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Model the world with Google SketchUp 8
It’s been 10 years since the first version of Google SketchUp was released, and there are more people modeling in SketchUp now that we ever could have imagined—over a million of you a week, in fact. That’s a pretty humbling number of 3D model makers.
People around the world are modeling everything—from a new design for their kitchen to entire cities in Google Earth. For our small part in this global phenomenon, I’m proud to announce that SketchUp 8, the next major version of our 3D modeling tool, is available for download today. We’ve added significant new geo-modeling capabilities that leverage Google’s vast collection of geo-spatial data to make it quicker, easier and more fun than ever to build models of the world around us.
Head on over to our website for the whole story, or just grab yourself a new build and get back to modeling.
People around the world are modeling everything—from a new design for their kitchen to entire cities in Google Earth. For our small part in this global phenomenon, I’m proud to announce that SketchUp 8, the next major version of our 3D modeling tool, is available for download today. We’ve added significant new geo-modeling capabilities that leverage Google’s vast collection of geo-spatial data to make it quicker, easier and more fun than ever to build models of the world around us.
Head on over to our website for the whole story, or just grab yourself a new build and get back to modeling.
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
This cartoon by Peter Steiner was originally published in The New Yorker magazine as a comment on online privacy and went on to become one of the most famous illustrations in Internet history.
The cartoon even inspired a play that revolves around individuals who are unable to effectively communicate with people in their lives but find the courage to socialize on the Internet, protected by their anonymity.
This cartoon by Peter Steiner was originally published in The New Yorker magazine as a comment on online privacy and went on to become one of the most famous illustrations in Internet history.
The cartoon even inspired a play that revolves around individuals who are unable to effectively communicate with people in their lives but find the courage to socialize on the Internet, protected by their anonymity.
A Periodic Table of Google Elements
A bunch of creative Google employees, working in the Mountain View office, have created a beautiful and informative periodic table on one of their office walls where individual elements represent stats about Google and the Internet.
For instance Pb 10 means that approximately 10 petabytes of information is generated on the Internet every single day.
45 Dcb represents the fact that Google’s DoubleClick platforms serves over 45 billions ad impressions per day while 4.82 Pm means that users spent 4.82 million hours playing the Pac-Man doodle that adorned the Google homepage in May 2010.
Here’s a video of the Periodic Table wall. You may also visit Picasa for more photos.
For instance Pb 10 means that approximately 10 petabytes of information is generated on the Internet every single day.
45 Dcb represents the fact that Google’s DoubleClick platforms serves over 45 billions ad impressions per day while 4.82 Pm means that users spent 4.82 million hours playing the Pac-Man doodle that adorned the Google homepage in May 2010.
Here’s a video of the Periodic Table wall. You may also visit Picasa for more photos.
Poster Compares the Samsung Galaxy S Phones
The Samsung Galaxy S series of Android mobile phones have been a huge success in the U.S. as well as various international markets.
Compare Samsung Galaxy S Phones
The Galaxy S phones are available though all major carriers in the U.S. though with a slightly different set of features and under different names – you get them as Epic 4G on Sprint, Samsung Vibrant on T-Mobile, Samsung Fascinate on Verizon and Captivate on AT&T.
If you are based in the U.S. and are planning to go for a Galaxy S, the following poster from BillShrink should help you narrow down your choices.
The poster compares the common features and technical specifications of the various Galaxy S phones as well as the contract plans. Click here to download a larger version.
Samsung Galaxy S – What’s Common
Compare Samsung Galaxy S Phones
The Galaxy S phones are available though all major carriers in the U.S. though with a slightly different set of features and under different names – you get them as Epic 4G on Sprint, Samsung Vibrant on T-Mobile, Samsung Fascinate on Verizon and Captivate on AT&T.
If you are based in the U.S. and are planning to go for a Galaxy S, the following poster from BillShrink should help you narrow down your choices.
The poster compares the common features and technical specifications of the various Galaxy S phones as well as the contract plans. Click here to download a larger version.
Samsung Galaxy S – What’s Common
IIT Video Lectures Available for all on YouTube
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and IITs, the premier engineering colleges of India, have earlier joined hands to produce the world’s largest repository of technical video lectures and web-based courses geared towards science and engineering students.
The IIT and IISc faculty have recorded around 4,750 videos for this project till date and anyone, anywhere can watch the lectures online through YouTube at youtube.com/iit.
The project – NPTEL - is funded by the Indian Government and content of the courses is based on the curriculum that’s suggested by AICTE. It should therefore benefit all science and engineering students of India especially those studying in institutes where the local teaching faculty is not at par.
Unlike similar initiatives like MIT OpenCourseWare or Stanford Engineering Everywhere, the course material offered by NPTEL on YouTube is currently not available under a Creative Commons license but that may change in the near future. Also, if you are on a slow Internet connection, you can order DVDs of these videos courses for offline viewing.
The IIT and IISc faculty have recorded around 4,750 videos for this project till date and anyone, anywhere can watch the lectures online through YouTube at youtube.com/iit.
The project – NPTEL - is funded by the Indian Government and content of the courses is based on the curriculum that’s suggested by AICTE. It should therefore benefit all science and engineering students of India especially those studying in institutes where the local teaching faculty is not at par.
Unlike similar initiatives like MIT OpenCourseWare or Stanford Engineering Everywhere, the course material offered by NPTEL on YouTube is currently not available under a Creative Commons license but that may change in the near future. Also, if you are on a slow Internet connection, you can order DVDs of these videos courses for offline viewing.
Who Broke the News (or the Embargo) First?
Let’s say a company is about to launch a new product and, as is the standard practice, they have pre-briefed a select group of media outlets and bloggers about the news under an embargo.
The launch date is close and writers have already prepared their news stories so that they can push them as soon as embargo is lifted. And then something strange happens – one media outlet publishes the story ahead of time thus breaking the embargo – intentionally or unintentionally.
Find Who Broke the News Embargo?
Broken embargoes can be frustrating for journalists and bloggers as the limelight (and page views) often shifts to the news publication who did not honor the embargo.
If a news embargo gets broken, here’s a simple way that may help you determine the name of the publication that broke it in the first place.
Step 1. Go to google.com/realtime and type a few words from the story headline.
Step 2. In the timeline, click an area where you have minimal number of tweets around that story. That’s when the news first broke on the Internet and looking at the tweets, you should be able to figure who broke that news.
The launch date is close and writers have already prepared their news stories so that they can push them as soon as embargo is lifted. And then something strange happens – one media outlet publishes the story ahead of time thus breaking the embargo – intentionally or unintentionally.
Find Who Broke the News Embargo?
Broken embargoes can be frustrating for journalists and bloggers as the limelight (and page views) often shifts to the news publication who did not honor the embargo.
If a news embargo gets broken, here’s a simple way that may help you determine the name of the publication that broke it in the first place.
Step 1. Go to google.com/realtime and type a few words from the story headline.
Step 2. In the timeline, click an area where you have minimal number of tweets around that story. That’s when the news first broke on the Internet and looking at the tweets, you should be able to figure who broke that news.
How to Quickly Launch Programs from the Windows Start Menu
The Start Menu in Windows offers you an easy way to launch your favorite programs and folders without having to use the mouse.
For instance, if you want to open a program like Windows Media Player on your computer, press the Windows key windows_logo_key on your keyboard, or click the Start windows_start_button button, and type Windows Media Player in the search box.
The Start Menu is therefore a big time-saver especially for power users who prefer using the keyboard more than their mouse.
Quickly Open Programs from the Start Menu
If you already enjoy using the Windows Start Menu, here’s a tip that’ll make you love that feature even more.
When you are searching for a program (or a file) inside the search box, instead of typing the full name of the program, just type the initials and Windows will still find it for your.
For instance, instead of typing Windows Media Player, type “w m p” (without quotes) and hit Enter. Similarly, typing “m w” will launch Microsoft Word, “g c” for Google Chrome and so on. This is also useful when you have multiple versions of the same program on your computer -- “fi 3” would open Firefox 3.6 while “fi 4” for the latest version.
For instance, if you want to open a program like Windows Media Player on your computer, press the Windows key windows_logo_key on your keyboard, or click the Start windows_start_button button, and type Windows Media Player in the search box.
The Start Menu is therefore a big time-saver especially for power users who prefer using the keyboard more than their mouse.
Quickly Open Programs from the Start Menu
If you already enjoy using the Windows Start Menu, here’s a tip that’ll make you love that feature even more.
When you are searching for a program (or a file) inside the search box, instead of typing the full name of the program, just type the initials and Windows will still find it for your.
For instance, instead of typing Windows Media Player, type “w m p” (without quotes) and hit Enter. Similarly, typing “m w” will launch Microsoft Word, “g c” for Google Chrome and so on. This is also useful when you have multiple versions of the same program on your computer -- “fi 3” would open Firefox 3.6 while “fi 4” for the latest version.