Virtual Snowflakes

I used to love cutting out snowflakes from folded paper, but now there is a virtual way.  Here are a few sites that you can use to make snow... Read more »

Geek Time with Chris DiBona

The end of the year is always a great time to take a moment and look back at the developments of the past twelve months. Two members of the ... Read more »

Notes from the 2010 LLVM Developers' Meeting

My name is Lang Hames, and I am a PhD student at the University of Sydney where I research aggressive register allocation techniques. Last... Read more »

More Payment Options in Android Market

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty] A key to a great purchasing experience is providing users with simp... Read more »

It’s not “rooting”, it’s openness

[This post is by Nick Kralevich, an engineer on the Android Security Team. — Tim Bray] “Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence!”... Read more »

Now on YouTube: googleOSPO

You may have noticed that this blog has been featuring more videos recently. Today we are launching a new YouTube channel, googleOSPO , to ... Read more »

Geek Time with Peter Brown

When the Free Software Foundation ’s executive director, Peter Brown , visited the Google offices last week, he graciously offered his time ... Read more »

Android Browser User-Agent Issues

[This post is by Bart Sears, who manages the Android Browser team. —Tim Bray] This posting describes some issues when browsing websites with... Read more »

WindowBuilder becomes new open source project

When Google acquired Instantiations , the maker of a suite of Java development tools, we made many of their Java Eclipse tools available for... Read more »