When we think about Google’s apps and services, we often think about the ones that provide the most utility. Google Maps helps us get where we’re going, Google Drive offers a free suite of productivity software, Google Chrome is the most popular browser on the planet, and Google Search is so ubiquitous that it has …
Google owns and operates a variety of useful apps that are available to anyone free of charge. Most of them work on any device and browser, although not all of them, and Google gives preference to Android development when it comes to the mobile versions of this app. But there’s one cool Google application that …
Google Maps is one of the best navigation services out there, thanks to the various features Google has added to it over the year. And Google Earth is equally interesting, providing updated satellite imagery for regions all around the world… except for one piece of land in Nevada, which Google Earth stopped mapping for eight …
For the past two years, Google has been working on a new version of one of its most popular tools: Google Earth. Along with introducing several new features to the popular mobile and desktop app, it also makes the app more usable and more informative than it has been in any of its previous iterations.
Google’s ever watchful satellites have been keeping us entertained and informed for years in Google Maps and Google Earth, and it wasn’t long ago that the company launched a neat little time-lapse feature that showed how any particular piece of land has changed over time. A new update to that feature recently rolled out, providing and …
The whole point of virtual reality is to go somewhere you’ve never been, right? In a surprise launch today, Google is inviting VR early adopters to go virtually anywhere on the planet with a new app called Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is exactly what you’re imagining: Just strap on your headset and float …
Google Earth and Street View already combine to make the tool for stalking people since the phone book went out of print. With a brand-new set of imagery captured by the Landsat-8 satellite, Google has made the day of satellite imagery nerds and stalkers worldwide. The new imagery was debuted in a blog post, which …
Not too long ago, someone claimed to have discovered a UFO near Area 51 using nothing other than Google Earth, and various sets of historical images of that location. There’s no way to confirm that sighting, but alien fans will surely want to hear about an equally fascinating find. Using the same Google Earth tool, …
Google Earth probably isn’t your go-to Google app on a day-to-day basis, but it’s a fun tool to mess with when you want to explore a foreign country or take a virtual road trip across the Midwest. What you might not know is that Google has maintained a premium version of the app called Google …
We got some one-on-one time with the HTC EVO 4G today, and let us succinctly sum up our experience for you: wow. We’ll start with the screen… it’s gorgeous. 4.3 inches, enormous, easy to type on, responsive… it’s everything you want out of a touch screen. How’s the phones speed you ask? The product manager …
