Category Archives: google

Google Supporting startups and Entrepreneurs

Google supporting Start ups… in partnership with startup week-end and others. An innovative program to help start ups and others to get their products, services, and companies launched and off the ground. Find info about hackathons, EDU opportunities, startup resources, … Continue reading

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Google Finally Rolls Out Official Google Canada Blog

Well, well lookee there… a Google Canada blog… I’m almost kind of stunned! Even with many Canucks flocking to the Googleplex over the years (Mike Pegg a Google Maps evangelist comes to mind)  it took them until 2012 to finally … Continue reading

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New Mobile App for Custom Maps Looking For a KickStart

Mapocosm has just released Map Explorer, a mobile app for exploring custom maps. Using Google My Places or other tools that generate KML files, users generate custom maps that can be shared with Map Explorer, including associated descriptions, photos, and … Continue reading

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The Google I/O Project Glass Launch

If you sat in on the Google I/O livestream with about 1 million other folks around the Globe then you may have caught the cool Project Glass announcement that was kicked off with an impressive demo from a crew of … Continue reading

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Video – New 3D Imagery in Google earth for mobile

Impressive imagery from Google via Google earth tour guide. This from Google… “Our new 3D imagery of entire metropolitan areas brings a new frontier to your fingertips. Also, the new tour guide makes exploring the world even easier by suggesting … Continue reading

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Google Announces Nexus 7, light, portable tablet for Google Play

Today at Google I/O Google lifted the lid off their new tablet offering (Actually many of you will consider it an E reader) the Google Nexus 7. The device has a 7″ screen and tight Google Play integration – ideal … Continue reading

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Google I/O reminder and live feed

Time for another Google I/O event and once again Google will be live streaming portions of the event so all of us that couldn’t make it to San Fran can still enjoy it, albeit without all the Google Kool-Aid and … Continue reading

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Google Maps Coordinate for Workforce Management

Something new this week out of the Google Lat/Long blog for the enterprise -  Google Maps Coordinate, a workforce management tool designed to improve communication between businesses and mobile workers and enable collaboration between teams with your mobile assets.  Simply … Continue reading

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Google Maps vs Apple Maps

So, by now we’ve all had a little time to digest the news about Apple Maps and the coming use of Apple’s very own map service for the iOS platform but what will it look like? No doubt there’s still … Continue reading

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Data Visualizations and the Google Politics and Election Blog

Let me share an interesting find with you that offers up the latest maps and data visualizations of the US political landscape… enter the Politics and election blog from the Google politics and elections team. Browsing the blog you’ll find … Continue reading

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DataAppeal – 3D and animated maps on google earth platform

Here’s a tip off about an interesting solution for you Google Earth fanatics – DataAppeal. According to the developers, DataAppeal uses art and design to create alluring maps and images via a free, simple to use UI. The application has … Continue reading

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Video – Take 3D Photo Tours in Google Maps

An interesting, innovative, and immersive 3D experience from Google – 3D photo maps. From Google… You can now access photo tours which stitch together user contributed photos from around the world to give you a 3D photo scene of a … Continue reading

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