Google BlogoscopedGoogle, the World, and the World Wide Web, WebloggedGmail.com Domain Made Disfunctional In Germany- June 12, 2008 Surprise... I usually enter "gmail.com" to jump to my email inbox, but today I'm greeted with the following message after doing so (the message sits at mail.google.comgmail): We can't provide service under the Gmail name in Germany; we're called Google Mail here instead. If you're traveling in Germany, you can access your mail at http:mail.google.com. Oh, and we'd like to link the URL above, but we're not allowed to do that either. Bummer. For general information about Google,...http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-12-n10.html Google Maps Driving Simulator- June 10, 2008 Geoquake released a bird's view driving simulator... based on the Google Maps Flash API. Well, perhaps "simulation" is a bit far-fetched, as you can pass through any object, like houses. (Ironically, this works better for me than maps.google.com, where I mostly see gray tiles.) Via Waxy.http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-10.html#n35 TinEye Image Comparison Search- June 10, 2008 TinEye is an impressively fast, and well-working image comparison search engine -- you provide either an image URL or an image on your hard disk, and then they will show similar images. While they don't yet have enough images indexed to show a lot of results -- and often, there won't be any result at all even when you know the image exists online -- this is still a very interesting engine, and already useful for certain types research. (It's also the kind of product where you wonder, "Why...http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-10-n27.html Expanded Google Street View Imagery- June 10, 2008 Google announced they about doubled the scope of their Google Maps Street View imagery, bringing it to many new locations including Springfield, Atlanta, Knoxville, Reno and others. Also, some old imagery has been expanded or updated, and Google also says they've rolled out their face blurring technology to all pics. You can also now look upwards in all of their images, Google says, and looking down also won't result in you seeing their Street View car or other obstacles. At the moment, the..http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-10-n69.html Google Result Offers You to "Skip Intro"- June 10, 2008 Oh, sweet. You know when you look for some company homepage to get their support email address or something, and then the page will start with a super great 3D animation that will take a minute to load... before you can actually find the info you wanted Well, that's why many Flash apps have the infamous "Skip Intro" button included, and now, Google does too. In a search for e.g. yuasa france, the top result -- yuasa.fr -- is listed as normal. But to the right side of the title, there's a link...http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-10-n16.html |