Bored? Looking for a cause? Well here’s your chance to leave your mark on the world…quite literally. In an effort to accelerate the rate at which towns and cities are modeled in 3D within Google Earth, Google is sponsoring a competition in which anyone can participate. Using free online 3D sketching tools, such as SketchUp and Building [...]
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2 Comments »Today was a big day in the world of wireless mobile devices. Verizon Wireless is expecting to begin sales of the $200 (with contract) Motorolo DROID, the first smartphone running the Google Andriod 2.0 open source operating system, on Nov. 6. This open source operating system for mobile devices is poised to become the new standard for mobile hardware and [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Google, GPS, Internet, Phones Tags: Android 2.0, DROID, Garmin, Google Maps, Google Maps Navigator, GPS, NAVTEQ, smartphone 9 Comments »Few games have spanned the generations like Monopoly. Created in the 1930′s and despite decades of technological change, advancements in toys, the advent of video games, and shortening attention spans, Hasbro’s classic and its many incarnations continue to reign as one of the most popular board games of all time. Recently, the company began a [...]
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