You can use Google Street View to see the dead Jess Zimmerman, grist.org Wow, is there nothing Google can’t do? Street View can take you under the ocean, to the surface of Mars, around the South Pole, inside an abandoned Fukushima town, and up some difficult hiking trails. And now, one Oregon man’s experience suggests… … Continue reading Google street view shows dead people
From spooky to sublime, these Street View pics are hard to forget by Tim Hornyak, cnet.com Montreal artist Jon Rafman’s Nine Eyes project collects some of the craziest Google Street View images you’ve ever seen. If you’ve never taken a random walk through Google Street View, the experience can feel like a dream in slow… … Continue reading Sublime Google street view photos
Calico: How Google’s stab at the fountain of youth could transform health care Christina Farr, venturebeat.com Google is back in the health business with a mysterious new initiative to combat death itself. Google’s top executives didn’t say much about the biotech venture, called Calico, when they announced it on Sept. 18, except to say that … Continue reading Calico: Google’s first leap into health enhancement
Google Glass competitor ships 50K units, gets Intel investment, and hints at Apple connection John Koetsier, venturebeat.com Google Glass competitor Recon Jet, which bills itself as the Google Glass for athletes and professionals, has secured an investment from Intel Capital. In perhaps bigger news, the company announced that is has already shipped 50,000… http://flip.it/x80lA Related … Continue reading ReconJet creates Google glass competitor with Apple connections
Google just put the market research biz on notice — Tech News and Analysis. Related articles 3 Ways the World of Market Research is Evolving (marchpr.com) Small business tips: How to do market research (theguardian.com) Eight Ways to Use Facebook for Market Research (nchardz.wordpress.com) Google Already Takes A Majority Of All Mobile Ad Dollars - … Continue reading Google just eliminated the market research business
Act Now Or, When You Die, Your Secret Love Letters Will Belong To Google BY STAN ALCORN, fastcoexist.com Gmail’s recent policy changes that let you designate someone to control your account after you’re gone is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the confusing issues around who can access your online life once … Continue reading Gmail now allows you to designate trustee after you die
Startups | The Easiest Path to Online Riches Is Good Ol’ Buying and Selling Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com While Google and Facebook might be transformative internet technologies that mint their inventors money, your consumer internet startup is more likely to hit that billion-dollar mark if it’s in the business of digital transactions. http://flip.it/6o25v Related articles Google … Continue reading Building a startup still means buying or selling SOMETHING
If You Wear Google’s New Glasses You Are An Asshole Adrian Chen, gawker.com Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has developed a brilliantly concise definition of an asshole: “A person who demands that all social interaction happen on their terms.” He was inspired by the assholes who talk in Amtrak’s quiet car, but thi… RT @core77: A … Continue reading Google glass: high tech, low cool
Big Tech: The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges Ryan Tate, wired.com When choosing a platform API to build upon, paying cash up front can help you avoid paying in time and regret later. Ryan Tate The Power of Paying: What Consumer Hotshots Can Learn From Corporate Drudges http://flip.it/mKa4L http://flip.it/sPIOD … Continue reading Consumer startups and the power of paying
Farhad Manjoo, slate.com A few years ago, Google’s human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company. Like the majority of Silicon Valley software firms, Google is staffed mostly by men, and executives have long made it a priority to… The Happiness Machine http://flip.it/mYVIV http://flip.it/sQE6T The Happiness Machine Related articles … Continue reading The Happiness Machine
Google Analytics For Real Life: Tracking Retail Customers Through Smartphones By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com A new technology debuting at New York’s National Retail Federation expo lets retailers track in-store customer activity through their smartphones’ MAC addresses. A new product released at this year’s National Retail Federation expo in New Y… RT @FastCompany: Google Analytics For … Continue reading Google Analytics For Real Life
Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com In 2011, Berg worked with Google to imagine the service’s manifestation in real life. Here’s the remarkable, working prototype they came up with. Google is ridiculously powerful. The service isn’t just search. It isn’t just maps. It isn’t j… RT … Continue reading Google And Berg Team Up To Create An Internet Of Things
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