Google Developers Blog: March 2012

Fridaygram: Mandela’s memory, Shuttle farewell, wine surprise

Friday, March 30, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorNelson Mandela Centre of Memoryonline multimedia archivedocuments, photos, and videosGoogle App EngineGoogle Cultural Institute

postedwords and photos from the Space Shuttle decommissioning processturn ordinary metal into a superconductorOnce a week we post a Fridaygram, featuring cool stuff that has little to do with developer announcements. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds.

Localize your apps and content more easily – new formats in Translator Toolkit

Friday, March 30, 2012

By Chris Yang, Product Manager and Haidong Shao, Software Engineer, Translator ToolkitCross-posted with the Google Open Source Blog and the Google Translate BlogGoogle Translator Toolkitonline translation toolGoogle Translate .xml .arb .json .poshareWYSIWYG

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file formatssuggest any improvementsChris Yang and Haidong Shao are on the Google Translation Toolkit team.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

CSS: fast to load, easy to maintain

Thursday, March 29, 2012

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By Matt Atterbury and Joshua Marantz, Pagespeed Automatic Team@import@import@import@importserial@import

mod_pagespeed 0.10.21.2flatten_css_imports

child themes@importsdownload mod_pagespeedour code siteMatt Atterbury and Joshua Marantz are Software Engineers on Google’s Pagespeed Automatic team in Cambridge, MA, which is dedicated to making the web faster for everyone. When not coding, Matt is probably on his bike. Josh has been working on making software run fast for several decades, at Google and before that on accelerated chip simulation.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

OAuth 2.0 Playground: new features

Thursday, March 29, 2012

By Nicolas Garnier, Developer Relationswe launchedOAuth 2.0 Playground

The OAuth 2.0 Playground

Support for the OAuth 2.0 Client-side flowClient-side

Setting the OAuth flow type

Support for newer OAuth 2.0 draftsBeareraccess_token1025

Setting the access token location

Display available API operationsFind available Request URIs

Displaying the available endpoints after being authorized for the Google+ API

in this blog postSupport for the access_type and the approval_prompt parametersaccess_typeapproval_prompt

Setting the access type and whether or not to force the approval prompt

Automatically refresh access tokens

Enabling the access token auto-refresh feature

Selectable links in responses

Clicking a link populates the Request URI field

OAuth 2.0 Playground forumNicolas Garnier joined Google Developer Relations in 2008 and lives in Zurich. He is a Developer Advocate focusing on Google Apps and Web APIs. Before joining Google, Nicolas worked at Airbus and at the French Space Agency where he built web applications for scientific researchers.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Moving the Google+ Hangouts API out of preview

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

By Amit Fulay, Product Manager, Google+ HangoutsCross-posted from the Google+ Developers Bloglaunched a preview

Initiate a group video chat with up to 10 people

Control hangout microphones, cameras, speakers and volume levels

Add sound effects and attach image overlays to faces

Set UI elements such as the video feed, chat pane, and notifications

documentationbuild and publishhangout buttonAces HangoutCacooScoot & DoodleSlideshareGoogle+Amit Fulay is Product Manager for Google+ Hangouts.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

The Go project reaches a major milestone: Go 1

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

By the Go team

Go projectGo version 1Go runtime on Google App EngineGo bloggolang.orgtour of the languageWhen he's not traveling the world, the Go Gopher lives in Paris with his collection of medals won at international staring competitions. He enjoys "The Wire" and any movies by Werner Herzog.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: forests, skies, sunken wrecks

Friday, March 23, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorStreet ViewwayAmazon Basinphotographed forests, villages, and riversTributary of the Rio Negro - View Larger MapSolid Rocket BoosterSkywalker Soundphotos of the sunken TitanicNational GeographicOnce a week we post a Fridaygram, which has little to do with developer announcements and is just for fun. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds. Special congrats to the team at Skywalker Sound for resisting the urge to add anything to the SRB video.

Google I/O registration reminder

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

By Mike Fox, Google Developer Marketing TeamGoogle I/O 2012Google+Google WalletI/O ExtendedI/O Live

input/outputmachinesMike Fox is a member of the Google Developer Marketing Team. When not working on I/O or cloud products he is cheering on his daughter's soccer team at the University of Notre Dame, trying to enjoy his son's dubstep DJ music, or cheering his brother racing in the 24 Hours of LeMons.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google Cloud Storage adds several highly requested features

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

By Navneet Joneja, Product ManagerGoogle Cloud StoragereliabilitySigned URLs and updated browser uploadsshort-lived signed URLsbrowser-based uploadsCross-Origin Resource Sharingconfiguring storage bucketsCross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)App Enginegsutil 3.0

A refactored, cleaner code-base

Better in-tool documentation

Easy in-place update to new releases

Multithreaded operations

A hierarchical file tree abstraction layer that maps more closely to the way traditional file systems are organized.

ziptarballrelease notespricesdiscussion 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 almost-two-year-old.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Service Accounts have arrived

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

By Justin Smith, Product Manager

Google Cloud Storage

Google Prediction API

Google URL Shortener

Google OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server

Google APIs Console

Google APIs Client Libraries for Python, Java, and PHP

draft 25 of the OAuth 2.0 specification

Generate a JSON structure.

Sign the JSON structure with a private key, and encode it as a JSON Web Token (JWT).

Send the JWT to Google’s OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server in exchange for an access token.

Send the access token to Google Cloud Storage or the Google Prediction API.

PythonJavaPHPOAuth 2.0 Service Accounts documentationApp Engine & StorageApp Engine & PredictionGoogle APIs ConsoleGoogle APIs Console documentationOAuth 2.0 Google groupJustin Smith is a Google Product Manager and works on authentication and authorization technologies. He enjoys woodworking, cycling, country music, and the company of his wife and newborn daughter (not in that order).Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

A new home for Google Maps API developers

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

By Carlos Cuesta, Product Marketing Manager, Google Maps APICross-posted with the Google Geo Developers BlogBack thendevelopers.google.com/mapsdevelopers.google.com/maps3rd party developer showcaseshowcaseGoogle Maps API DevelopersCarlos Cuesta is the Product Marketing Manager for Google Maps API. He also enjoys travelling, photography, and collecting vinyl.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: observing origami, beaming neutrinos, getting results

Friday, March 16, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorGoogle doodlesAkira Yoshizawa

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratoryneutrinos to send a messagethrough matterneutrinoscience fictionHide personal resultsbinaryOnce a week we post a Fridaygram, in which we take a break from the real news and have some fun. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds. And by the way, it looks like we've made another great nerd movie recommendation this week.

Five things you didn’t know about Google I/O 2012

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

By Monica Tran, Google I/O Team+Google Developers

Registration will be first come, first served on March 27th at 7 AM PDT / 14:00 UTC.

Rooms at the W Hotel are currently going for $279. Limited time offer, while supplies last.

Code Labs have graduated from Bootcamp and will now be incorporated into our 3-day agenda.

This year’s After Hours theme is Carnival 2112.

Real-time transcription (CART) will be provided live during the keynote and some breakout sessions.

developers.google.com/ioinput/outputRube Goldberg#io12

I/O ExtendedI/O LiveGoogle I/O websiteMonica Tran leads marketing for Google I/O and broader developer marketing programs at Google.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Meet the web platform again for the first time

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

By Alex Komoroske, Product ManagerCross-posted with the Chromium Blogcompanion guidePosted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Colossus revealed, risk-taking bees, super attire

Friday, March 9, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorColossusBletchley Parka little help from its friendsgallery dedicated to ColossusNational Museum of Computing

Colossus rebuilt. You can see it at The National Museum of Computing in the UK.
Reproduced with kind permission of The National Museum of Computing.

some worker bees seem to be more interested than others in novel behaviors such as finding a new home for the hiveknitted superhero costumesUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville's Ewing GalleryLudicrous transitions are just part of the fun here at Fridaygram, where we take a break from the real news once a week. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds. By the way, the main topic of today’s post has no connection to this amazing movie, which features a great performance by Paul Frees (uncredited, of course).

Google Prediction API 1.5 adds enumeration, analysis, and more

Friday, March 9, 2012

By Marc Cohen, Developer RelationsGoogle Prediction API

Model enumeration. We’ve added the ability to list all of your models via the trainedmodels.list request. You can obtain the entire list in one response or you can iterate through a large listing in pieces using the maxResults and pageToken options.

Model analysis. We’ve added the ability to obtain more detailed information about data and models via the trainedmodels.analyze request, which returns information about the trained model’s output values, features, confusion matrix, and other information.

Simplified get method. We’ve simplified the output returned by the trainedmodels.get request. Model analysis data that previously was returned by a get request (e.g. the confusion matrix), is now returned by the new analyze request, along with additional analysis data. The get response now returns a simpler model description along with new timestamps indicating when the model was inserted and when model training completed, which should make it easier to keep track of model lifecycle.

New Google App Engine samples. We’ve created two new sample apps illustrating how to use the Prediction API from App Engine, coded in Python and Java. These samples show how to create and manage shared server OAuth 2.0 credentials, and how to make predictions on behalf of any site visitors using the shared server credentials. The sample code is available here and a live version of the sample app is available here: http://try-prediction.appspot.com.

herelanguage-specific client librariesGoogle APIs Explorerlet us knowMarc Cohen is a member of Google’s Developer Relations Team in Seattle. When not teaching Python programming and listening to indie rock music, he enjoys using the Google Prediction API to peer into the future.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Introducing Page Speed mobile analysis, on Google Chrome for Android

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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By Libo Song and Matthew Hillyard, Software EngineersPage Speed for ChromeChrome for Android

Follow the instructions to install the Page Speed for Chrome extension on your desktop Chrome browser.

Enable remote debugging in Chrome running on your Android device.

Navigate to the remote Chrome Developer Tools page in your desktop browser (localhost:9222) .

Select one of the Chrome tabs running on your Android device.

Run Page Speed

discussion listGoogle I/O talk on Page Speed performance best practices for mobile web sitesLibo Song is a software engineer at Google Boston working on the Page Speed team to make the web faster.Matthew Hillyard worked on the Page Speed team as an intern. He has since graduated with a Master’s degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and currently is a software engineer on the Google+ team.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Join us in London for an OpenID Workshop

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

By Eric Sachs, Senior Product Manager, Google Identity TeamUPDATEvisit the event siteUPDATE:OAuthOpenIDAccount Chooservisit the event sitesimilar event the previous day on identity security best practicesEric Sachs has been a product manager at Google since 2003. He is now involved with industry efforts to increase adoption of Internet Identity standards including OAuth and OpenID.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

1-up for web games

Monday, March 5, 2012

By David Glazer, Engineering Director, Google+GDC#googlegdcNew technology capabilitiesGamepadMouse LockFullscreenNative ClientBlitzTech Gaming engineHavok Physics Enginegame middleware

Improved distribution and monetizationGoogle+ gamesKingdom AgeChrome Web StoreIn-App PaymentsaddedVisit us at GDC and on the webdevelopers.google.com/gamesGDCdeveloper day and our boothDavid Glazer, Engineering Director for Google+ .Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: open source mentors, robotic fish, cooperative children

Friday, March 2, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorGoogle Summer of Code

now accepting applications from open source projects that want to provide mentorsbuilt a robotic fishhuman children working together, while chimps and monkeys didn’t share tasks at allOn Fridays we (mostly) take a break from the real news and do a Fridaygram post just for fun. Each Fridaygram item must pass only one test: it has to be interesting to us nerds. We’re happy to have you reading Fridaygram, whether you’re human, ape, robotic fish, or other.

Making it even easier to monetize your games

Thursday, March 1, 2012

By Peng Ying, Developer Advocate(Cross-posted on the Google Commerce Blog)In-App PaymentsAdditional Currencies Acceptedrecent international expansion of In-App Payments

"request" => { "name" => "Piece of Cake", "description" => "Virtual chocolate cake to fill your virtual tummy", "price" => "1000", "currencyCode" => "JPY", "sellerData" => "user_id:1224245,offer_code:3098576987,affiliate:aksdfbovu9j" }

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Fridaygram: Mandela’s memory, Shuttle farewell, wine surprise

Localize your apps and content more easily – new formats in Translator Toolkit

CSS: fast to load, easy to maintain

OAuth 2.0 Playground: new features

Moving the Google+ Hangouts API out of preview

The Go project reaches a major milestone: Go 1

Fridaygram: forests, skies, sunken wrecks

Google I/O registration reminder

Google Cloud Storage adds several highly requested features

Service Accounts have arrived

A new home for Google Maps API developers

Fridaygram: observing origami, beaming neutrinos, getting results

Five things you didn’t know about Google I/O 2012

Meet the web platform again for the first time

Fridaygram: Colossus revealed, risk-taking bees, super attire

Google Prediction API 1.5 adds enumeration, analysis, and more

Introducing Page Speed mobile analysis, on Google Chrome for Android

Join us in London for an OpenID Workshop

1-up for web games

Fridaygram: open source mentors, robotic fish, cooperative children

Making it even easier to monetize your games

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