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Spotted the heart shaped island on Google maps and couldn’t believe our eyes that such marvel actually existed. Our first step was to zoom out and check out where on earth this was. The island is a part of Croatia and is called Galešnjak.
Totally iconic, right? The symbol that has been pointing out places on google maps now gets a form in real life in the shape of a birdhouse. Why a birdhouse? Read on.
Voice Search by Google makes matter simple by allowing you to ‘say’ and search instead of ‘type’ and search! Oh yes, you can now speak the words you want to search and let Google do the rest for you.
Get ready to witness the 1st online science fair! Google asks students from ages 13 to 18 to submit their ideas and propositions for the 2011 Google Science Fair and win some really good prizes for their effort.
If you are a Google Earth fan, then you will be even more impressed with its latest avatar. Version 6 now includes more realism, complete with 80 million 3D-modeled trees. That’s just incredibly-detailed pure awesomeness! “With Google Earth 6, you can explore 3D trees all over the world. Discover more than 50 different species of trees in areas such as city parks, neighborhoods, and remote forests.”
Google, along with New York-based Good Energies, is planing to make a massive offshore wind project in the Atlantic Ocean, that will stretch from New Jersey to Virginia (350 miles). The project is supposed to deliver enough power to 1.9 million households and will be called the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC). It is scheduled to start in 2013.
You must be thinking Pac Man after seeing this? Well Google has its own way of remembering and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the PAC-MAN with a game that I am sure each one of you has enjoyed playing.These might look like Pac Man trying to gobble up the stones but are lamps made of terracota that have been designed in the form of lotus leaves.
Google seems to be spreading its presence every day. Now the search giant is all set for stepping into consumer electronics. Called the Google TV, the platform will be powered by Intel’s Atom processor and would be running Android. The hardware will be actually manufactured by Sony. This new platform will consist of a new generation of set-top boxes and televisions.
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