WOW, this is really cool! Expect to start seeing all kinds of different types of fonts on the web folks!
The new Google font previewer lets you test drive all the fonts in the directory so you can decide which web font in the Google Font API works best for your requirements.
via Google Code Blog: New Google Font Previewer – Webfonts Easier and More Fun.
Google will now OWN the words on the screen…
Google Code Blog: Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font Directory.
Google’s android becoming a translation tool with Google Goggles… looks neat… I should probably get an Android phone to try to keep up with all of this tech… oh wait… I never leave the office with programming all of the time… D’OH to me! 
Google Goggles Makes Android Devices Mobile Translators.
No standard tests for Google’s Chrome browser… where are the MythBuster guys when they were CLEARLY needed… don’t they ALWAYS say to “NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!” but… these are really cool… check the vid.
If you are working remotely with other folks OR with clients a LOT like me! This is suddenly going to become a LOT more useful for creating content with a client!
YouTube – Introducing a new Google Docs.
Next time you look up something on a Google Map, you just might be able to take a look AROUND things! Looks like Google Earth and Google Maps are finally starting to merge!
Official Google Blog: Earthly pleasures come to Maps.
Following Yahoo’s recent announcement on the integration of Facebook to its content network, it’s now Google’s turn to do the same. Not with Facebook obviously, but with perhaps a better ally – Twitter. Starting today, you can now connect your Twitter ID with sites that use Google Friend Connect.
via Google Friend Connect Joins Forces with Twitter | Search Engine Journal.
News Corp Sites ‘To Be Removed From Google’
Google Analytics from the source!
Google Analytics Blog: Rapid Fire Web Analytics Q and A with Avinash and Nick.
From time to time youve probably noticed the Ads by Google message on ads around the web — we display this label because we want users to have an awareness and understanding of the ads they see online and where they come from.
As more and more advertisers use rich media ad formats, such as Flash and interactive ads, we want to provide the same benefit to users for those ad formats.
So today were starting to add the “Ads by Google” message to rich media ads in a way thats unobtrusive to your ad creative and the publisher site, but as user-friendly as our current “Ads by Google” notices on other ad formats.
Youll soon notice a small i for “information” icon overlay in the bottom right-hand corner of these ads, which will expand when the user hovers over it. This was specially designed for rich media ads. This new message will appear on your AdWords rich media ads, and will show up on standard AdSense ad units.
via Inside AdWords: Extending “Ads by Google” notice.
It started out as a software company with a funny little name. Then it conquered the world of search. And now it’s out to conquer the rest of the world.
Who isn’t Google taking on these days?
The company has taken on Microsoft’s once-dominating Office suite, putting comparable software online — at no cost. It’s locking horns with Apple in a battle for the mobile application market. And now, amazingly, it’s challenging Amazon by offering an electronic book service.
If there’s a market out there, you can bet Google is either in it or planning to be.
