I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Free Scoop Day

Editor’s Note : Are you rating and reviewing the places you go on your Android or iPhone ? Show your Google Places app at any Amy’s Ice Cr...

Two Cities, One Week: Charlotte, North Carolina

(Cross-posted from the Google Small Business Blog .) Fresh off launching business outreach and support in Madison yesterday, we’re now addi...

Get Your Mixtape On, Portland

We recently threw a series of shows in Portland called the Best Ever Concert Series . Some of Portland’s best musicians played at some of th...

Next Up: Madison, Wisconsin

(Cross-posted on the Google Small Business Blog .)  We’ve been focused a lot over the past few months on raising awareness and spreading the...

Mapping Hotpot Ratings in Austin, Texas, to Discover the Popular Spots

(Cross-posted on the Google Lat Long Blog .) For a lot of attendees at SXSW this month, including myself, it was our first trip to Austin, ...

Introducing our Austin Community Manager, Whitney Francis

Hello, Hotpotters of Austin! My name is Whitney Francis, and I’m happy to announce that I’ve recently joined the Google Hotpot team as Aust...

Mapping Austin’s Favorite Places at Music by the Slice 2011

Last week, we teamed up with Austin’s Home Slice Pizza to host Music by the Slice , their annual day party during SXSW . It was three days ...

Explore the world with updated apps for iPhone: Check in with Latitude and use Places in 30 languages

(Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog .) We’re happy to announce updates for two iPhone apps that help you connect the people you care a...

Google and GSD&M Party in Austin Style at SXSW

Earlier this week at SXSW , about 2,000 people joined Google and GSD&M to celebrate all things Austin : local food, local art and local...

Best Ever Concert Series: The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon and Y La Bamba

To wrap up our Best Ever Concert Series , The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon and Y La Bamba took the stage last Thursday at the University Chapel in...

Share your Austin Best Evers at Music by the Slice 2011

Editor’s Note : We on the Hotpot team love our music — Best Ever Concert Series , anyone? — so we’re sponsoring Music by the Slice , a three...

Rate for a Cause Wrap-Up

A short time ago, Google approached us with an idea. They said they admired what we had been doing to raise money for clean water projects i...

Google Celebrates with Students for Clean Water in Austin

Yesterday we wrapped up the  Rate for a Cause  campaign by celebrating all the hard rating work done by  Students for Clean Water  and the s...

Best Evers: Stephanie Stricklen

Editor’s Note : While we’re in Portland, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by asking writers who live in the area to contribu...

Come Celebrate Austin with Google and GSD&M at SXSW

The best taco in Austin sparks a healthy debate when brought up at GSD&M — every employee you ask will give you their opinion about the...

We're On a Boat: Sailing With Red Fang and The Builders and the Butchers

Update 3.11 : We've got video of the show! Film and editing by Chris Hornbecker & Caleb Plowman in collaboration with Official Mfg C...

Free coffee? Free coffee! At Mozart’s in Austin

You know that we here on the Hotpot team love our coffee . We also love cozy cafés overlooking pretty lakes. So we thought it’d be perfect t...

What Happens in Vegas, Should Be Rated in Vegas

Editor’s Note : Starting today, we’re kicking off a local marketing campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada, to spread the word about Google Places a...

Tweet your Hotpot ratings in Google Maps for Android

(Cross-posted from the Google Mobile Blog .) Whether it’s Google Places with Hotpot or Google Latitude , we’re working on helping you conne...