China in real time

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Katie Jacobs Stanton, Group Product Manager</span><br /><br />Over the past few years, the Chinese stock markets have grown at a breathtaking pace. Not surprisingly, investors have demanded more access to data and information about Chinese stocks, particularly in real time. Google Finance has heard the clamor, and we're pleased to be able to improve our service for the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges by providing pricing data in real time. So if you're interested in <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=SHE:000878">Yunnan Copper</a>, <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=SHA%3A601988">Bank of China</a>, or you just want to search around, enjoy the additional data on <a href="http://finance.google.com/">Google Finance</a>.<br /><br />Now that the Chinese stock data is live, we're hoping our friends at the SEC will take note and approve the last sale proposal <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/real-time-quotes-for-free.html">we announced in January</a>. This proposal would allow us to offer our users free and unlimited access to real-time last sale prices for NYSE and Nasdaq stocks. As soon as the SEC approves, we'll flip the switch.

China in real time

Posted by Katie Jacobs Stanton, Group Product Manager Over the past few years, the Chinese stock markets have grown at a breathtaking pace. ...

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Our Corporate Equality effort

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Megan Smith, VP of New Business Development, and Nicholas Creswell, University Programmes Manager, EMEA</span><br /><br />Googlers care deeply about creating a workplace that affords equal treatment for all our staff, and while we do it regardless of any accolades we think our efforts might bring, recognition from outside organizations does mean a lot to us. Which is why we're really pleased about our <a href="http://w3.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Search_the_Database&Template=/CustomSource/WorkNet/srch_dtl.cfm&srchtype=QS&searchid=1&orgid=5117" id="wah1" title="strong performance">strong performance</a> in the U.S. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) <a href="http://www.hrc.org/placestowork/" id="ps-m" title="Corporate Equality Index">Corporate Equality Index</a> for the second year in a row. It's particularly exciting given that this is a time of rapid growth for our population of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees (whose group name is, naturally, Gayglers) around the world.<br /><br />This summer marked the first time Gayglers coordinated a presence at Pride parades globally. In San Francisco, New York, and Dublin, we had the largest (and perhaps rowdiest) presence of any corporation, and <a href="http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=5qtS9bnQCj4">we went one further at Europride in Madrid</a> where we were the <i>only </i>global company present among 45 floats. We had lot of fun at all of the marches, and it was a great way to bring Gayglers and their friends together in the communities we call home. We're passionate about our <a href="http://www.google.com/jobs/diversity">diverse workplace</a>, and we hope anyone who shares our commitment to equality will consider <a href="http://www.google.com/jobs/gayglers" id="zray" title="joining us">joining us</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBzjyIlI10gYdVxUpz89y1uUD9rWErj6qEWBUSj1d6IitNNh6qoHmkBz0URWx_eK6o44Vmt8zGCSn0Wg0-m7gC6U67w5VWa0lDZz9h7WzuAK0fXUKE9Efern0sWR1OiIjgQMr9Kn_c_lK/s1600-h/gayglers_SF_2007.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119329801496162386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBzjyIlI10gYdVxUpz89y1uUD9rWErj6qEWBUSj1d6IitNNh6qoHmkBz0URWx_eK6o44Vmt8zGCSn0Wg0-m7gC6U67w5VWa0lDZz9h7WzuAK0fXUKE9Efern0sWR1OiIjgQMr9Kn_c_lK/s320/gayglers_SF_2007.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a>

Our Corporate Equality effort

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Two more reasons to type in Hindi

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Aditya Kulkarni and Balaji Gopalan, Software Engineers</span><br /><br />As some of you have already noticed, we've combined Google Suggest with our <a href="http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic" target="_blank"> Indic transliteration</a> technology to give you a new way to search the web in Hindi.<br /><br />You can type your queries using a regular English keyboard, and we'll show you suggestions and completions of your query in phonetically equivalent Hindi. This means that you can type "amit" and see Hindi suggestions like "अमिताभ" and "अमिताभ बच्चन". Once you're happy with one of the suggestions, you can click it to get search results in Hindi. Try this out on the <a href="http://www.google.co.in/hi" id="g7cn" title="Google India Hindi home page">Google India Hindi homepage</a> and explore all the Hindi content available on the web.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijl9CMi0dNO6hQ2xuTp1x5-JHSfpFSJ4ZoFHMZeHwO5orNJ-rWROHKm8pRtfxVfniQ3V94uCHo1xWissEixCL_Ot5fS9MswcQRD9B2_khSiCPmN-tWezCDyJZztQLi4RJzGQigyFa3cuOd/s1600-h/Indic+transliteration.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119773342768820322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijl9CMi0dNO6hQ2xuTp1x5-JHSfpFSJ4ZoFHMZeHwO5orNJ-rWROHKm8pRtfxVfniQ3V94uCHo1xWissEixCL_Ot5fS9MswcQRD9B2_khSiCPmN-tWezCDyJZztQLi4RJzGQigyFa3cuOd/s320/Indic+transliteration.gif" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />Quite a lot of people have also asked for a Googley way to scrap your friends on orkut in Hindi. You can now type in Hindi the same way you do in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/hindi">Blogger</a> and on the <a href="http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic"> Google India Labs</a> page. If you have selected "Hindi" in the "languages i speak" field in your <a href="http://www.orkut.com/EditSummary.aspx">orkut profile</a>, you'll see the "Type in Hindi" checkbox on the scrap pages. Just check the box to start scrapping in your favorite tongue.<br /><br />We're eager to hear your <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-india-labs/" target="_blank">feedback and suggestions</a>, so please <a href="mailto:indialabs+indictransliteration@google.com"> let us know</a> what you think. Don't forget to visit the <a href="http://labs.google.co.in/" target="_blank">Google India Labs</a> page to see what we've been working on.

Two more reasons to type in Hindi

Posted by Aditya Kulkarni and Balaji Gopalan, Software Engineers As some of you have already noticed, we've combined Google Suggest with...

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Google Search Appliance takes five

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Matthew Glotzbach, Program Management Director, Google Enterprise</span><br /><br />Around here, we love <a href="http://searchengineland.com/070927-063022.php" id="unkj">celebrating birthdays</a>, including those of our products. And so it was just about five years ago that the idea for the Google Search Appliance was born. It was simple: make search inside of businesses as easy and effective as searching on Google.com.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/gsa/index.html" id="bha6">Google Search Appliance</a> has matured quite a bit <a href="http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2007/10/five-years-of-evolution-in-enterprise.html"><span>since then</span></a>. We started with intranet web servers, added security and more than 220 different file types, and found hundreds of partners and thousands of customers. Now, we're embarking on a new phase: <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20071010_gsa5.html">bringing universal search into the enterprise</a> in order to break down the information silos that have developed around business networks and information.<br /><br />It feels good to take five years of experience and put it to work in the next generation, but we know we have plenty of room for improvement. That's why we've also launched <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/labs/" id="osk_">Google Enterprise Labs</a>. So tune in for a even closer look at what's to come.

Google Search Appliance takes five

Posted by Matthew Glotzbach, Program Management Director, Google Enterprise Around here, we love celebrating birthdays , including those of ...

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Reach out and message someone

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Tony Hsieh, Product Manager</span><br /><br />Technology has made staying in touch with your friends and family both easier and harder: living a fast-paced, on-the-go lifestyle is easier (and a lot of fun), but it's more difficult to keep track of everyone when they're running around at warp speed. That's why we're excited to announce that we've acquired <a href="http://www.jaiku.com/">Jaiku</a>, a company that's been hard at work developing useful and innovative applications for staying in touch with the people you care about most -- regardless of whether you're at a computer or on a mobile phone.<br /><br />Current Jaiku users can still use the service normally, and new folks can sign up for an invitation to the service when we're ready to expand. We plan to use the ideas and technology behind Jaiku to make compelling and useful products. Although we don't have definite plans to announce at this time, we're excited about helping drive the next round of developments in web and mobile technology.<br /><br />We wish a hearty Google welcome to Jaiku, and are looking forward to working together on new and innovative ways of keeping people connected.

Reach out and message someone

Posted by Tony Hsieh, Product Manager Technology has made staying in touch with your friends and family both easier and harder: living a fas...

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AdSense goes straight to video -- units, that is

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Christine Lee, Product Marketing Manager</span><br /><br />Nowadays, website publishers realize that getting people to visit your website is only half of the equation. Growing your audience is important, but keeping your audience engaged and staying on your site longer is just as important, if not more so. This is why we're excited to let you know about video units on Google AdSense. Video units enable AdSense publishers to display videos from several YouTube content partners. The video units are ad-supported, and the ads are relevant to both the video and the site content, as well as unobtrusive. AdSense publishers and YouTube content partners will receive a share of the ad revenue, so video units enable both groups to earn incremental revenue.<br /><br />We're excited about video units because we see this as the first step in content distribution on AdSense and a great opportunity to foster the content ecosystem on the web. AdSense publishers can now enhance their sites with interesting videos, YouTube content partners benefit from a new distribution channel, advertisers have a new vehicle to distribute their messages to their target audiences, and people can tune in to interesting videos on sites they normally visit.<br /><br />To learn more about video units, mosey on over to the <a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/10/introducing-video-units.html">Inside AdSense blog</a>.

AdSense goes straight to video -- units, that is

Posted by Christine Lee, Product Marketing Manager Nowadays, website publishers realize that getting people to visit your website is only ha...

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Let a thousand servers bloom

<span class="byline-author">Posted by Christophe Bisciglia, Senior Software Engineer</span><br /><br />Just as people are social animals, computers are social machines—the more, the merrier. Twenty or thirty years ago, large, centralized mainframes sat alone in sheltered bunkers in computer science departments and government offices alike, choking for hours on mere megabytes of data. Even with recent advances in server technology, large, centralized machines are still struggling to cope with today’s modern computational challenges, which now involve terabytes of data and processing requirements well beyond a single CPU (or two, or four, or eight). One computer just won’t hack it; these days, to support a new paradigm of massively parallel systems architecture, we need to break the machine out of its bunker and give it some friends.<br /><br />In this age of “Internet-scale” computing, the new, evolving problems faced by computer science students and researchers require a new, evolving set of skills. It’s no longer enough to program one machine well; to tackle tomorrow’s challenges, students need to be able to program thousands of machines to manage massive amounts of data in the blink of an eye. This is how I, along with my good friend and mentor Ed Lazowska of the University of Washington’s CSE department, <a href="http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/09/uw-and-google-teaching-in-parallel.html">started to think about CS curricula</a> and the obstacles to teaching a practical and authentic approach to massively parallel computing.<br /><br />It's no easy feat. Teaching these methods effectively requires access to huge clusters and innovative new approaches to curricula. That's why we are pleased to announce the successful implementation of our Academic Cluster Computing Initiative pilot program at a handful of schools, including the University of Washington, Carnegie-Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Maryland. This pilot extends our expertise in large scale systems to strong undergraduate programs at the pilot schools, allowing individual students to take advantage of the hundreds of processors being made available. As the pilot progresses, we'll work with our technology partner IBM to shake the bugs out of the system so that we can expand the program to include more educators and academic researchers.<br /><br />The future of computing is already taking shape on campuses today, and Google and IBM are thrilled to help inspire a new generation of computer scientists to think big. All of the course material developed by UW as well as other tools and resources to facilitate teaching this cutting- edge technology is available at <a href="http://code.google.com/edu" style="font-weight: bold;">http://code.google.com/edu</a>. If you're a student wondering just what this sort of thing means for you, check out the <a href="http://code.google.com/edu/content/submissions/mapreduce-minilecture/listing.html">five-part video lecture series</a> (originally offered to Google Engineering interns) that introduces some of the fundamental concepts of large-scale cluster computing.

Let a thousand servers bloom

Posted by Christophe Bisciglia, Senior Software Engineer Just as people are social animals, computers are social machines—the more, the merr...

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