Posted by Jenna Warman We often host visitors in Google offices. Just recently, as part of a Chamber of Commerce program, a group of Seattle area high school students visited our Kirkland office. The point of such visits is to inspire teens to think ab…
Posted by John Hanke, Director, Google Earth MapsThat s right, Google is looking for the hottest models on the planet. They can come from any city in the world, and they can be any height, but they must be interesting to look at, well made and ligh…
Posted by Adam Redlich, Lead Recruiter, EngineeringI don t need a magazine to tell me I work for the best company around. They didn t stop by the Santa Monica office where I work, or they would have had a much easier time figuring it out. I could have …
Posted by Katie Jacobs Stanton, Group Product ManagerAt Google, we get excited about making all kinds of information accessible to everyone. The more up to date the information, the more valuable it is. This is particularly true in the world of finan…
Posted by Aneto Okonkwo, Associate Product ManagerWhen I learned in October that Google had established a new scholarship program with the United Negro College Fund UNCF , I was excited. The number of African Americans in the field of engineering is c…
Posted by Griff Hazen, Software EngineerOnline groups have become a great tool for managing and sharing activities and ideas for a defined group of people. Back in October we introduced a new version of Google Groups in beta in the hopes that it woul…
Posted by Salar Kamangar, Vice President, Product ManagementIn November, we officially closed our acquisition of YouTube, and since then we ve received a number of questions about what will happen next. The summary is that Google Video and YouTube will…
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, Google SketchUp Education Program CoordinatorToday the Build Your Campus in 3D Competition begins. This spring, you and your presumably equally artistic friends can honor your campus turf as you hone your 3D design skills …
Posted by Urs Hoelzle, Senior VP, OperationsWe take the Internet for granted throughout the U.S. and the westernized world; these days we expect to be always on. But in large parts of the globe, this isn t yet so.The Network Startup Resource Center …
Posted by Dan Crow, Product ManagerI m often asked about how Google and search engines work. One key question is: how does Google know what parts of a website the site owner wants to have show up in search results? Can publishers specify that some part…