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Google x LIFE Magazine Online Photo Archive
(17 December 2008) - If Google's recent demonstration of their ability to predict flu outbreaks wasn't enough, they've now teamed up with Life Magazine to digitize 95% of their image bank that never saw the light of day. Now millions of photos stretching from the 1750s to the present day are available on Google Images at the click of a button....
Hands on with the T-Mobile G1
(21 October 2008) - When it goes on sale tomorrow, the T-Mobile G1 will be the very first mobile device to utilize Google's open source operating system, Android. I've been using a G1 for the last couple of weeks and am really impressed—a relief because since the iPhone there really hasn't been a mobile that I've been excited about. While the G1 comes in a nice form-factor with...
T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone
(23 September 2008) - Today in New York City T-Mobile, HTC and Google officially unveiled the much anticipated G1. The touch-screen phone is the first to use Google's open source Android platform. Available on 22 October 2008 for $179, this device offers the first user experience that even comes close to the ease, quality and delight of the iPhone interface. Some aspects of the touch-based interface are what...
ThisNext: ThisWorld Map
(07 August 2007) - A fun new ThisNext feature, ThisWorld uses Google Maps to create a live update of who's checking out what online worldwide. It's strangely entertaining to just sit back and watch products pop up—from an Irving, TX user looking at Puma's new Urban Mobility collection to someone in Spain checking out a gun-shaped hair dryer—like you're spying on the world. Geographical trends quickly become apparent...
Scroogle Search Engine
(06 August 2007) - Did you know that every Google search you make is recorded and archived by the company? Privacy-minded folks point out that as Google has become part of our everyday lives, our tastes and preferences on the net give away a lot more than we'd normally share with a stranger, let alone a corporation with nearly 14,000 employees worldwide. While Google keeps your search terms...
Blackle
(17 July 2007) - Stop using Google and start using Blackle. Based on the idea that a black screen uses less energy than a white one, it will also act as a reminder to keep taking small steps towards saving energy every time you search in black. Hopefully you've already heard about it and are using it, but we found it worthwhile enough to spread the word some...
OnNYTurf Subway Map
(11 May 2007) - The most frustrating aspect of most New York City Subway Maps is that they only show the subway lines, neglecting all but major streets. You might know where get off but then you have no idea how to get to your final destination. Alleviating the problem, OnNYTurf simply overlays the subway map on a google-style map (click on image for enlarged view). Google also...
Quikmaps
(28 June 2006) - Quikmaps is another installation in the ever-growing collection of Google Maps mash-ups. Handy for scribbling a quick overlay of information, Quikmaps lets you save, email and post your creation. In addition to being highly useful it's open ended so creative-types with a map fetish can draw till their heart's content. If you're so inclined, make some map art and send it to us at...
Maya 2 Google Earth
(17 February 2006) - The people over at Eyebeam recently launched a new tool, entitled Maya 2 Google Earth. It's an open-source, cross-platform tool that allows you to export 3D models as a single Google Earth Placemark (KML) file. The project was inspired by the Open GL extraction utility OGLE (also by Eyebeam), which allows for the capture and re-use of 3D geometry data from 3D graphics applications...
This Week in Tropolism
(20 January 2006) - This week Tropolism, we set our Technology Vision to stun, first by looking at SketchUp's new Google Earth Plugin, looking at the thesis projects at Sci-Arc, and looking at a cute little drawing program we just like. We looked as some fashion/architecture remixes at two parallel shows in New York, and gave you more wood-clad building love, this time from San Francisco....
Guess-the-google
(06 May 2005) - The team that created Guess-the-google reverses the process by picking the keywords for you, and then you have to guess what keyword made the image up. It's totally challenging, and quite fun. ...
Montage-a-Google
(02 May 2005) - The fact that Google has made APIs available for all sorts of integration projects is among the many things that makes the search engine leader wonderful. I've seen several great projects built on top of Google, beginning with Marumushi's graphical view of Google News (which has been my browser homepage ever since I discovered it). The latest innovation, Montage-a-Google, comes from Grant Robinson and...
Epic 2014
(14 April 2005) - Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson have put together a pretty interesting vision of the media circa 2014. Basically they see all media becoming totally personalized and decentralized, driven by individual personalities and intelligent filtration systems. And of course, it's all enabled by Google and Amazon. They may take it to a bit of an extreme, but they certainly summarize a direction many of us...
Google Maps Meets Craigslist
(13 April 2005) - In my mind this little utility is simply just a genius mix. The cross pollination of two of the best resources available on the internet-- Google's new mapping service, and the classified listings page, Craigslist. This utility lets you surf both at once-- you can select city, price range, and drag along a map while seeing icons representing apartments for rent or sale. It...
Google Fight
(17 February 2005) - Google Fight creates a duel between two search queries with a cute little flash interface. It measures Google results for any two words or phrases--such as God vs. Satan. Who do you think has more google results? Luke Skywalker of Darth Vader, Josh Rubin or Tony Soprano? Find out for yourself if you're bored and want a laugh. It has no affiliation with Google,...
Mademoiselle In A Tech Menagerie: Digital Life
(15 October 2004) - As many of you have noted, I follow most things from a guy's perspective. For Digital Life, which started yesterday, I asked Carol Chung to check it out and bring back a report for the ladies. Here's her story (details and pictures after the jump): I met up with my friend Matt outside the Javits Center. Today was the first day of the Digital...
Google SMS
(07 October 2004) - read the instructions before sending your first search to the code 46645 (GOOGL). ...
Touch Graph Google Browser
(17 August 2004) - Enter a URL in the Touch Graph Google Browser and get a 3D visualization of all the links in and out of that site. Another fun visualization of the world of Google....
Newsmap
(30 March 2004) - Marcos Weskamp has completed his most recent project, Newsmap-- the most impressive news headline visualization software I have ever seen. Many designers have attempted to create new formats for communicating recency, relevance and volume for news headlines, and the results have often been pretty. Newsmap is visually stunning, but it goes a step further than the others by being useful and usable as well....
The Google Button
(11 March 2004) - The most recent issue of Wired magazine is all about Googlemania. One piece, How Would You Redesign the Google Interface, features concepts by Joshua Davis, Jenny Holzer, Shepard Fairey and the above piece from some unnamed designers at IDEO Product Development. I like the IDEO one the most because it represents the broadest thinking of the lot. Though I do love the aesthetics of...
Froogle Wireless
(26 February 2004) - Google Labs has built a WAP version of their product search service, Froogle. Wireless Froogle will be rather handy when you're trying to haggle the price down on that new camera......
SMS Search -MojoKnows
(13 November 2003) - MOJOKNOWS is an SMS based question and answer site. They claim to be the Google of SMS. You send them a question, they send you an answer and pay per question. When you ask a question, the number of question marks you put at the end determine the priority of the question and result in a faster (and more expensive) answer. A nice little feature....
Feedster
(21 September 2003) - Feedster, despite the not so cool name, is the hottest new thing in the RSS world. They index all the RSS / XML feeds they can find and provide you with a search engine for just that content. What's even hotter is that you can save that search as an RSS feed. No more plugging a million sites in to you news reader and trying...
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