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Until last week, I’d never driven an Audi in my life. But when I got to try the new Audi A7 for my latest Technologizer column over on TIME.com, I didn’t have to learn anything new to drive it–everything from the gear shifter to the brakes to the turn signals were similar or identical to the ones in dozens of other cars I’ve driven. The …
Low on the funds to see the Colosseum in person? That’s ok! Instead, just shell out the money for a tablet that runs Android 2.1 or above, keep the change, and take the trip for free through a new Google Earth update.
Google launched an Android version of Google Earth last year, but now they’ve optimized the application for …
More details are coming out about billionaire-adventurer Richard Branson and his planned forays into the ocean’s deepest nether regions.
According to the LA Times, Branson’s 20-foot Virgin Oceanic vessel will be feeding previously unseen topographical data back to Google Earth, the free 3D mapping software that lets users do cool …
Good morning! Here’s the tech stuff that’s breaking this morning, more on the big tech news stories of the day coming up later.
Happy Pi Day!
Yay, today is Pi day! Happy 3.1415926535 to you and all your loved ones!
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News travels faster than quakes
Everyone knows news goes fast, but the Japanese disaster shows
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Japan’s Friday earthquake estimated death toll is in the thousands; and while the story can be told in words, nothing can describe the videos and photos that have followed. ABC News in Australia has pooled together some interactive Google Earth aerial satellite images surveying the before and after photos of the chaos on the …
The latest version of Google’s free mapping software, Google Earth 6, is now available for download.
The program integrates Google Maps’ “Street View” function, allowing you to take a detailed first-person, 360-degree look at any street in the world that’s been panoramically photographed by one of the company’s Street View …
While we debate over whether or not Google is scheming to do evil things with Verizon, there’s no denying the simple fact that checking out what’s underneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans on your mobile phone isn’t cool.
The latest version of Google Earth (v1.1) for Android allows you to “look around” and see what’s …
Giving you yet another reason that you never need to go outside, Google Earth has added live weather. It’s accessible by activating the “clouds” layer inside the program and shows rain and/or snow wherever it may be happening around North America or Europe. Currently in Boston where I live, it’s… not doing either of those things.
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Available as a developer tool since 2008, Google has now officially opened up Earth View in Google Maps to everyone. You need to install the Google Earth plugin for your browser but once it’s up and running, you’ll have access to three dimensional views of certain places of interest (search for Stonehenge and zoom in, for example).
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