"I like to stump Google. The other day, I Googled ‘How many Mexicans live in North Korea?’ Google didn’t know."
— ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, Saturday Night Live (via inothernews)
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It would be great if Google kept the treasure map functionality on Google Maps, even after April Fools is over.
Ever wonder what Street View looks like atop a mountain?
Well, now you know - the above views are from 22,000 feet atop the Aconcagua summit in Argentina, the highest point yet documented via Google’s Street View. As part of the company’s efforts to add to its maps offerings, it recently scoped out ranges such as Aconcagua, Everest and Kilimanjaro.
Photos: Google Street View
"Google Glasses will impact societal behavior from the moment they arrive. As soon as you see them, you’re aware that you might be filmed. People don’t like being filmed. Yes, every smartphone can record you and take pictures. But you know when this is happening. It isn’t a constant feeling that everyone around you is filming you from every angle. You see them when they do it. Google Glasses are different. More than just photos and filming, what happens to this data?"
— Is Google Glass Bad for Society? (via world-shaker)
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Backpack Camera System Brings Google Street View to Grand Canyon
That’s a hefty daypack.
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Feel-good story of the day: The man who used Google Earth to find his long-lost family. Saroo Brierley was only 5 when a train zoomed him hundreds of miles from home. It took 25 years and a technological revolution for him to get back.
“I kept in my head the images of the town I grew up in, the streets I used to wander and the faces of my family.” Brierley spent hours on Google Earth zooming around for clues, obsessively looking for something, anything that he recognized. Finally, he identified his hometown: Ganesh Talai.
Crazy story.
Today’s (animated) Google Doodle is a nod to Heinrich Hertz, who first proved the existence of electromagnetic waves.
Aww, thanks Google. You always remember (my birthday, and a scarily large amount of private information, I’m sure).
Where in the World? Part 2: A Google Earth Puzzle
Looking at the world through via Google Earth offers striking images of the diversity of our planet and the impact that humans have had on it. Today’s entry is a puzzle — part 2 in a series, this time offering multiple choices. We’re challenging you to figure out where in the world each of the images below is taken. North is not always up in these pictures, and, apart from a bit of contrast, they are unaltered images provided by Google and its mapping partners. So I invite you to have a look at the images below, make your guesses, and see your score at the end. Good luck!
