Google launches Street View, and check out EveryScape’s magic carpet
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Google’s latest move on maps is impressive, and knocks out Microsoft’s latest effort to spruce up its maps with 3D imagery.
Separately, scared out of the shadows is a Waltham, Mass. start-up, Everyscape, which has a similar offering, but its twist is that it lets you… Continue Reading
Google’s virtual world, the blog filter rush & more
(Updated) Round-up in Silicon Valley:
Google working on a Google Earth version of Second Life? — So says venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg, a partner at Benchmark capital, the firm that invested in Second Life, citing a rumor from the “PhD grapevine.” [Update: Google spokesman Daniel Pastor… Continue Reading
Roundup: MobiTV, Loopt, Xuqa, Google embraces TurnHere
The latest tech news in Silicon Valley:
The mobile TV revolution continues, and MobiTV is hot — MobiTV, of Emeryville is one of the start-ups on the forefront. It offers TV programming from networks and cable providers. It started out serving mobile phones. Now it has expanded,… Continue Reading