Google is harnessing its controversial Street View technology to take you on a virtual tour of the world’s finest museums, from the comfort of your home. The search giant even claims its Art Project tours are better than the real thing, with one exhibit in each location available in a high-resolution image that goes beyond [...]
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Google launches virtual tour of world’s finest museums
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Google Touts Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ Holographic UI Redesign for Tablets
February 1st, 2011 |
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Google Jan. 26 trotted out a key piece of its Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" puzzle in the form of a preview SDK based on the new operating system intended for larger touch-screen tablet computers. Honeycomb offers users a new holographic user interface that focuses on multitasking, notifications, widgets and other features to make devices easy and fun to use. Google Maps in 3D is a big draw for this platform, which Google programmers like to boast has been redesigned from the ground up. To show off the OS, Google is also offering media and analysts a special demonstration at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., Feb. 2. Those attending will see Honeycomb running on plenty of Motorola Xoom tablets and perhaps some others as hardware makers rush to polish their products and get them out the door to compete with Apple’s iPad. Google’s Android team also offered a sneak peek at what the Honeycomb user interface and other tools will look like on the Android developer Website. The Android developer team offered this platform highlights Web page. Of course, eWEEK gladly poached the screens for readers to peruse for their viewing pleasure. – …
Google Hotpot: A Social Network with Some Assembly Required
January 18th, 2011 |
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Ask most people whether Google has a social network, and they will laugh. Of course not, silly! Everyone knows Facebook is the social network, and that Twitter is where you go to spout brief, social messages or personal edicts& and then flit away. But Google does have a social network, provided users cultivate it as such. It’s called Hotpot, Google’s local recommendation engine, which the company rolled out as feature for its Google Places service on Google Maps in November. The service lets users rate, write and publish reviews about restaurants, coffee shops and other establishments from Android and now iPhone smartphones. Rating a restaurant from a smartphone while you’re there is a fun sort of guerilla-foodie exercise, but it can be more fun if you have friends with whom to share your Hotpot ratings and reviews. So to enrich the experience, go to Google’s Hotpot Website to invite friends, and even add some ratings of Google Places you’ve already visited. This will give you content and social foundations on which to build for the future. It’s not Facebook, but you can certainly get caught up praising or lambasting local shops in your area. – …
Google Maps 5.0 for Android Has 3D, Offline Perks
December 17th, 2010 |
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Google Dec. 16 launched Google Maps 5.0 for Android with dynamic 3D vector graphics and offline capabilities in an effort to make the app more interactive and reliable. –
Google has added 3D and offline capabilities to its new Maps 5.0 for Android application, making the app more interactive and reliable for people trying to get a handle on navigation.
Google Maps has rendered streets and buildings using a flat tile graphics for the last five years. The company …
Google Maps for Canada Gets Biking Directions
December 2nd, 2010 |
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You may remember earlier this year when the guys at Google launched biking directions for the Unites States’ version of Google Maps. Well, they’ve just done the same for Canada. The following regions should start showing biking directions now: Calgary, Edmonton, Gatineau, Kelowna, Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo, and Winnipeg. Biking directions were added after many users [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab Offers Great Web Browsing, App Experience
December 1st, 2010 |
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eWEEK has been playing with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, courtesy of Verizon Wireless, for the past two weeks. The No. 1 carrier began selling the Android 2.2-based tablet computer Nov. 11 for $599.99 without a contract, timed for the holiday rush. An alternative to Apple’s iPad, the Tab’s screen measures 7 inches on the diagonal, compared with the 9.7-inch iPad, and weighs 13.5 ounces, compared with the iPad’s heftier 1.5 pounds. Also, the Tab has two video cameras, including a 1.3-inch megapixel mini-camera for video conferencing. While the iPad relies on the 300,000 apps in Apple’s App Store, the Tab plays host to the 100,000-plus apps in the Android Market as well as the Samsung Media Hub for renting and purchasing TV programming and movies. In evaluating the tablet, eWEEK was struck by just how much the Web browsing experience of the Tab mimics that of the Samsung Galaxy S devices, such as the Fascinate and Continuum, from Verizon. The application experience is ostensibly the same, with a widget to the Android Market and the ability to download Facebook for Android, Twitter for Android and all manner of apps. While the Galaxy S devices from Verizon come preloaded with Bing Search and Bing Maps, the Tab hews to the Verizon Droid model of saluting Google’s mobile services, including widgets for Google Maps, Google Places, Google Latitude, YouTube and Google Search. Check it all out in this slideshow. – …
Google Android Phones Get Hotpot Local Recommendations
November 16th, 2010 |
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Google Nov. 15 launched its Hotpot local recommendation engine in Google Maps for Android 4.7, helping users get input on places from friends. – Google Nov. 15 moved to socialize its Google Maps for Android application by
adding local recommendations about locations from friends.
Google Maps 4.7 for Android leverages
Hotpot, the company’s new local recommendation, to let users rate, write and
publish reviews about restaurants, coffee sho…
Google Maps for Android Gets Some Updates
November 10th, 2010 |
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It seems like everyday Google Maps for Android is getting better and better. Some of the newer improvements include the Places icon and the rich Place pages. Last week, the guys over at Google announced even more improvements. Google Maps 4.6 is the latest upgrade, and includes a new design for Place page reviews, more [...]
Visualize Google Searches Using Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator
November 9th, 2010 |
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Google Suggest is a feature of Google ( it used to be a separate tool long ago ) that helps users auto-complete their search queries and search faster. Google guesses what you are about to search using its algorithm that determines search patterns and common search terms. Apart from being a helpful service, Google Suggest [...]
Google corrects faulty maps of Nicaragua, Costa Rica
November 8th, 2010 |
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Google Maps is correcting its faulty maps of Nicaragua and Costa Rica after becoming the culprit in the latest border dispute between the two Central American countries. According to the Daily Mail, Google”s Charlie Hale admitted Google had made a mistake and assured readers it would be fixed as soon as possible. He said: “We [...]
Google Street View Privacy Snafu Forgiven in U.K.
November 3rd, 2010 |
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News Analysis: The U.K. privacy authorities Nov. 2 forgave Google Street View cars for collecting data in that country, joining Canada and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. – For all the railing against Google’s
Street privacy violations, countries sure are willing to forgive the search
engine easily enough for its data-snorting transgressions.
Google admitted its Street View cars that patrol city streets to snap images for
Google Maps had sucked up 600 gigabytes wo…
Panoramio Photo Contest
November 3rd, 2010 |
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Have you geo-tagged a photo lately? If you’re reading this blog chances are you are interested in all things Google including the likes of Google Earth, Google Maps, and other image-sharing websites, applications, and platforms. And, if those interest you, you probably have done your fair share of geo-tagging. If you haven’t geo-tagged a photo, don’t worry, it’s pretty easy. In fact, you can easily do this by adding photos to the Panoramio layer in Google Earth.
Voting on the Go
November 1st, 2010 |
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If you’re a well-meaning citizen or just following the news, you probably know that this Tuesday, November 2, is the United States midterm election. Are you voting? The guys over at Google take the right to vote very seriously, and so should you. In fact, they have actually openly encouraged anyone who can to get [...]
Google Maps For Android Gets Search Filters, Real-Time Latitude and More
October 31st, 2010 |
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Good news for Android mobile users who regularly use Google Maps to find directions and places. Google has introduced a new version of Google Maps for Android that brings along some nice new features. Called Google Maps 4.6 for Android, this new version incorporates the new Places design and features, the ability to filter search [...]
Google Introduces Place Search: Find Local Info Quickly & Easily
October 28th, 2010 |
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If you remember, a few days ago we talked about redesign of location reviews on Place pages. Turns out that Google wanted to introduce a new search service and that’s exactly what it did. It has introduced what it calls as Place Search. To begin with, here’s an excerpt from the official blog post: “Today [...]
Reviews of Locations on Place Pages Get Redesign
October 19th, 2010 |
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The guys at Google know a lot about our search habits. For example, they are well aware that plenty of people actually read user reviews of locations and places before they visit. Reviews help people decide what restaurant to choose, what hotels to stay in, and even where to hold their weddings. User reviews are [...]
A Guide to Good Business Listing Titles
October 15th, 2010 |
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If you’ve got a business listing in Google Places, chances are you want people to be able to find your information quickly and easily. The free Google Places listings allow you to connect with your potential clients and customers when they search for services you provide locally. The guys over at Google have offered up [...]
Ever Wonder Where Your Photos Are Viewed?
October 11th, 2010 |
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If you use Panoramio, you already know that it is a useful photo-sharing site that allows uploaded images to not only appear in the Panoramio community, but also on sites such as Google Maps and Google Earth. If you do use this useful tool, have you ever spared a thought about where your photos are [...]
Google Latitude for the Computer Just Got Easier
October 8th, 2010 |
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For those that have been yearning for Google to provide a simpler way to use Google Latitude on a desktop computer, your prayers have been answered. Google has just made it a whole lot easier to see where you, your friends, and your family are located – all from a single place on your computer. [...]