Prediction API graduates from labs, adds new features

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

By Zachary Goldberg, Product Managergeneral availability launchfeaturesfeedback capability

Data Anomaly Analysis

One of the hardest parts of building an accurate predictive model is gathering and curating a high quality data set. With Prediction v1.4, we are providing a feature to help you identify problems with your data that we notice during the training process. This feedback makes it easier to build accurate predictive models with proper data.

PMML Import

PMML has become the de facto industry standard for transmitting predictive models and model data between systems. As of v1.4, the Google Prediction API can programmatically accept your PMML for data transformations and preprocessing.

The PMML spec is vast and covers many, many features. You can find more details about the specific features that the Google Prediction API supports here.

discussion groupfeedback formZachary Goldberg is Product Manager for the Google Prediction API. He has a strange fascination with the Higgs Boson.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Dart: a language for structured web programming

Monday, October 10, 2011

By Lars Bak, Software Engineer, Dart TeamCross-posted on the Chromium BlogDart

Create a structured yet flexible language for web programming.

Make Dart feel familiar and natural to programmers and thus easy to learn.

Ensure that Dart delivers high performance on all modern web browsers and environments ranging from small handheld devices to server-side execution.

virtual machinecompilerdartlang.orgLars Bak is a veteran virtual machinist, leaving marks on several software systems: Beta, Self, Strongtalk, Sun's HotSpot and CLDC HI, OOVM Smalltalk, and V8.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google Cloud SQL: your database in the cloud

Thursday, October 6, 2011

By Navneet Joneja, Product Manager for Google Cloud SQLCross-posted from the Google App Engine BlogGoogle Cloud SQL

No maintenance or administration - we manage the database for you.

High reliability and availability - your data is replicated synchronously to multiple data centers. Machine, rack and data center failures are handled automatically to minimize end-user impact.

Familiar MySQL database environment with JDBC support (for Java-based App Engine applications) and DB-API support (for Python-based App Engine applications).

Comprehensive user interface for administering databases.

Simple and powerful integration with Google App Engine.

let us knowNavneet Joneja loves being at the forefront of the next generation of simple and reliable software infrastructure, the foundation on which next-generation technology is being built. When not working, he can usually be found dreaming up new ways to entertain his intensely curious one-year-old.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google+ APIs: now with Search and more

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

By Jordanna Chord, Software Engineer, Google+ API TeamCross-posted with the Google+ Platform BlogGoogle+ API releaseSearch for itsearch in Google+activities.searchGET
https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/activities?query=cookie%20recipes&orderBy=best&key=[yourAPIKey]{
"kind": "plus#activityFeed",
"title": "Plus Search for cookie recipes",
"updated": "2011-09-30T16:57:34.479Z",
"id": "tag:google.com,2010:buzz-search-feed:x4rIYTKpR7NZCL8Id8RHXQ",
"items": [
{
"kind": "plus#activity",
“id”: “123”,
"title": "You have to try these out.",
"object": {
"objectType": "note",
"content": "I’m baking halloween cookies!",
},
{
"kind": "plus#activity",
“id”: “456”,
"title": "Cookies",
"object": {
"objectType": "note",
"content": "Cookies and milk for dinner. Don’t judge me.",
},
]
}people.searchGET https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/people?query=vic%20gundotra&key=[yourAPIKey]The rest of the conversationpeople.listByActivityGET https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/activities/{activityId}/people/resharers?key=[yourAPIKey]
GET https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/activities/{activityId}/people/plusoners?key=[yourAPIKey]comments.listcomments.getGET https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/activities/{activityId}/comments?key=[yourAPIKey]
GET https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/comment/{commentId}?key=[yourAPIKey]Tell us what you thinkDiscussion Boardissue trackerGoogle+Jordanna Chord is a Software Engineer on the Google+ API TeamPosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

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Fridaygram: small world, little robots, tiny feature

Designing an infinite digital bookcase

New Text-to-Speech API for Chrome extensions

Google Code-in: Are you in?

Save the date for Google I/O 2012

Fridaygram: we want your videos, learn math from chocolate, puzzling with wood

Enhancing the Google APIs Console, one page at a time

App Engine Premier Accounts and a new release

Google Cloud Storage is out of Code Labs, with new features and lower price

Google Prediction API graduates from labs, adds new features

Dart: a language for structured web programming

Google Cloud SQL: your database in the cloud

Google+ APIs: now with Search and more

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