Thursday, 09 September 2010 07:23

Google has launched a new Google Earth site featuring images, videos, tous, maps, and tutorials.  "When you think of Google Earth, you might think about flying to the top of Mt. Everest, surveying the ancient Acropolis, or simply finding the house where you grew up," says Product Marketing Manager Tasha Danko. "For the past five years, people all over the world have been discovering new places to explore through our community, blogs, news articles and Gallery. Now you can go to one place—our brand new Google Earth website—to find everything you’re looking for."> Danko highlights the following areas: Showcase: Browse our collection of featured content about the Ocean, Moon, 3D buildings...

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Thursday, 09 September 2010 06:43

Google has announced the launch of some new Android widgets for Google Voice. The widgets are available in an update to the Google Voice Android app.  The widgets are designed to give users immediate access to their Google Voice inbox and settings from the home screen.  "The Google Voice Inbox widget brings your most recent voicemails and text messages to your home screen," explains product manager Marcus Foster. "You can now quickly flip though messages in your Inbox with the widget, and selecting any message preview will open it in the Google Voice app."   The Settings widget gives users four icons from which they can quickly access the full Google Voice app, quickly compose and send free texts, change...

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Thursday, 09 September 2010 05:26

Nearly one-third (31.5%) of sports fans cite the Internet or TV programming (30.4%) as the best resource for sports-related news and information according to a new survey from Burst Media.



Overall, either national television programming or the Internet are most often cited by sports fans – 30.8% and 25.7%, respectively – as their primary source of sports news and information. Male sports fans are significantly more likely than female sports fans (32.1% vs. 16.4%) to cite Internet content as their primary sports information source. National television sports programming is more popular with female sports fans: one-third (34.8%) cite it as their primary sports information source.

Sports fans use the Internet to check scores and stats...

Read more: Sports Fans Rely On The Internet Over Other Forms Of Media