News

• This year, Santa is totally plugged in.

  Google Geo Developers Blog - December 23, 2009

  We've made a change to the NORAD Santa Tracker this year. In years past, we've created a .kmz file that users could download to watch the Big Man...

• Mobile Options, Android, and App Engine: New Articles

  Google Geo Developers Blog - December 22, 2009

  Just in time for your holiday coding enjoyment, we have three new articles to get you started on adding maps to mobile and using App Engine for spatial...

• JPA/JDO Java Persistence Tips - The Year In Review

  Google App Engine Blog - December 22, 2009

  If you’re developing a Java application on App Engine you probably already know that you can use JPA and JDO, both standard Java persistence APIs, to interact with...

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  Merry Music: MusicBrainz's Latest Summit and 10th Anniversary

  Google Open Source Blog - December 22, 2009

  The yearly MusicBrainz summit serves an important function in building our community: we talk about issues facing MusicBrainz and we plan the road map for MusicBrainz projects. The...

• "Enterprise OpenSocial White paper" now available!

  OpenSocial API Blog - December 22, 2009

  OpenSocial emerged from the demands of consumer-facing social networking sites, including MySpace, LinkedIn, and Ning. The rise of online social networking, and the changing nature of the consumer...

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  This year in Custom Search

  Custom Search Engine - December 21, 2009

  The Custom Search team has had a busy 2009. This is the year we turned 3 . And now Custom Search is powering many tens of millions of...

• A look back on 2009

  Google Code Blog - December 21, 2009

  2009 was a remarkable year for developers. Vic Gundotra, VP of our developer team declared at Google I/O, "The web has won!" and this year was full of...

• Hello, Stack Overflow!

  Android Developers Blog - December 18, 2009

  Over the past year, an Android presence has been growing on a relatively new technical Q&A web site called Stack Overflow . The site was designed specifically for...

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  London Open Source Jam 15

  Google Open Source Blog - December 18, 2009

  On the 3rd of December we held the latest (and greatest) Google London Open Source Jam at our offices near Victoria . The Jam is a way to...

• Back and other hard keys: three stories

  Android Developers Blog - December 18, 2009

  Android 2.0 introduces new behavior and support for handling hard keys such as BACK and MENU , including some special features to support the virtual hard keys that...