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The lonely and beautiful places of Google’s Street View

Posted on 11/28/2011 by Zed

The stone cottages of Inverallochy, located in the north eastern tip of Aberdeenshire, are one of the views selected by Aaron Hobson on Google’s Street View. Aaron Hobson is an award-winning photographer, who it seems has travelled the world–using nothing … Continue reading →

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Address Is Approximate: A short film using Google Street View

Posted on 11/22/2011 by Zed

 Address Is Approximate is a Google Street View stop motion animation short made by director Tom Jenkins of The Theory. It is the story of a lonely desk toy who longs to escape the dark confines of an office. So one night … Continue reading →

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Was Steve Jobs right about Google?

Posted on 11/17/2011 by Zed

Google launching its “total letdown” music service. Yesterday the media was abuzz with the news of Google Music launch. While every news outlet just mouthed away what Google spoon-fed them, Gizmodo had the most insightful review of the new service offering … Continue reading →

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Comparing Google and Apple

Posted on 11/09/2011 by Zed

Ben Parr has an article at Mashable comparing the key differences between Google and Apple that is well worth a read. Both companies are enormously successful and have played a defining role in current technologies. However, Parr’s thesis is that … Continue reading →

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Bad-Design Moment: Google’s new Los Angeles office

Posted on 11/08/2011 by Zed

Photo credit: David Sarno for Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times has a slide show about the new Google office in Venice, CA. The LATimes charitably referred to the office as “funky.” Here’s how the Times describes it, …100,000-square-foot complex, … Continue reading →

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Why Google is scared of Apple

Posted on 11/08/2011 by Zed

Kit Eaton at FastCompany has written a good article about the 5 reasons Google is afraid of Apple right now. It is worth reading. And I will try and quickly summarize it below, with some of my thoughts added. 1. Siri … Continue reading →

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Is Google+ sinking?

Posted on 10/10/2011 by Zed

              In June of 2011, Google announced a new social network called Google+, a long-awaited challenge to Facebook. Google, whose bread and butter is search technologies, has always struggled with Social platforms. Initiatives like … Continue reading →

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