GOOGLE MOON

Jul 20, 2005 | Google, humor

In case your travels take you really far, Google has just opened Google Moon, with the same interface as Google Maps. Hidden joke alert: when you first check it out, make sure you zoom all the way in for a close look, then go take a look at new Google job...

GOOGLE EARTH

Jun 28, 2005 | Google, software

Google Earth is another free service from the good folks at Google. After downloading and installing a 10Mb program, you have extraordinary access to satellite images of the entire globe, with intuitive controls that allow you to zoom in to your house or tilt the...

GOOGLE WEB ACCELERATOR

May 4, 2005 | broadband, Google

Google Web Accelerator just turned up today, and no one can quite figure it out. The Slashdot community is nonplussed.It’s a bit of software that takes your requests for web pages and serves them up from Google’s cache with compressed graphics and some...

GOOGLE & PACKAGE TRACKING

Apr 16, 2005 | Google

This isn’t new, but it was another Google feature that I had overlooked. If you enter a package tracking number into Google – nothing else, just the number – you’ll be taken to the UPS/Fed Ex/USPS tracking page for that package. Google’s...

GOOGLE ADDS SATELLITE IMAGES TO MAPS

Apr 5, 2005 | Google, web_services

Google Maps has quietly been updated to include satellite images. It’s pretty extraordinary – click on the word “satellite” to switch from traditional maps to satellite photos for a particular place or for a display from one location to...