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Google rolls out newer and clearer images for Maps and Earth

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 Daniel Morial

Google has announced an update to its famous Maps and Earth services as the company now uses new and higher-resolution imagery from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite.

What does this mean for us? Well, to start, you can view the whole world, including the Philippines in greater definition. Second, virtual exploration of places we wish to observe from above is more enjoyable and detailed than before. It has been 3 years since Google has updated the images of their free mapping services.

How detailed? Check out the comparison of two New York City shots provided by Google below:

The new cloud-free mosaic of the world is crafted from nearly a petabyte of data with more than 700 trillion pixels.

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Google lets you choose your side of the Force with Star Wars promo

November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

To further hype the nearing release of the new Star Wars film, Google launches its “Choose Your Side” promo that turns your platform into a movie-themed experience.

If you still haven’t heard, typing “A long time ago in a galaxy far far away” onto the Google search bar will turn the results to a Star Wars intro, crawling its way up on yellow font. That’s just a small slice of what Google has in store for the movie’s fans out there.

By visiting www.google.com/starwars, you can choose which side of the Force you want to pledge your allegiance to. Depending on what you select, your browser and other apps will be revamped whether you’re on the light or dark side.

I chose to stick with the latter and be well on my way of becoming a Sith Lord and below are photos of what it looked like when opening a new tab or checking my Gmail:

The theme will be integrated across other Google apps like Maps (your car becomes a TIE fighter/X-wing) and Waze (C3PO’s voice would be the one guiding you). If you’re a fan of the purchase, you shouldn’t be even finishing this article and start choosing sides already. It’s pretty fun.

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Google lets you choose your side of the Force with Star Wars promo

November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

To further hype the nearing release of the new Star Wars film, Google launches its “Choose Your Side” promo that turns your platform into a movie-themed experience.

I chose to stick with the latter and be well on my way of becoming a Sith Lord and below are photos of what it looked like when opening a new tab or checking my Gmail:

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Android pisses on Apple logo, Google apologizes after

April 25, 2015April 25, 2015 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

On a lighter note, users of Google Maps recently came across with something that instantly caught their attention — the Android character taking a glorious piss at Apple’s logo. Google comes out with an apology.

The image above was seen somewhere in Pakistan.

Google Maps uses a tool called Map Maker that acts like a crowdsourcing method to update the map around the world so information is always fresh (think Waze). Anyone could update it, but a team from Google is supposedly screening them and checking if they are accurate. Well it seems someone successfully hid from the radar.

A representative from Google released a statement regarding the prank:

“We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly,” said Marra Harris of Google. “We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent and handle bad edits.”

We tried looking for the image but it was apparently taken down already. As to who posted the image is still unclear. Is it some random Android fanboy? Is it really pissing on the apple, or did it just throw it on the floor? Thoughts?

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