The rest of the country thinks of DC as the political battleground “Washington,” and the tourists who clog our metro in the summer see us as a mausoleum of sorts, full of monuments, memorials, and museums. A transitional city by nature, with a population that changes with administrations, DC is accustomed to being a hub...Read More

pyKML is an open source Python library for generating, parsing, and modifying KML, the geo-spatial data language used by Google Earth, Google Maps and a number of other GIS platforms. I was motivated to create pyKML because I frequently need to visualize large, and often complex, environmental datasets. While the KML language has a wide...Read More

Back in January, we kicked off The Next Beauty Guru Contest on YouTube Destination Beauty, a chance for one YouTube creator to take the next step in their beauty career. Today we want to introduce you to Dianna Hampton, MusicBeautyLife on YouTube, who’s the winner of the Next Beauty Guru contest sponsored by L’Oréal USA....Read More

Exactly one year ago we rolled out Teleport Search in select markets, expanding the Google Search results beyond providing links and allowing users to travel through time and space. Today, we’re rolling out this functionality to AdWords and DoubleClick with a new ad extension: Click-To-Teleport (beta)*. While features like call extensions and location extensions have...Read More

Guest post by Stephanie Redish Hofmann, Head of Agency IPG, Google As festive shoppers deck the halls earlier each year, putting their bargain detective hats on in search of products that provide the best value for each dollar spent, marketers have had to change the way they think about reaching these savvy shoppers. Because while...Read More