POWER TIPBrowse the Google Earth GalleryThere is so much wonderful content that our users have created for Google Earth that we could never highlight it all in this newsletter. So now, we're showcasing these KML files in the new Google Earth Gallery. To see the 6 new user-created KML files highlighted each week, you can either go to the website or add the gallery's Google Gadget to your iGoogle page.
Google Earth Gallery:
http://earth.google.com/galleryGoogle Earth Gadget:
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NEW PRODUCTS & UPDATESExpress yourself on Google MapsYou can now use Google Maps to write reviews for businesses. To get started, click on the 'Write a review' link at the top of the business details window. Whether you've discovered the best deli in your neighborhood or had fantastic service at a restaurant last weekend, share your reviews with everyone on Google Maps.
http://maps.google.comDiscover content on Google CalendarUse the new Google Calendar gallery to browse events and calendars that are available to everyone. You can find cool content from Netflix, the NBA, and Disney, to name a few. Some other new features you'll find in Google Calendar: send an email update for an upcoming event with the "Email Guests" link on the top right of the event details, and select "Show current time" from the "Settings" page to view a red line over the current time on your calendar.
http://calendar.google.comhttp://www.google.com/calendar/gallery It's a small worldSomething we've learned from YouTube is that interesting and compelling video content can come from all kinds of people, from professionals to students to parents and families. And because great videos also come in all languages, YouTube is now available in 9 countries: Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Users visiting the YouTube site from these regions will experience a fully translated and localized site, including videos in their own languages, video ratings, sharing, and content flagging. Any content posted to YouTube will be accessible from all the localized country sites, and switching from one YouTube language site to another is simple -- just click the "Country" link at the top of the page.
http://www.youtube.comGoogle Developer DayOn May 31st, we held the first Google Developer Day around the world. More than 5,000 software developers gathered in San Jose, London, Paris, Madrid, Hamburg, Moscow, Beijing, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, and Sydney. These software pros use Google products to build websites and programs for consumers and businesses -- such as software applications that sync Google Calendar and other calendar programs, or real estate sites that display listings on top of Google Maps. In addition to free food, these software engineers spent the day leading technical sessions on how to build great products using Google services.
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MISCELLANY+Is green the new black?+It seems you can hardly turn around lately without getting some news about climate change, sustainability, and environmentalism in general. If you want to get involved, there are countless programs, products and efforts you can undertake as an individual, from recycling or biking to work to buying a hybrid car or low-flow toilet. And there are plenty of things businesses can do too. As a global employer, Google is engaged with several initiatives. These include:
- solar power: we recently completed what may currently be the largest corporate solar installation in the U.S. at our Mountain View, California campus. With this in place, we hope to offset about 30% of our peak-hour output.
- corporate commuting: we manage a fleet of shuttle buses that carry some 1,500 Googlers to and from work all around the San Francisco Bay area, with additional benefits and credits for those who carpool, take the train, bike, or have a hybrid vehicle.
- plug-in hybrids: we're supporting research for this promising vehicle technology that may double the mileage of today's hybrid cars.
- carbon neutrality: we've pledged to become carbon neutral as a company - around the world - by the end of 2007. You can read more about all of these programs and more on our new "green" site.
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