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Google directions with street view

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Kind of cool. Not sure how useful.

linked from googlemaps mania

GoogleTalk web chat

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You can now embed Googletalk into a web page for chat feedback for a web page. Is the sales or support guy available? Now you can tell.

Google Spreadsheet form view

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Today Google added a cool new feature to Google Docs called form view. This is a super easy way to collect data on the web. Simply create a form and send someone the link or the form embedded in an email. As people fill out the form your Google Docs spreadsheet is populated with data. Read more about it at the google docs blog.

When this came out I thought it was cool but wondered how I would use it. I made up a form and shared it with my company. It seems like a great way to easily get feedback for something. Then I thought of another use. I could use it for a prototype of an application that I thought of building in another technology. A simple replacement for the “While you were out” slips that I surprisingly still see on desks across America. Well at least Michiana.

To see the spreadsheet side on a computer here.

Google Maps Mobile now with GPS “like” my location

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A look at Android

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Android the true geek phone platform from Google. Android is not a phone but a platform. This is what makes it a great geek phone. Geeks can never agree on what makes the best device. With Android every geek can have his own phone and customize it at the hardware and software level to their hearts desire. The Android platform reminds me of something Microsoft would do. Take some of the cool features from the iPhone and release a mobile OS. The twist here is Google made the whole thing open source and that makes a huge difference. You can modify the operating system anyway they want with no restrictions. Watch the video from my favorite muppet Sergey Brin.

You can definitely see some resemblance to OSX and the iphone. From the Webkit browser (from Apple) to the icons.

A look at Android

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Android the true geek phone platform from Google. Android is not a phone but a platform. This is what makes it a great geek phone. Geeks can never agree on what makes the best device. With Android every geek can have his own phone and customize it at the hardware and software level to their hearts desire. The Android platform reminds me of something Microsoft would do. Take some of the cool features from the iPhone and release a mobile OS. The twist here is Google made the whole thing open source and that makes a huge difference. You can modify the operating system anyway they want with no restrictions. Watch the video from my favorite muppet Sergey Brin.

You can definitely see some resemblance to OSX and the iphone. From the Webkit browser (from Apple) to the icons.

YouTube of IMAP for iPhone

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YouTube of IMAP for iPhone

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