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Google Takes a Splash into the Deep Blue

Dive operators, dive guides and seasoned divers may soon have a new “toy” to play with – contributing details of diving hot spots around the world right down to the water conditions and maybe, just maybe to the species of corals and the residents living there. Rumor has it that Google is brewing an exciting 3D [...]

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The Billboards Have Eyes

No, this is not the sequel to The Hills Have Eyes. But be careful the next time you look at a billboard – it might just be looking right back at you! Developed by Xuuk, Inc and first shown at a presentation at Google, Eyebox2 is an exciting new way for advertisers to track which billboards, [...]

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Gmail’s PowerPoint Viewer Goes Live

If you are someone like me who does not have PowerPoint on your computer and uses Google’s online email service, Gmail, you are in luck. Google’s new PowerPoint viewer for Gmail has gone live! Now you can easily click on “View as slideshow” and have the PPT shown, without ever needing to install PowerPoint. The downside? Users [...]

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Free WiFi for Google’s Neighbours

Google officially bestows its free WiFi service upon Mountain View today. The $1 million dollar project covers 90 percent of the city’s 12 square miles, and run at up to 1mbps. Not too shabby at all. “The feedback was overwhelming positive,” said Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives for Google. “It’s glowing, and in fact it’s [...]

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Sex on Cellphones More Enjoyable than on PC?

Apparently so, according to the results of Google’s research on what people has been searching for with their cellphones. In fact, 20% of all Google searches via cellphones are related to adult material, whereas only 8.5% of all PC searches are for adult content. One would assume that cellphones with their small screens aren’t ideal [...]

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Google Earth Now Available for Mac

Mac users rejoice, ’cause Google Earth for Mac is now available for download. It requires Mac OS X (10.4), 500MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 400MB disk space, 128Kbits/sec network speed, 16MB 3D-capable video card, and a 1024 x 768 16-bit color desktop resolution. For those who don’t know what Google Earth is, you must be living on [...]

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Track your FedEx, UPS, or USPS package routes with Google Maps

This is one of the many examples of interesting Google Maps implementation. Package Mapper takes your FedEx, UPS, or USPS package tracking number and maps you your package’s route. Registering and signing in will allow you to save several package routes into your package list, enabling you to display multiple package routes on a single [...]

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Use Google As A Free Proxy!

Now this is a really awesome trick for people who has been using proxy servers to avoid their school’s or office’s security to access forbidden websites. But more often than not, these proxy servers get blocked one after another by that damn administrator. But hey, Google can help! Try this: http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.forbiddensite.com Well all it does, is translate your [...]

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