Jun 28, 2005 | Google, software
Google Earth is another free service from the good folks at Google. After downloading and installing a 10Mb program, you have extraordinary access to satellite images of the entire globe, with intuitive controls that allow you to zoom in to your house or tilt the...
May 4, 2005 | broadband, Google
Google Web Accelerator just turned up today, and no one can quite figure it out. The Slashdot community is nonplussed.It’s a bit of software that takes your requests for web pages and serves them up from Google’s cache with compressed graphics and some...
Apr 5, 2005 | Google, web_services
Google Maps has quietly been updated to include satellite images. It’s pretty extraordinary – click on the word “satellite” to switch from traditional maps to satellite photos for a particular place or for a display from one location to...
Feb 8, 2005 | Google, Internet
Google just rolled out Google Maps (on the bruceb favorites page under Travel / Maps). It’s a huge step forward from current online favorites like MapQuest. FOLLOWUP: Wow, those are some gorgeous maps! You’ll be completely astonished when you click and...
Jan 21, 2005 | Google, photos, software
Google seems genuinely committed to making the world a better place. (Example: A client just mentioned this news story from last week – Google’s AdWords division, responsible for the contextual ads that appear alongside search results, insists that...
