How I: Prep to fundraise with four questions

When to raise, who to approach, how to get their attention, and what to share - these are the four questions founder Ed Rex answered before successfully raising funds for his startup, +Jukedeck. 

How I: is a video series where entrepreneurs share their tips, hacks, and lessons learned. Ed is an alumni of our Launchpad program - learn about this and other events at g.co/launch. 

#startuplaunch  

You're invited - Funding your Startup Hangout on Air on Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Looking to raise funding for your business? Considering creating a crowdfunding campaign or pitching investors?

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 9am PST join +Google for Entrepreneurs in a Hangout featuring three renowned entrepreneurs who will answer your questions about raising early-stage capital for your company. Spread the word and RSVP: http://goo.gl/qHYYQK

#startup   #RaiseYourRound  

#Route85 Quick Tip: Don't Default that Switch!

+Todd Kerpelman is back with a Quick Tip episode of Route 85, our show for iOS developers. Did you know there might be times when you don't want to add default cases to a switch statement in Objective-C? We didn't either, so I guess we learned something today.

How I: Pivot quickly with a common code repo 

New year, new ideas. Learn how entreprogramer +Stefan Ritter uses a common code repository (https://github.com/stefanRitter/emptyApp) to pivot to his next idea, and how you can, too.

How I: is a weekly video series where entrepreneurs share their tips, hacks, and lessons learned. Stefan is an alumni of our Launchpad program - learn about this and other events at g.co/launch. 

#StartupLaunch  

Our Google Developers 2014 "best of list" for your holiday binge watching

Looking for ways to pass time time in between family meals and shopping? We have just the thing! Here's our top fifteen (of fifteen!) Google Developer series from 2014. And now, in no particular order:

Polycasts: Join Rob Dodson as he explores the ins and outs of Polymer, a new library that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the browser. Learn about the basic building blocks that make up a Polymer application, and see how to compose those elements into buttery smooth mobile experiences. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsII5c3Mgw6fNYCzaWrsM3sMN)

HTTP203: A show with +PaulIrish and +JakeArchibald all about web development (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsII_38oWcnQzXs9K9HKBMg-e)

Web Components: a series of videos from +Eiji focused on a set of technologies that changes the way you develop web apps entirely. By making components scoped and reusable in standardized way, your web development will step up to the next level. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJkA_W95NDrjdkk3dR6Jq4w)

Root Access: the show on Google Developers Live about startups, for startups, hosted by +MartinOmander (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILjw2c4ImxWXvi4vPrLCjYv)

How I: A practical series for all of you startups out there to highlight all of the actionable things you can do to accelerate your business using technology
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIIxexEszFQujHy38pG4pIk0)

Game On!: A DevBytes series just for you game developers. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIKxwLEpFSWvCgdfEYlBQijk)

The Launchpad Online: A series for startups, hobbyists, and enterprise who want to integrate Google technologies into the web and mobile apps they're building for their users and customers. In each episode, +WesChun introduces how to use a specific Google API, developer tool, or API feature. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILOIxBRPPhgYbuSslr50KVq)

Compressor Head: Colt McAnlis breaks down software compression into three easily digestible episodes in this highly entertaining mini-series. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJGErt5rrCqaSGTMyyqNt2H

Android Wear: Catch up on all of the latest developments in Android Wear.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIIUo31YBwgabebMn2Xb75qq

Android Auto: Android is coming to your car! Learn all about Android Auto and how to easily ensure that your app is ready. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJthvMzPc1ABsPzm3ii2Vm9

Coffee with a Googler: Get personal with Google Employees as +Laurence Moroney explores the inner workings of the Google-Plex and all of it’s wonderful people.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJP13VD_Cg8qS5g2bKWTaYx

Google Play Services: Keep up to date with all of amazing new features in Google Play Services, the foundation of all the amazing things available in apps like Google Play, Gmail, Google Fit and more. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILXKTDNlQVnsgQlqRsGf1_e

I/O Bytes: Just as good as being at Google I/O, this series of short videos connects you directly with all of the insightful content from Google employees all around the world. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIIwGK7v7jg3gQvIAWJzdat_

Women Techmakers: A great series highlighting the impact, accomplishments, and contributions of Women in Technology
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIK4_J9_QsihVB18ecHKvnyb

Design Bytes: For the latest info on Google’s ambitious Material design, and how to bring it to your web or mobile app.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJFcNKpAV9B_aQmz2h68fw_

Google Cloud Messaging rate limits come into effect soon!

As we shared back in November 2014 in the Google Cloud Messaging forum (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-gcm/kYnWzAS14O0), at the end of January 2015 we will be introducing a rate limit on messages that can be sent per second / per device. Applications must be prepared to receive and manage rate limit exceptions by this time.

We are introducing this limit to manage misbehaving apps that send unreasonable amounts of messages. And since the rate limit will be set high, most well behaving apps should not be affected. All apps should however be prepared to receive this error code, as a best practice.

More technical information can be found at this Stack Overflow post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26790810/rate-limit-exceeded-error-when-using-google-cloud-messaging-api/26790811#26790811

#GoogleCloudMessaging  

We're hiring Developer Platform software engineers!

The Developer Platform team is comprised of Googlers who are passionate about the coolest new technology and thrive by connecting to other developers who share similar passions. This is the team behind all the rich, technical content on developers.google.com and developer.android.com, as well as the people you’re likely to see speaking at Google I/O, on youtube.com/googledevelopers or in our Udacity courses.

The team is currently hiring for the following software engineering roles:
* iOS API development
* Web API development
* Backend API development
* Metrics pipeline development
* Tools development 
* Web development
* Game technology development
* Test engineers
* Release engineers

Detailed descriptions available at http://g.co/dev/engjobsq115

Interested? Apply at https://www.google.com/about/careers/search#!t=jo&jid=41144. When you apply, indicate your interest in Developer Platform as well as the specific area of development listed above.

#googledevelopers   #AndroidDev  

Building for the web is awesome, but sometimes you can find yourself baffled by gotchas. Check out the latest episode of #HTTP203 where +Paul Lewis tells +Jake Archibald about three he recently discovered!

Save Time with Easy Maps API Integration from Java and Python

Are you a server side application developer that wants to use the Google Maps API services from either Java or Python? We have you covered.

We’ve launched a set of client side libraries for both languages that simplify and streamline integration to save you time in development. Check out the introduction video on what features they provide and which APIs they support right now. Bonus is that they’re open source too, so you can change them any way you like! 

Learn more on the Google Geo Developers blog: http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2015/01/save-time-with-easy-maps-api.html

#GoogleMapsAPI

Check out a recent Web Components #DevByte from Developer Advocate +Eiji Kitamura on HTML Imports.

Web Components are a set of technologies that can entirely change the way you develop web apps. By making components scoped and reusable in a standardized way, your web development will step up to the next level. 

HTML Imports enable developers to load HTML files into a document, aggregating multiple resources such as JavaScript, CSS and Web Fonts, solving dependencies. Learn more from video below or this article:
http://webcomponents.org/articles/introduction-to-html-imports/ 

#WebComponents