Transparency for copyright removals in search
Thu, 24 May 2012 19:07:00 +0000

We believe that openness is crucial for the future of the Internet. When something gets in the way of the free flow of information, we believe there should be transparency [...] Related posts:

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BioFuel Resources on Google Maps
Thu, 24 May 2012 18:36:00 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has created a BioFuels Atlas using the Google Maps API. The map shows the locations of biomass resources in the U.S.. Using the map [...] Related posts:

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Google+ for Android: polish and performance
Thu, 24 May 2012 13:24:00 +0000

We continue to work toward a simpler, more beautiful Google, and today we’re accelerating these efforts with a new Google+ app for Android phones. The update includes lots of highly-requested [...] Related posts:

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Telling Stories with Google Maps
Thu, 24 May 2012 12:45:00 +0000

Meograph is an interesting new narrative tool for telling stories with the Google Earth browser plug-in and Google Maps.  The application is currently in beta testing (you can apply for [...] Related posts:

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The Street Views of San Francisco
Thu, 24 May 2012 09:27:00 +0000

The Streets of the Invisibles is an experimental film that uses sound from the 1970′s TV series the Streets of San Francisco with images taken from Google Maps, Google Street [...] Related posts:

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Yahoo Axis vuol cambiare il modo di cercare sul Web
Thu, 24 May 2012 07:30:09 +0000

Yahoo ha reso disponibile un plugin per i principali browser e un’app per iOS che offre una nuova esperienza di ricerca sul Web. Il nuovo prodotto si chiama Axis ed [...] Related posts:

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Climb Every Mountain with Google Maps
Wed, 23 May 2012 19:26:00 +0000

The Guardian newspaper has published a visualisation by data scientist Robert Mundigi exploring the world’s 50 highest peaks. Climb Every Mountain features a clickable (non Google) map of the 50 [...] Related posts:

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Toyota are Filling in the Street View Blanks
Wed, 23 May 2012 16:30:06 +0000

Toyoto has come up with one of the best Google Maps based promotional campaigns yet. To help promote the car the company are driving an IQ around with a 360 [...] Related posts:

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A faster, simpler Google Search app for iPhone
Wed, 23 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Starting today, when you use the Google Search app on your iPhone, you’ll see a completely redesigned interface that gives you faster results, beautiful full-screen image search, and a simple [...] Related posts:

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Songs from Strangely Isolated Places
Wed, 23 May 2012 13:43:00 +0000

The Places Series is a Google Map of songs inspired by isolated locations. Using the map you can select a marker and listen to the song inspired by that location. [...] Related posts:

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