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Use an iPhone and have a blog on Blogger? Head on over to the app store and get InfoThinker’s free “blogpress lite“, built by them to celebrate Blogger’s 10th birthday. Thanks, guys! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

A couple weeks back, we announced a partnership with Socialvibe. As the blog owner, you get to pick which charity you support in the gadget configuration – then your blog’s visitors are invited to do something (for example: rate a video, watch an ad, sign a petition). Each time they do that something, the advertiser…

You may have seen the news that we’re getting more active about hiring at Google. We didn’t really stop – but as you can see from the jobs listings (US, international) there are lots of opportunities to join and make a difference. The hiring process remains rigorous, and if you’re not confident you’re among the…

It was a running gag between Don Loeb and me last year when I bought my Kindle: it’s great, he’d say. But I want to read the books on my iPhone. I laughed at him. What sane person would want to do that? It paralleled my mocking of Don’s praise for his Mac… except then…

When I buckled this summer and picked up an iPhone, I was pretty sure I was doing it mostly for the camera (image and video) and the seamless integration with a number of Google services. I haven’t been disappointed on those fronts – but it’s been the home automation on the iPhone that’s most impressed…

So… been a tad busy. Still not enough time to catch up, but here’s a glimpse into the last month or so: Blogger was targeted as part of the DDoS attack last month, and I wrote a post on Google’s Public Policy blog about our response and what’s needed moving forward. We announced the 10th…

Fun event. Details to follow. 🙂 — Posted from my iPhone

In case you missed the news, Google Latitude is now available on the iPhone. Just visit google.com/latitude in your browser and you’ll be able to share your location information with your friends, see where they’re at on the map, and email/call/SMS them if they’re sharing that detail with you. There’s an Android version, a Blackberry…

Last week, a Blogger user posted about her impending departure from Blogger. A Blogger “interstitial” began appearing before users could visit her site, warning of potentially objectionable content. Becky believed the interstitial to be politically motivated, and many of the commenters tended to agree with her. I tried to clarify in the comments (search on…

I originally got into blogging because I was past deadline for my nothing.but.net magazine column for the American Bar Association. Three searches in three days resulted in #1 results for John Robb’s blog – and, being me, I called John to ask him why he kept showing up at the top of my Google queries.…