good times

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Google Power !

Google is on fire lately. They recently added IMAP capability to Gmail which allows you to have your mobile Gmail synchronized in real-time. On top of that, they just added Group Chat to Gmail. Finally! At the same time they added in more animated emoticons to Gmail Chat.




Just this past week, they also added "Terrain" view to Google Maps which is like a relief map showing mountains, but also tall buildings like in Downtown LA. Oh, and if you're looking for "Hybrid" view, they changed it to a click box option under the "Satellite" view.

GoogleMapTerrain

The one function they released but won't work for my phone yet is the "My Location" feature on Google Maps Mobile. It's like GPS for your phone even if you don't have GPS. It uses the location of the nearest cell phone tower to provide you with your approximate location. Just type in "0" to find yourself. Download the latest Google Maps Mobile 2.0 beta program here.


Enjoy the new Google features!

2 comments:

Chang Kim said...

Not sure why it took so long for them to publicize the group chat, but folks here are in love with it. Can't wait to get a phone that can play with the mobile stuff. One more month. :)

Anonymous said...

Hey Russ....how do you get the group chat and emoticons on google talk? Or is that only on cells?