Google Docs in Plain English

Google Mapplets - Developers Demo

Google Mapplets are a new feature of Google Maps that combines the Google Gadgets API with the Google Maps API to allow embedding mini-applications within the Google Maps website.

Use it at http://maps.google.com/preview

Google Reader - Where's the Search box?

Funny observation from Eric Nagel — Google, the company whose name basically means search, doesn’t even have a search box on their Google Reader page.



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Google launches Google Reader for the Wii last night

Google quietly launched Google Reader specifically designed for the Wii last night. The new interface even makes use of the buttons found on your Wiimote.



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Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.

Hack Attack: Getting good with Google Reader

Today, I'm going to show you the ins and outs of Google's powerful newsreader, with an emphasis on Reader's powerful and time-saving keyboard shortcuts. To round things off, I'll finish up with some of my favorite Google Reader-related tweaks and downloads to get you up to speed with the best newsreader on the planet.



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Best Place to work, Google

MSNBC feature on best place to work.

Google's Cool Free Book Downloads

Google's project to scan the world's books new features free PDF downloads of classic public-domain books, via the Google Book Search site....

[via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News]

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Google provides printable versions of classic books on Internet

Google provides printable versions of classic books on Internet

Google made classic literary works available for free download in printable format on Wednesday as part of its controversial quest to make the world's books available online.

[via Physics Org]

Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth

Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth

It is close to the end of summer in the northern hemisphere. Many kids are heading back to school after a summer break. For those of you who are educators and have thought, or heard, that Google Earth would make a good tool for geography lessons - let me suggest you look closer. Google Earth (GE) is not only a great tool for geography - it is a tool for tying all kinds of information to location. When you first load GE you have a wealth of information available at your fingertips. Thousands of aerial and satellite photos, dozens of layers of information: city names, country borders, airport locations, road maps, National Geographic content, volcanoes, and more. Since Google Earth is an intuitive and fun tool, I believe you could use it as a visualization and educational tool for almost any subject. Once students prepare their own content, GE can be used to present their work - or even share their work with the world.

Below you will find a sample of possible useful content in a variety of subjects such as geography, literature, science, history, and more. Basically, any information which can be tied to a location on Earth can be illustrated, and made interesting, using GE. Juicy Geography is a web site, by Noel Jenkins in the UK, designed to help teachers learn more about tools like GE for the classroom and suggests possible lessons.

[via Google Earth Blog]