Google Cloud Platform introduces new support packages

By Brett McCully, Google Cloud Platform Team (Cross-posted with the App Engine and Enterprise Blogs) Support is as important as product features when choosing a platform for your applications. And let’s face it, sometimes we all need a bit of help. No matter which Google Cloud Platform services you are using — App Engine, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, etc. — or what time of

Java 7 Runtime and Cloud Endpoints Preview

By Brad Abrams, Google Cloud Platform Team (Cross-posted with the Google App Engine Blog)Today we are announcing two new preview features: App Engine Java 7 runtime support and Google Cloud Endpoints.   Preview features are ‘experimental’ features on a path towards general availability. Java 7 Runtime Support for App EngineThe App Engine Java 7 runtime allows App Engine developers to keep pace

Sports fan? Come hack with us in Seattle!

By Ryan Boyd, Developer Advocate, Google Cloud PlatformThe Google Cloud Platform team has joined up with the folks at Twilio, Splunk, ESPN, Cloudant, and others to host a Sports Hack Day at the HUB in Seattle during Super Bowl weekend. Even better, we’ve extended the length of a "day" to 48 hours! That’s 48 hours for hacking on fun sports data and using APIs and technologies like Google App

Find sample code and more for Google Cloud Platform, now on GitHub

By Julia Ferraioli, Developer Advocate, Google Compute EngineCross-posted from the Google Open Source BlogToday, we’re announcing that you can now find Google Cloud Platform on GitHub! The GitHub organization for the Google Cloud Platform is your destination for samples and tools relating to App Engine, BigQuery, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Storage. Most Google Cloud Platform existing