Google Summer of Code Student Project Wins Statistical Software Award

We are happy to report that one of the Google Summer of Code students from last year, Ian Fellows , has been awarded the John M. Chambers S... Read more »

Google Summer of Code Meetup in Belgium

On the 6th of April, Google Summer of Code veterans Vincent Verhoeven (student for both KDE and Thousand Parsec ) and Bram Luyten (men... Read more »

Merchant Sales Reports on Android Market

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] As part of our ongoing efforts to provide better tools to help you ... Read more »

Lights, Camera, Green Screen, Action!

Green screening is a video technique where you to film in front of a green background and then you are able to replace the green background... Read more »

Students announced for 2011 Google Summer of Code

We have announced the 1,116 students that will be participating in this year’s Google Summer of Code program. Students will now start the... Read more »

The DOs and DON’Ts of Google Summer of Code: Mentor Edition

This is the final post in a series of three posts on the DOs and DON’Ts for Google Summer of Code students, mentors, and organization admin... Read more »

Former student pays it forward as a mentor for Google Code-in

Charlie Gordon was a student participant in the Google Highly Open Participation Contest , an earlier version of Google Code-in that pairs... Read more »

Googlers @ Women and Open Source: Panel Discussion

Last week the SD Forum held a panel discussion in Mountain View, CA entitled Tech Women: Women and Open Source. The discussion focused on e... Read more »

Customizing the Action Bar

[This post is by Nick Butcher , an Android engineer who notices small imperfections, and they annoy him. — Tim Bray] Since the introduction ... Read more »

Android Developer Challenge, Sub-Saharan Africa!

[This post is by Bridgette Sexton, an innovation advocate for the African tech community. — Tim Bray] En Français . In the past year alone,... Read more »

New Carrier Billing Options on Android Market

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] Since last year, we’ve been working to bring the convenience of Dir... Read more »

Geek Time with Josh Bloch

In addition to being known as “The Mother of Java,” Josh Bloch is also the Chief Java Architect at Google. Josh sat down with fellow Open S... Read more »

Introducing CityHash

We’re pleased to announce the new CityHash family of hash functions for strings. We’re releasing two functions today: CityHash64 and CityHa... Read more »

Fakebook Biographical Profiles

Here is a fun new way to create a biography or timeline project- make a Fakebook !  Fakebook by Classtools.net allows teachers and students... Read more »

Explore the Rainforest

Explore the rainforest from your Smartboard with these interactives: PBS Jungle Journey : Rainforest Alliance: Jewels of the Earth : PBS Ama... Read more »

Final hours to submit your Google Summer of Code student applications!

The student application period for the 2011 Google Summer of Code is almost over. All applications must be submitted into the Google Summer... Read more »

I think I’m having a Gene Amdahl moment (http://goo.gl/7v4kf)

[This post is by Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering —Tim Bray] Recently, there’s been a lot of misinformation in the press about Android and Goog... Read more »

Wufoo Forms

Wufoo is an online application that creates interactive forms for your parents or students.  Think about how much extra time you will have ... Read more »

Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit 2011

This week marks the fifth annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit , which will be held from April 6th to 8th in San Francisco, CA. Man... Read more »

The DOs and DON’Ts of Google Summer of Code: Organization Administrator Edition

This is the second in a series of three posts on DOs and DON’Ts for Google Summer of Code students, mentors, and organization administrator... Read more »