Google is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies.
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What is the preferable language to work in Google? [closed]
I want to learn only one language. I like to focus on one thing. However, my goal is to work in Google company (in the company or from distance). So, do they us eany specific language? I
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How to search for number of users on a website like Fiverr.com? [closed]
All of the users on Fiverr.com are assigned a username. Following is how you can see a persons profile,
www.fiverr.com/users/username
Now, there aren't many other pages on the site as compared to ...
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how to access google US Server using goagent [closed]
Whenever I visit Google, Google redirects my request to a server in Hong Kong. I use app engine to deploy proxy apps. Can Google detect my IP address from China? Is it possible to set Google server ...
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Mock google maps [closed]
Does there exist any library to mock the google maps object?
I have not find any mocking library doing that especially.
Or could any javascript mocking framework map the google maps?
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Choosing how to approach Geocoding Requests
I am about to begin writing a program in c# that will read Addresses from a source file create a Geocoding request, sent it to Google Maps API, get the response choose the coordinates from the xml and ...
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Documentation, Examples, etc of implementing Google's Website Translator [closed]
I can't seem to find any documentation or examples of Google's Website Translator. Here is a link to the home page for it but short of getting started and a couple of key features, I can't find any ...
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Issues to be considered while loading jQuery?
I have seen many answers in SO regarding using Google's CDN to load jQuery instead of
loading it from the local server. In essence I understand this is the issue related with decreased latency, ...
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1answer
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Internship along with Google Summer of Code? [closed]
I am wondering about how much time Google Summer of Code typically takes. I do have an internship lined up for this summer, but GSoC seems like quite an awesome experience. I also really want to get ...
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How can I prove Google Chrome Web Store that I'm a developer and not a spammer in order to be able to publish my extenssions? [closed]
I have some chrome extenssions to publish, but when I log into my Chrome Webstore account it says:
Before you publish your first item, you must pay a one-time US$5.00
developer registration fee. ...
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Help understanding MapReduce Sort example
From Section 5.3 of Google's paper describing MapReduce.
"A Map function extracts a 10-byte sorting key from a text line and
emits the key and the original text line as the intermediate ...
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1answer
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software design interview questions [closed]
I am preparing for an interview at google, and it will involve programming questions as well as design questions. I have done interviews with facebook and amazon, and I didn't do well in the design ...
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Google Maps - Geofence a route
I'm looking at implementing a PHP based application, where by you have a certain route for example London to Edinburgh. Along this route, I want to calculate say a 10mi Radius or Polygon around the ...
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Can an entire software infrastructure stack be built entirely from source in-house? Is it practical and sustainable?
I'm a big fan of using open source software but I mostly use community binary releases for the job.
I'm wondering about companies that go the extra degree and build everything they use in their ...
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0answers
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Google Play in-app billing sample Trivial Drive doesn't work
I am working on the Google Play in-app billing service.
I've downloaded the version 3 API sample and uploaded on my developer console as a draft application. But when I start the app on my phone and ...
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2answers
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Is the copy/paste approach professionally viable when working with the Google Maps API?
I find that I understand much of the Javascript concepts used in the Google Maps API code, but then again there is quite a bit that is way over my head in syntax.
For example, the geocoder ...
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1answer
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Container types in Golang
For a non-OOP language like google Go, is it idiomatic to go about implementing new container types using datatypes like arrays or lists so as to implement convenient functionality like contains ...
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1answer
181 views
Is there a way to get the version of Ubuntu that Google uses for development? [closed]
Is there a way to get the version of Ubuntu that Google uses for development? Even better would be a full up VMWare or Virtual Box Virtual Machine image that might include a full complement of ...
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Does NaCl mean the death of Internet Explorer? [closed]
From the wikipedia -
Google Native Client (NaCl) is a sandboxing technology for running a
subset of Intel x86 or ARM native code using software-based fault
isolation. It is proposed for ...
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2answers
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Importing Data from Google Analytics
I am planning on building a web app with many different public-facing HTTP servers; each of which will have Google Analytics (GA) installed on them.
I'd like to create a "dashboard" app that ...
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1answer
345 views
Open .doc file from my website in browser
What's the best way to give the end-user of my web application the ability to open, edit and save (via browser) word documents that are stored in my database?
I have this working by doing an html ...
2
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1answer
217 views
How do I mashup Google Maps with geolocated photos from one or more social networks? [closed]
I'm working on a proof of concept for a project, and I need to pin random photos to a Google Map. These photos can come from another social network, but need to be non-porn.
I've done some research ...
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2answers
382 views
google maps based desktop application
I want to build a desktop application which has google maps embedded to it. This app should have a thread to read coordinate data online a usb microphone to use. This application will move the google ...
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5answers
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Does heavy JavaScript use adversely impact Googleability?
I've been developing the client-side for my web-app in JavaScript.
The JavaScript can communicate with my server over REST (HTTP)[JSON, XML, CSV] or RPC (XML, JSON).
I'm writing writing this ...
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1answer
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Google Search Costs for implementing google-places API in iPhone App
I am a little confused over the costs for implementing the Google-places api in an iPhone App. (BTW: I'm asking here instead on a Google site, since I cannot find a valid place on Google which allows ...
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1answer
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Impact of Website Redesign on Google Analytics
I just finished a redesign for a website that is currently using Google Analytics. I want to continue to use Google Analytics, but I'm not sure if I should create a new profile for the new site or ...
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(How can I / Am I allowed to) Use Google Maps as a Texture on an OpenGL object?
Note: I asked a very similar question on StackOverflow but did not get much attention, so was directed to http://programmers.stackexchange.com as licensing issues seem to have more interest here...
I ...
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315 views
Why hasn't Caja been popular?
Google released Caja around 2008(Capability JavaScript). It is still mainly a laboratory language. But XSS and other attacks would be prevented if there was widespread integration of Caja.
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Are there any ways to track for the visitor of my site , which site visitor come from?
This is a problem because when I do email campaign,
There is a link on the email, that link to my company homepage,
I would like to differentiate between the visitor come from another way (e.g. ...
2
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4answers
876 views
Google Analytics with multiple environments
We are planning to use Google Analytics in our organization and I am in charge for setting it up. I was wondering how to deal with multiple environments. We sure do not want to collect data during ...
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2answers
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Does the $100 Google Apps Marketplace Fee Apply To All My Developers or Just Me?
On the Google Apps Marketplace Vendor Listing page, Google says the following:
Google charges a one-time fee of $100 for submitting your first listing.
I've searched Google Groups and other ...
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1answer
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Do CDNs (such as MSFT and Google) act on the referrer header sent by clients?
Will my site be automatically indexed, or search ranking affected based on my use (or non use) of the Google/MSFT CDN?
My clients will be sending them the referrer header which I may or may not want ...
3
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2answers
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Google Analytics and customers privacy
I work in a company that sells SaaS web applications for HR and financial issues. Our customers are key accounts to which we guarantee the privacy of their data, for obvious reasons.
We need to make ...
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Omitting inheritance in programming languages
I am developing my own programming language. It's a general purpose language (think staticlly typed Python for the desktop, i.e. int x = 1; ) not intended for the cloud.
Do you think it's okay not ...
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What is the current state of Google's Dart programming language? [closed]
Dart has been out for ages (in internet years), but judging by Google Trends , it hasn't gotten much hype, and the fact that it only works in Chrome doesn't help either. Nonetheless, Chrome is gaining ...
2
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2answers
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Trimming script size by using array notation for frequently accessed properties
I noticed some redundancy in a script I ran through Google Closure Compiler.
(function(){function g(a){var k;if(a){if(a.call)a.prototype=j,a.prototype[e]={}}else a=
{};var ...
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google analystics with asp.net web application
I am trying to add google analytics to a web application built in asp.net c# that is already pretty mature. The requirement is to have all sorts of event tracking on buttons clicks, breaking up page ...
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Dissection of Google indexing services
There are more than a few questions that hop into mind when someone thinks about Google's indexing services. Jeff Atwood wrote about them at The Elephant in the Room: Google Monoculture and Trouble In ...
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6answers
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How to search the web for programming related solutions? [closed]
I have the impression that Google has become unusable when searching for programming related questions.
Example: I'm Googling for
XML-RPC Redstone Cookie
I'm expecting results where all three ...
2
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2answers
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Use Google Analytics to track visitor/download stats for a Google Code Project?
Can you use Google Analytics to track visitors/downloaders for a Google Code project?
I've searched google for an answer but I get results about Google Analytics as a Google Code project itself and ...
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Google best practices for software developers [closed]
It seems to me that googling has become an integral part of software development. I spend about as much time googling for an answer and copying code from blogs and examples, as writing new code ...
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Are There Other Competitions Similar to Google Code Jam? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Programming Puzzles
I participated on Google Code Jam only once so far, but the experience was terrific, and I am anxiously looking forward to next year's edition.
That ...
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How do you manage all of the information you have learned and found? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you manage your knowledge base?
What do you use for personal note taking to keep track of everything you learn?
Are you always Googling or searching ...
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8answers
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How to Properly Google for C
The problem with trying to use Google to find tutorials or answers for the C programming language is that C is not an expressive enough name to narrow down the searches. Even coupled with keywords ...
2
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1answer
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Can Google search results be reused?
I am trying to develop an application much like a search engine and I will like to use Google search results and refactor them in my application.
Can I re-issue Google search results my own way and ...
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2answers
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Why doesn't Google use GWT in most of its applications?
Google created Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and doesn't use it when building their own web applications.
Does this mean GWT is not suitable for building dynamic applications? Or have caching problems? Or ...
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Explanation of the Google Gravity trick
I am not much of a JS developer, but I stumbled upon this site called Google Gravity (those who haven't used it, try doing a search there - you'll be amazed), which is a remastered Google homepage. ...
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1answer
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How can i integrate google translator into a webkit based web browser? [closed]
I'm developing a web browser using C++ with QT Development framework which offers a webkit module as rendering engine, the browser i create have to translate every page it opens to certain language ...
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What ever happened to the Google AJAX Search API
I am looking to query the main Google search however all references including stackoveflow point to the Google AJAX Search API.
The odd thing is that it does not seem to exist any more not even a ...
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What does Google or Microsoft get by hosting JS files on their Content Delivery Networks (CDN)?
As you know Google, Microsoft and jQuery.com offer JS files on their CDN. To do this, they must need to operate significant servers which must come at a cost to them. Why do they do this and what do ...
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Who said “Every time I fire a linguist my system improves” about machine translation and does he now work on Google Translate? [closed]
There is a quote about machine translation that I thought was famous but I'm having trouble pinning down just who said it and when, and what the exact wording was. Here is one version:
"Every time ...
