Microsoft is planning to take (another) leaf out of Apple’s book by opening its own retail stores. PC World’s Brendon Slattery was quick off the mark with a list of 10 reasons why a Microsoft store will be different from an Apple store.
Another nifty little app from Google debuted today. Google Latitude is an a new feature on Google Maps lets you see where your friends are on your phone, laptop or desktop in real time – and allow selected friends and contacts to see you too. Not much use in Bermuda at present, where Google seems to have our oceans mapped in more detail than our streets – but I can see it being useful for stalking celebs and ex-girlfriends if you live in a big city thought … the privacy lobby are already up in arms!
Bermuda’s marine life gets a whole new world of exposure in the new beta version of Google Earth 5. Zoom into Bermuda and you’ll discover a wealth of new photos, information and video on Bermuda’s marine life, shipwrecks, William Beebe’s famous bathysphere dive, and more, like this cute video of a seahorse by Choy Aming.
Bermuda is one of 11 geographical locations highlighted in Google Earth’s new Ocean feature along with the Hawaiian Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, the Antarctic, the Arctic, the Patagonian Shelf, Monterey Bay, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and global oceans. Google has teamed up with National Geographic, BBC Earth, Coustaeu Open World and others to provide some amazing tools like 3D maps of the ocean floor, animal tracking and where to find top surfing, kite surfing and dive spots.
Breezeblog 