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A spanking new release of Google Earth is out. The latest 4.3 release comes with Photo Realistic 3D modeling for buildings, “Swoop navigation” for an improved navigation experience, “Light and shadow” to catch sunrise and sunset from anywhere and finally the popular “Street View” which was previously a Google Maps only feature.
Now something to excite Linux users, Google Earth is now available for Linux. Not on WINE as but as a native application based on Qt and openGL. I’m yet to try it but for those who have I have heard nothing but good reviews with some minor glitches.
However Google Earth for Linux currently only supports the i386 architecture and seems to only work with 32bit processors.
The embedded video speaks for itself.
Download the latest Google Earth
The recent “KL Freeze In Unison” which had over 1000 individuals contribute by freezing themselfs for 5 mins at “The Pavilion” and “Lot 10″ was a total success.
Good news, the Freeze is back and it’s hitting “Sunway Piramid” Sunday April 20. This time for the World Earth Day. Hopefully I’ll get to join this time.
Here are the rules;
1. Synchronise your watches at 24timezones
2. Be at Sunway Pyramid well before 8pm. Go about minding your own business. Most people would be congregated at the concourse or designated main area so spread yourselves out for maximum impact.
2. Sharp at 8pm - FREEZE!!! (Be creative with your poses, you’ll be viewing them on Youtube for ages to come)
3. When it’s time to UN-FREEZE, if you feel like cheering for a Freeze well done by all means go ahead. If you feel like walking away casually as if time did stand still for 5 minutes and consequently puzzle the guy who was staring at you, go ahead. As YOU please.
4. Mingle. Enjoy the rest of your evening. (As earth friendly as possible)
Why Freeze for Earth? We spend more energy then we need. It’s time to give back and save for the future. Read More
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Seen this around lately?
Yup, Flickr has gone video now. They don’t just host your photos anymore but now your videos too. However, Flickr is not here to take over from YouTube. 90 seconds videos and pro users only.
The Flickr team refers to videos as long photos thus their decision to limit videos to 90 seconds in length. Photos are personal, that’s what Flickr is. Now with the introduction of video the team feels that personal videos should not exceed 90 seconds to have the best impact.
For now only Flickr Pro account holders can upload videos. However non pro users will be able to view videos uploaded by Pro users unless the videos are marked private.
Candy: Flickr has doubled the upload size of photos. 20MB for Pro users and 10MB for basic users. Get a pro account
A few new video groups on Flickr to get you started. Video! Video! Video! | Out in the Green | The Video
Source: Flickr News
In the begining viruses were art, later they evolved and became weapons of mass destruction. Now, the guys over at Troika deceid to get back in time and start over by introducing “The Newton Virus” for the Mac. Newton has only one goal and that is to make you go “WOW”. See for yourself.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJQ5085kSo[/youtube]
No data was harm in the making of this video.
Source: Troika
A cool lecture by Google’s Senior Vice President of Product Management, Mr. Jonathan Rosenberg.
He talks about building the right workplace, hiring the right people, inspiring them by trusting them and providing them opportunities to channel their ideas, and most importantly innovate, share and remember to always keep the users/consumer as the priority and not only focus on money making.
“Don’t fight for the bigger pie, fight for a small piece of a larger pie instead” quoted from Mr. Jonathan.
Really cool lecture, is your company even close to this? Mine’s not.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zIaglJNPcY[/youtube]
