Google Summer of Code has been around since 2005. In the program, Google partners with open source software projects and technology-based groups to fund students interested in working on real world software development for three months. Students gain good experience and advice from mentors. The organizations get specific projects or features developed while increasing the … [Read more...]
You can now attach money in Gmail on Android
AOL mail voice: You've got money. Need to send somebody some money? You can now use the Gmail app on Android to send it just like you would send a picture. Simply compose a message and choose the Attach paperclip. Then choose Send Money. Enter the amount to send from your Google Wallet account and send your message. The person receiving the money will get an email … [Read more...]
Free book: Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
Site reliability engineering is treating your operations/production environment like a software problem. Monitoring performance and other metrics are key. It's what makes an outage of Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, and other Google products so rare. You can learn from the folks at Google with a free O'Reilly book Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production … [Read more...]
Gmail will block .js attachments
Google has announced that Gmail including G Suite (formerly Google Apps) will begin blocking attachments with the file extension of .js. This means you will not be able to send .js (typically Javascript) files from Gmail and people sending messages to Gmail accounts will receive a bounce message telling them that their message cannot be delivered. Google made this announcement … [Read more...]
Google Search in 2016
2016 can be summarized pretty easily based on what people searched the web for. Google has a perfect perspective for that data and summarizes each year with their Year in Search. Many have said 2016 has been a rough year and are looking forward to the fresh start in 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIViy7L_lo8 So to celebrate the end of 2016, here’s a peek at some of … [Read more...]