Google Friends Newsletter - December 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Google Maps 5.0 for Android

With Google Maps for mobile 5.0 you can explore maps in 3D—tilt,
rotate and try "compass mode" to see new perspectives that can help
you navigate around. Maps are now more reliable when you're offline,
and we've added offline rerouting in Google Maps Navigation (beta). To
get the latest version, search for "Google Maps" in Android Market and
update. Note that not all new features will be available for all
phones. Read our blog post for more information.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/next-generation-of-mobile-maps.html

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NEW PRODUCTS & UPDATES

Google eBooks

In the Google eBookstore, you can now find more than 3 million ebook
titles including hundreds of thousands of ebooks for sale in many
categories, from popular bestsellers to your favorite classics. Since
your Google eBooks are stored in the cloud, you can access your
personal library anywhere you go and pick up where you left off using
just about any device you choose to read with. Google eBooks is
available in the U.S. and is compatible with Android (2.1 or later),
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (iOS 3.0 or later), the web and many
supported eReaders.
http://books.google.com/ebooks

Nexus S and Gingerbread

The Nexus S is the new Android phone from Google that runs the latest
version of the Android platform, Gingerbread (Android 2.3). Nexus S
provides unlocked, unfiltered access to the best Google mobile
services and the latest Android releases and updates. Gingerbread
includes popular Android features like multi-tasking and Wi-Fi
hotspot, plus new features like a refreshed user interface, an
improved keyboard and near field communication (NFC) support. Nexus S
can be purchased either with or without a T-Mobile service plan online
and in-store from all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the U.S.
http://www.google.com/nexus

Zeitgeist 2010

We've gathered the most popular and fastest rising search queries from
the year in the 2010 Google Zeitgeist, so you can relive the joys,
sorrows and big moments through searches from around the world. The
2010 Zeitgeist features interactive HTML5 data visualizations for the
top queries and events from around the world, so it's easy for you to
interact with, explore and obsess over search data. Zeitgeist data is
available for 56 countries.
http://www.google.com/zeitgeist2010

Chrome Web Store

The Chrome Web Store is an online marketplace where you can discover
thousands of apps, extensions and themes for Google Chrome. Once
you're in the store, you can search or browse through different
categories. Every item in the store has its own page, where you can
read and contribute reviews and ratings. If you use multiple
computers, synchronize your apps, extensions and theme across all your
computers with browser sync.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore

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It's now easier to find and get updates from Google through whatever
channel you like best, whether it's a blog, Twitter account, Facebook
page or YouTube video. We've updated our blog and Twitter directories,
and added new directories for Google's official Facebook pages and
YouTube channels. You can filter by category, language or region so
you can easily find exactly what you're looking for. Find all these
directories in the U.S. Press Center.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press

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Google Friends Newsletter - November 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Edit Google Docs on your mobile browser

Now you can edit your Google Docs on the go from your mobile device.
To get started, go to docs.google.com in your mobile browser and
select the document you want to edit. Then, while viewing that
document, press the "Edit" button to switch to the mobile editor. This
feature is currently available to English-language users on Android
with Froyo (version 2.2) and on iOS devices (version 3.0+).
http://mobile.google.com/docs

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NEW PRODUCTS & UPDATES

Instant Previews

Instant Previews helps you choose the right search result faster by
displaying a visual preview of each result showing the layout of that
webpage as well as text call-outs that highlight where your search
term appears on the page. To use Instant Previews, click once on the
magnifying glass next to any search result to see a preview of the
webpage. After you activate Instant Previews, you can hover over any
other result to see a preview.
http://www.google.com/instantpreviews

Google Earth 6

The newest version of Google Earth features an integrated Street View
experience, so you can seamlessly explore areas at street level. Try
it by dragging and dropping Pegman from the navigation control dock to
any highlighted blue road, then look around. We've also added dozens
of species of 3D trees all over the world. Finally, it's now much
easier to travel back in time and browse historical imagery. Download
Google Earth 6 for free.
http://www.earth.google.com

Boutiques.com

Boutiques.com is a personalized shopping experience that lets you find
and discover fashion goods, by creating your own curated boutique or
through a collection of boutiques curated by taste-makers—celebrities,
stylists, designers and fashion bloggers. Boutiques uses computer
vision and machine learning technology to visually analyze your taste
and match it to items you might like.
http://www.boutiques.com/

Track Santa on Christmas Eve

This Christmas Eve, visit the NORAD Tracks Santa website to follow
Santa on Google Maps and Google Earth. Follow Santa as he travels
around the world and watch videos of him delivering presents to
children everywhere. Visit the site from December 1-23 to play a fun
game in the Countdown Calendar and don't forget to come back on
December 24 to watch Santa's flight live on Google Maps.
http://www.noradsanta.org

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For YouTube fans with little time on their hands, we recently started
a new series of YouTube updates on the Official Google Blog. Every
couple of weeks, we'll share the latest product features, interesting
programs to watch and tips you can use to grow your audience on
YouTube. So far, we've covered a wide variety of topics, including
Chrome browser extensions to make the YouTube viewing experience more
cinematic, milestones like the fact that 35 hours of video are
uploaded to YouTube every minute and much more.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/youtube%20highlights

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Google Friends Newsletter - October 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Flu vaccine finder

Just in time for flu season, we're again collaborating with the U.S.
Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov
collaborators and the American Lung Association to help you easily
find nearby locations to get the flu vaccine. When searching for flu-
related terms, information will appear at the top of your search
results, including tips from flu.gov and a flu vaccine finder box with
an expanding map that displays locations where you can receive
vaccine.
http://www.google.org/flushot

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NEW PRODUCTS & UPDATES

Place Search

Place Search is a new kind of local search result that organizes the
world's information around places. Now when you're searching for local
information, you'll see a list of specific places marked with red
pins, along with links to other pages for more information. Clustering
search results around specific locations helps you more easily make
comparisons and decide where to go. With this new layout, you'll also
find many more relevant links on a single results page—helping you
find the place you're looking for faster.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/place-search-faster-easier-way-to-find.html

Demo Slam

Demo Slam is a new site that showcases Google technology in fun,
creative ways to help more people understand the free tools available
to them. You can watch new slams each week, vote for your favorites
and create your own slam. It's a place where tech demos become more
exciting and engaging, thanks to the creativity of Google users.
http://www.DemoSlam.com

Google TV

Google TV is a new experience that combines TV, the web and apps—as
well as a way to search across them all. Three devices powered by
Google TV—including an integrated line of Sony TVs, a Sony blu-ray
player, and a Logitech companion box—are now on sale at all Best Buy
stores nationwide. Visit our website for more information, and check
out our blog where you can stay up to speed on the latest developments
from the Google TV team.
http://www.google.com/tv/
http://googletv.blogspot.com/

Birthday doodles

John Lennon, Norman Rockwell, Isaac Newton and now you. When you
include your date of birth in your Google profile, you'll see a
special doodle on the Google homepage on your birthday (just be sure
to sign in).
http://www.google.com/profiles

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The U.S. midterm elections are on November 2, and we're providing a
few tools that make it easier to gather voting information. If you
search on Google for [polling place] or [where to vote], you'll see a
search box to help you find your polling place, candidates and local
election office. Just type in the home address where you're registered
to vote. We've also introduced a mobile version of this same
information and special elections sections in Google News.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-tools-to-help-americans-vote.html

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Google Friends Newsletter - October 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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POWER TIP

Flu vaccine finder

Just in time for flu season, we're again collaborating with the U.S.
Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov
collaborators and the American Lung Association to help you easily
find nearby locations to get the flu vaccine. When searching for flu-
related terms, information will appear at the top of your search
results, including tips from flu.gov and a flu vaccine finder box with
an expanding map that displays locations where you can receive
vaccine.
http://www.google.org/flushot

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NEW PRODUCTS & UPDATES

Place Search

Place Search is a new kind of local search result that organizes the
world's information around places. Now when you're searching for local
information, you'll see a list of specific places marked with red
pins, along with links to other pages for more information. Clustering
search results around specific locations helps you more easily make
comparisons and decide where to go. With this new layout, you'll also
find many more relevant links on a single results page—helping you
find the place you're looking for faster.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/place-search-faster-easier-way-to-find.html

Demo Slam

Demo Slam is a new site that showcases Google technology in new,
creative ways to help more people understand the free tools available
to them. You can watch new slams each week, vote for your favorites
and create your own slam. It's a place where tech demos become more
exciting and engaging, thanks to the creativity of Google users.
http://www.DemoSlam.com

Google TV

Google TV is a new experience that combines TV, the web and apps—as
well as a way to search across them all. Three devices powered by
Google TV—including an integrated line of Sony TVs, a Sony blu-ray
player, and a Logitech companion box—are now on sale at all Best Buy
stores nationwide. Visit our website for more information, and check
out our blog where you can stay up to speed on the latest developments
from the Google TV team.
http://www.google.com/tv/
http://googletv.blogspot.com/

Birthday doodles

John Lennon, Norman Rockwell, Isaac Newton and now you. When you
include your date of birth in your Google profile, you'll see a
special doodle on the Google homepage on your birthday (just be sure
to sign in).
http://www.google.com/profiles

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The U.S. midterm elections are on November 2, and we're providing a
few tools that make it easier to gather voting information. If you
search on Google for [polling place] or [where to vote], you'll see a
search box to help you find your polling place, candidates and local
election office. Just type in the home address where you're registered
to vote. We've also introduced a mobile version of this same
information and special elections sections in Google News.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-tools-to-help-americans-vote.html

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Google Friends Newsletter - September 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Gmail Priority Inbox

Priority Inbox helps you get through your email faster by putting
important messages at the top of your inbox. Gmail uses a variety of
signals to automatically identify what's important, including which
messages you open and which you reply to. Incoming messages get
separated into three customizable sections: "Important and unread,"
"Starred," and "Everything else." To try it out, click the Settings
link in the upper right-hand corner of your Gmail account and visit
the Priority Inbox tab.
http://www.gmail.com/priorityinbox

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Google Instant

Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you
type. Now, you get to the right content much faster—you don't have to
finish typing your full search term or even press "Search." Use the
results from what you've already typed as feedback to help you
formulate a better search term, and adapt your search on the fly until
the results match exactly what you want.
http://www.google.com/instant

U.S. midterm ratings comparison map

Many people are interested in how the balance of power between
Democrats and Republicans will shake out after the U.S. elections on
November 2. We've worked with some of the top names in politics—Cook,
Rothenberg, CQ-Roll Call and RealClearPolitics—to make it easier to
track the daily changes in the political landscape on an interactive
Google map.
http://maps.google.com/elections2010

Google Health updates

We've redesigned Google Health to make it easier for you to act on and
understand your personal health information. A new easier-to-use
dashboard brings together even more of your health and wellness
information, and a new wellness features lets you set personal health
and wellness goals for yourself and track your progress online. You
can set customized trackers, like how much exercise you get a week or
how much coffee you drink a day, and keep a journal on your progress.
And if you select a wellness goal, condition, medication or topic
you're tracking, you'll get relevant and customized news and
information from Google search results and other trusted content.
https://health.google.com

New website for Google Earth

Our new website for Google Earth is one place to find everything
you're looking for. The new site is loaded with lots of content
including images, videos, tours, maps and tutorials on how to get
started. Take a look and see all the ways you can explore the world
around you.
http://earth.google.com

Seven continents of Street View

We've added Street View imagery of Antarctica, Brazil and Ireland, so
you can now explore all seven continents with Street View. See the
famous beaches of Brazil, the rolling landscapes of Ireland, the icy
terrain of Antarctica and other spots around the world from a street-
level perspective. You may even spot some penguins!
http://maps.google.com/sevencontinents

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Arcade Fire

"The Wilderness Downtown" is a musical experience made specifically
for the browser, created by writer/director Chris Milk with the band
Arcade Fire and Google. It's personalized to you, so it takes you down
memory lane through the streets you grew up in, set to Arcade Fire's
song "We Used to Wait." It was built with Google Chrome in mind and
features the latest web technologies including HTML5, Google Maps, an
integrated drawing tool and multiple browser windows that move around
the screen.
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com

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Google Friends Newsletter - August 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Phone calls from Gmail

Now you can call any phone right from within Gmail. Dialing a phone
number works just like a normal phone—just click "Call phone" at the
top of your chat list, and dial a number or enter a contact's name. At
the moment, this feature is only for Gmail users in the U.S. Calls to
the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of 2010, and
calls to other countries will be billed at our very low rates.
http://www.gmail.com/call

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New design for Google Translate

Google Translate has a fresh look that makes it easier than ever to
translate text, web pages and documents. The new design also
highlights many of Google Translate's coolest features, including the
ability to search across languages, translate incoming email in Gmail
or take Google Translate with you on your phone.
http://translate.google.com

Homepage for Realtime Search

Google Realtime Search now has its own homepage, where you'll find
tools to help you refine and understand your results. We've added
geographic refinements to find updates and news in a region you
specify, and a conversations view that makes it easy to follow a
discussion on the real-time web. We also added "Updates" content to
Google Alerts, making it easier to stay informed about the topics you
choose.
http://www.google.com/realtime

Voice Actions for Android

These are a series of spoken commands that let you control your
Android phone using your voice. You can send texts, listen to music,
browse the web, send email and more—just by speaking into your phone.
To use Voice Actions, tap the microphone button on the Google search
box on your home screen, or press down for a few seconds on the
physical search button on your phone to activate the "Speak Now"
screen. Voice Actions are currently available for English speakers in
the U.S., and require Froyo (Android 2.2).
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/08/just-speak-it-introducing-voice-actions.html

Responding to the floods in Pakistan

Our Crisis Response team has been working to help relief efforts in
Pakistan by making critical information more accessible. We launched a
page in Urdu and English for finding information, resources and
donation opportunities to help flood victims. Person Finder is
available in English and Urdu, as is a tool called Resource Finder to
help with disseminating information around medical facilities.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/pakistan_floods.html

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Earlier this month we shared a handful of stories from people who have
used Google in interesting ways that helped them solve a problem large
or small. Their stories range from the mundane—finding the
manufacturer of a frying pan, or the composer of a song—to the
sublime: finding a long-lost love, welcoming a brand-new family member
into the world. Enjoy these stories, and if you have a Google story of
your own, share it with us by clicking on the second link below.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/yourgooglestories
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/sharesuccess/

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Google Friends Newsletter - July 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Rich text signatures in Gmail

Now, you can write your own rich text signatures in Gmail. Add colors
or change the font size of your signature, or insert images and links.
To add your signature, sign in to Gmail and visit the Settings page.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/rich-text-signatures.html

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Refreshed design for Google Images

We've rolled out an update to Google Images to match the scope of the
growing visual web, and to make it easier for you to take advantage of
the powerful technology built into Images. The new design features a
dense tiled layout designed to make it easy to look at lots of images
at once, instant scrolling between pages, larger thumbnail previews on
the results page, a new ad format called Image Search Ads and more.
http://www.google.com/landing/imagesearch

New YouTube mobile website

We've rolled out an updated version of the YouTube mobile site so you
can find and access your favorite videos wherever you are. The new
interface, optimized for iPhone and Android devices, is much faster
and incorporates larger, more touch-friendly elements, making it
easier to access videos on the go. It also has features and
functionality you've come to expect from the desktop site, like search
query suggestions, the options to create playlists, the ability to
designate "favorite," "like" or "unlike" videos directly from your
device. Currently, the new features are in English, but we'll be
rolling them out to other languages in the coming months.
http://m.youtube.com from your mobile browser

App Inventor for Android

App Inventor is a new tool in Google Labs that makes it easy for anyone
—programmers and non-programmers, professionals and students—to create
mobile applications for Android-powered devices. Regardless of your
level of programming experience, App Inventor gives you the
opportunity to control and reshape your communication experience. Sign
up on the App Inventor site to receive an invitation to try it out.
http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about

Google Earth for Educators and Pro Grants Program

Learn tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool by
visiting the new Google Earth for Educators Community. On this site,
you can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects,
discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see
student-created work and read how other teachers are using Google
Earth in the classroom. In addition, educators can now apply for a
Google Earth Pro Grant, in order to integrate pro features into their
curricula for free.
http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators

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Summertime at our corporate HQ in Mountain View, Calif. means we're
celebrating with a series of search stories—short videos that
illustrate through search queries how people might rely on Google at
key moments in their lives. From having a new baby to getting a new
dog, from graduating college to walking down the aisle, we hope these
stories remind you of times that Google search has come in handy for
you. Check out our blog post series for our take on these stories, or
visit the YouTube channel to watch them all. We hope you'll be
inspired to create your own.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/search%20stories
http://www.youtube.com/SearchStories

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Google Friends Newsletter - June 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this month's update
on our products and services.

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Edit your videos on YouTube

YouTube's new online video editor makes it easy and convenient to edit
your videos. You can easily trim them, combine two or more together
and add soundtracks—all in the cloud. The video editor is available in
YouTube's TestTube (a lab for experimental products).
http://www.youtube.com/testtube

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Google Voice now available in the U.S.

A little over a year ago, we introduced Google Voice as an invitation-
only service. Now anyone in the U.S. can sign up to get one number to
ring all their phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and
texting within the U.S. and Canada, and more.
http://google.com/voice

World Cup features

We've developed tools to help World Cup fans around the world get in
the spirit and follow their teams. Find scores and upcoming matches
directly in search results, support your team with iGoogle and Chrome
themes, find places to watch matches on Google Maps, see the stadiums
in Google Maps Street View and in 3D in Google Earth, and more.
http://www.google.com/worldcup

Add a photo to your Google homepage

Now you can add a favorite image to the background of your Google
homepage. Just choose a photo from your computer, your own Picasa Web
Album or our public gallery, which includes a selection of beautiful
photos.
http://www.google.com/addphoto

Celebrating video art with YouTube Play

We're collaborating with the Guggenheim Museum to celebrate phenomenal
videomakers around the world. Through YouTube Play: A Biennial of
Creative Video, we want to discover the most creative video in the
world and showcase exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding
realm of digital media. The deadline to submit your work is July 31,
2010.
http://www.youtube.com/play

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Our new web indexing system, Caffeine, makes it easier for you to find
more content from all over the world much faster—as soon after it's
published as possible. Caffeine is the largest collection of web
content we've offered, and results for web searches are 50 percent
fresher than our previous index. Instead of refreshing one or two
layers of the index at a time (some at a faster rate than others),
Caffeine analyzes the web in small portions and then continuously
updates the global index. As new pages and information are found,
they're added to the index more quickly. This means that the content
you find on Google is more international, and fresher, than ever
before. Better yet, this new system sets us up to make more
improvements down the line that will keep making Google search faster
and more comprehensive.
http://bit.ly/b0MELw

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Google Friends Newsletter - May 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. We hope you enjoy this update on our
products and services.

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Share your photos from Picasa Web Albums

Like most things in life, photos are best when shared with others.
We've made it simpler to share your photos on Picasa Web Albums right
to Twitter, Google Buzz and Blogger. To share a single photo or an
entire album using any of these sites, just click the appropriate icon
on the right of your photo, customize your message and post it.
https://www.picasaweb.google.com

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Google Wave open to everyone

Google Wave is now available to everyone as part of Google Labs. And
if you use Google Apps, you can enable Wave for your domain. Since we
began previewing Google Wave six months ago, it has been used in many
interesting ways to share, discuss and get work done with groups of
people. Now, you no longer need an invitation to wave- simply sign in
to try it out.
https://wave.google.com

New look for Google search

We've added a new left-hand panel to the search results page that
brings together the most relevant search tools and refinements for any
given query. With the panel, you can quickly and easily jump to and
from different types of results- like Books, Images or News- or narrow
down results by time or topic. The new "Something different" feature,
which you'll sometimes see at the bottom of the left-hand panel, helps
you find other topics that are related to your query. In addition to
this new navigation, we also slightly changed our logo to be brighter
and simpler.
http://www.google.com

Gulf of Mexico oil spill

We've created a site to help you keep up to date on the Gulf of Mexico
oil spill. With partners like NOAA, NASA and PBS NewsHour, we're
working to compile video, satellite photos, map data and videos on a
daily basis to help you explore data about this ongoing situation.
You'll also find links to information on how you can help.
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill

PAC-MAN's 30th birthday doodle

To celebrate PAC-MAN's 30th birthday, we made our first playable
Google doodle: a PAC-MAN game! If you missed the doodle or didn't get
enough game time, we've set up a permanent home for the game so you
can keep playing. Press the "Insert Coin" button twice and Ms. PAC-MAN
joins the party for a two-player game. (Ms. PAC-MAN is controlled by
the ASDW keys, and PAC-MAN is controlled by the arrow keys.)
http://www.google.com/pacman

Google TV

Google TV combines your familiar TV with the freedom and power of the
Internet. You can seamlessly move between television and the web-
opening up your TV from a few hundred channels to millions of channels
of entertainment from both TV and the web. You can easily search for
shows or websites across your DVR, your television and the Internet.
Google TV is not yet available, but you can sign up now to receive
updates.
http://www.google.com/tv

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Small businesses are an essential part of the economy, but it can be
hard to make your business a success, especially in tough times. We're
proud that over the years, Google tools — like AdWords, AdSense and
search—have helped many entrepreneurs find customers and grow their
business, both on and offline. So we've released a report with
information about how Google generates economic activity for
businesses across the United States. Browse by state to hear from
businesses in your state how they're using Google to build their
business, or download the full report.
http://www.google.com/economicimpact

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Google Friends Newsletter - April 2010

April greetings to our Google Friends. Enjoy this month's update on
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Share your bookmarks

Saving and sharing bookmarks is now easier, faster and more social.
With a single click, you can now share your bookmarks with your
friends on Facebook and your followers on Twitter or Buzz. We show you
how many people are following your list so you can track how the
popularity of your lists change over time. We've also created a
bookmarklet that allows you to add any page on the web to any of your
lists, directly from your browser's toolbar, with just one click. When
viewing a page that you would like to add to one of your bookmark
lists, click the bookmarklet in your browser's toolbar, select the
list you want to add it to and you're done. To use this feature, drag
the bookmarklet button from any list page to your toolbar.
https://www.google.com/bookmarks

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Search Stories Video Creator

The Search Stories Video Creator tool allows you to quickly and easily
create your own animated search story on YouTube. All you need to do
is type in your Google searches, pick some music and you've got your
very own story to share with your friends.
http://www.YouTube.com/SearchStories

Google Follow Finder

This experimental service in Google Labs helps you expand your Twitter
network. Enter your Twitter account name and you'll see a list of
people you might be interested in following. You can also get
interesting suggestions by entering other Twitter user names.
http://www.followfinder.googlelabs.com

Earth View in Google Maps

Google Maps now includes Earth view, a way to see Google Earth's 3D
buildings, imagery and terrain right in your browser. To help you get
started with this feature, we've selected 36 places for you to fly to,
which you'll see in the left-hand panel on Maps if you click the link
below. Simply go to Google Maps and click the Earth button to explore
the world in 3D.
http://maps.google.com/earthview

Updates to Google Apps

We've introduced some new functionalities to both Google Docs and
Gmail. Documents support better formatting options with a margin
ruler, better numbering and bullets and more flexible image placement.
Spreadsheets now have a formula editing bar, cell auto-complete, drag-
and-drop columns and more. We've also added a new drawings editor to
Google Docs, so now you can build flow charts, schematics, and other
kinds of diagrams collaboratively. In Gmail, we've introduced a new
nested label feature and the ability to drag and drop attachments. You
can also see people's calendar availability and send an event invite
right from Gmail.
http://www.googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/google-apps-highlights-4162010.html

Hubble Telescope's 20th birthday

On April 24, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Hubble
telescope's launch into Earth orbit with a Google Doodle. We also
teamed up with the Space Telescope Science Institute to share 20 of
our favorite Hubble images. You can see these images on our Hubble
birthday webpage and fly to their locations in space by downloading
the Hubble tour in Google Earth.
http://earth.google.com/hubble20th

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We think it's important for government information to be made
available and accessible to the public. To support this goal, we
recently introduced the Public Data Explorer, an experimental
visualization tool in Google Labs designed to help you comprehend
large volumes of data and statistics through rich visualizations. You
can mash up data from public agencies, non-profits and organizations
using line graphs, bar graphs, maps and bubble charts. We also
recently announced a partnership with the Sunlight Foundation to
support the Design for America contest to make government data more
comprehensible to the public. If you live in the U.S. and have ideas
for how government data can be made more accessible and transparent,
the deadline to enter the contest is May 17.
http://www.google.com/publicdata
http://sunlightlabs.com/contests/designforamerica

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Google Friends Newsletter - March 2010

Greetings to our Google Friends. Enjoy this month's update on our
products and services.

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Star your favorite search results

Stars let you quickly and easily bookmark your favorite web content.
Click the star icon next to any search result's title. The next time
you conduct a search while signed in to your Google Account, and one
of your starred items is relevant, it will appear in a special list
right at the top of your results. Stars sync with your Google
Bookmarks and Google Toolbar, so you can easily see and organize your
starred items whenever you want.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/stars-make-search-more-personal.html

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Biking Directions in Maps

Google Maps now features directions customized for biking, helping you
find a convenient and efficient route that makes use of dedicated bike
trails or lanes and avoids hills whenever possible. To find biking
directions, select "Bicycling" from the drop-down menu when you do a
directions search on Google Maps or turn on the "Bicycling" layer in
the "More" menu at the top of the map.
http://maps.google.com/biking

Google Reader Play

Reader Play is a new way to browse the most interesting stuff on the
web, all in one place. Items are presented one at a time, and images
and videos are automatically enlarged to maximize the viewing
experience. You don't need to have a Google account to use Reader
Play, but if you have one, your experience will be personalized. Click
the "Like" button, and we'll show you other content we think you'll
enjoy. Reader Play is an experiment, and can be found in Google Labs.
http://www.google.com/reader/play

Smart Rescheduler for Google Calendar

This new feature in Google Calendar Labs helps you reschedule events
easily by automatically analyzing attendees' schedules, evaluating
conflicts and proposing the best meeting times. Once you turn this
feature on, just select an event, click "Find a new time" and the
gadget will take it from there.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/smart-rescheduler-in-google-calendar.html

iGoogle travel themes

A new collection of iGoogle themes and gadgets is focused on world
destinations and travel. With these themes, you can bring beautiful
landscapes, historic monuments, stunning beaches, iconic cities and
other picturesque sites to your personalized iGoogle page. You can
also find and use gadgets to get inspired with new vacation ideas and
plan your next getaway.
http://www.google.com/help/ig/travel

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If you're already a Google Friend, perhaps you''d like to befriend
YouTube as well. If so, check out the YouTube blog for all the latest
news and notes on our favorite video site, from the scoop on YouTube's
newly redesigned watch page to hearing how you can participate in
interviews with luminaries such as the chairman of the FCC and the
President of the United States. If you're especially interested in
citizen participation, visit citizentube.com for updates from the
YouTube News and Politics team plus highlights from citizen
journalists using YouTube to tell their stories.
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com
http://www.citizentube.com

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Google Friends Newsletter - February 2010

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Social Search
Google Social Search helps you discover relevant web content from your
friends and online contacts. Social Search is based on the idea that
content from your friends and social contacts is often more relevant
to you than content from strangers. For example, a movie review from
an expert is useful- but a movie review from your best friend can be
even better. You'll see Social Search results under "Results from
people in your social circle" on the results page. You can also see
social results by clicking the "Social" option on the Search Options
menu. Of course, you'll only see social results when relevant content
to your query exists. Social Search is in beta.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/search-is-getting-more-social.html

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Google Buzz

Earlier this month, we launched Google Buzz, a new way to start
conversations about things you find interesting like photos, videos,
web pages or whatever might be on your mind. Buzz is built right into
Gmail and available on mobile phones. You can connect other sites you
use like Twitter, Picasa Web Albums and Google Reader, and you can
choose to post privately or publicly. Since we released Google Buzz,
we've already made a number of improvements based on input from users,
and we're committed to continuing to improve the Buzz experience.
http://buzz.google.com

Google Fiber for Communities

To encourage the deployment of better, faster Internet access, we're
planning to build ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small
number of trial locations across the United States. We'll deliver
Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans
have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home
connections. The service will be available at a competitive price to
at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people. Local
governments, residents and community groups can visit our website to
express their interest in being part of this initiative.
http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi

Winter Games updates

To help celebrate the Winter Games, we expanded our Street View
coverage in Canada and launched the world's first Street View
snowmobile imagery. Now you can use Street View in 130 new Canadian
cities and see special collections of all venues, including the
Whistler Blackcomb ski slopes. In addition, you can keep up with the
latest from the Games, including schedules and results, YouTube
videos, highlights from Google News and "Favorite Places" in
Vancouver, on our comprehensive site.
http://google.com/games10

Doodle 4 Google

The third annual Doodle 4 Google competition in the U.S. began on
February 3. This year's theme is "If I Could Do Anything, I Would..."
The contest is open to all students grades K-12 attending schools
within the 50 states and the District of Columbia (student entrants
must also be U.S. residents). The winning doodler will have his or her
artwork featured on the Google homepage, win a $15,000 college
scholarship, earn $25,000 towards new computers for his or her school
and have his or her winning design exhibited in the Smithsonian's
Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. Teachers must
register their schools by March 17, 2010, and the deadline for entries
is March 31, 2010.
http://www.google.com/doodle4google

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If you use Gmail, Google Docs and the rest of Google Apps at home, at
work or at school, check out our Official Google Blog series
highlighting the latest and greatest in the world of Google Apps.
Every couple of weeks, we post about useful improvements to the
product suite, as well as share news about the latest businesses and
schools switching to Google Apps. Recently, for example, we described
how you can upload, store and share any kind of file with Google Docs.
The Google Apps Highlights series makes it easy to catch up on recent
developments, especially if you're not already tuning into the Google
Apps Blog.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20highlights
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Google Friends Newsletter - January 2010

We hope all of our Google friends had a great start to the new year.
Enjoy this month's update on our products and services.

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Flu Trends in 121 U.S. cities

We now have city-level flu trends for 121 U.S. cities in Google Flu
Trends — our most granular Flu Trends data to date. These estimates
are "experimental," meaning they haven't been validated against
official data. However, the estimates are made in a similar manner to
our U.S. national estimates, which have been validated.
www.google.org/flutrends/us/#cities

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Introducing Nexus One

The Nexus One mobile phone powered by Android is now available. This
device combines the latest hardware from HTC, featuring dynamic noise
suppression and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ chipset. It's also powered
by the latest Android software, which includes a voice-enabled
keyboard, Google Maps Navigation, fun Live Wallpapers and a 3D photo
gallery. With the launch of Nexus One, we also introduced a new way to
purchase a mobile phone — through the Google-hosted web store. You can
buy the Nexus One without service (meaning any GSM network SIM card
can be inserted into the device), or purchase the phone with service
from T-Mobile USA. More operators, including Verizon Wireless in the
U.S. and Vodafone in Europe, more devices, and more countries will be
added to the store in the future.
http://www.google.com/phone

Places near me now

Need to find a nearby restaurant, coffee shop or bar on the fly — or
maybe an ATM or bank? "Near me now" uses your phone's location
information to help you search for nearby places easier and faster.
With just a few taps you can check out customer reviews, jump to a map
to help you get there or call the business. To try it, go to
google.com using your Android or iPhone browser and click on "Near me
now". Note that you must first enable My Location by tapping the
location "update" link. This feature is available on google.com in the
U.S. for Android-powered devices (2.0.1+) and iPhone (3.x+).
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/01/finding-places-near-me-now-is-easier.html

Upload any file

You can now upload, store and share any file in Google Docs, giving
you one place where you can upload and access your key files online.
We support files up to 1GB in size. So instead of carrying a USB drive
or emailing a file to yourself, you can use Google Docs to access your
files on different computers. This can also help you work with teams
to organize and collaborate on information online, especially when
combined with shared folders.
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/01/upload-and-store-your-files-in-cloud.html

Supporting disaster relief in Haiti

Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, we released a
globally available page with detailed post-earthquake satellite
imagery, opportunities to donate, other resources and avenues to help,
mapmaker data, and free voice calls to Haiti through Google Voice.
Using 20 percent time, Google engineers also developed the Person
Finder application for identifying and updating the status of missing
people, which can be embedded on other organizations' websites.
http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/

Google Favorite Places

Based on Google users' interaction with local business listings, we
identified more than 100,000 businesses in the U.S. as "Favorite
Places on Google". Each business is receiving a window decal with a
unique QR code that you scan with your phone to read reviews, star the
business as a favorite and more.
http://www.google.com/help/maps/favoriteplaces/gallery

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We just marked International Data Privacy Day, on January 28th. In
recognition of this day, we published our privacy principles, which
guide the decisions we make when we create new technologies. We've
always operated with these principles in mind, but have put them into
writing to help you better understand how we think about these issues
from a product perspective.
http://www.google.com/corporate/privacy_principles.html

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