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Google releases Google Earth 6 beta for Mac, introduces 3D trees

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 29th, 2010)

Google released Google Earth 6 beta for Mac, PC and Linux today. Google Earth 6 includes several beefed up features, including a better integration of Street View with Google Earth's 3D environment that lets users seamlessly navigate streets across the world. And speaking of 3D environments, ...

Google Earth updated for iPhone 4 retina display, includes ocean topography

by Josh Helfferich (Sep 21st, 2010)

Google Earth for iOS, which was already one of the biggest "wow" apps on the iPhone (It's the Earth in your pants!), has received a huge update that adds support for the iPhone 4's gorgeous retina display, as well as new ocean topographies that will allow users to explore the underwater depths. ...

Google Earth comes to the iPad

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 15th, 2010)

Google has released version 3.0 of Google Earth for iOS which brings full iPad support. The iPad version sports an update UI that makes it easy to switch between layers and select from your My Maps that you have saved under your Google account. Version 3.0 also adds full-resolution imagery for the ...

Enter to win Trip Journal 4.0 for the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 8th, 2010)

iQapps has updated their app Trip Journal to version 4.0, and the new update adds a fair bit of functionality to the already pretty impressive set of trip recording and tagging features. As with previous versions, you can track pictures, notes, and maps of your trips, and communicate via a number ...

Buyer's Guide: 33 things you don't need if you have an iPhone

by Chris Rawson (Nov 19th, 2009)

Every time I walk through Warehouse Stationery (New Zealand's equivalent to Office Depot) or Dick Smith's Electronics (pretty much Best Buy), I'm struck by how probably half the products in each store are pretty much useless to me since I've got an iPhone. Thanks to the apps that come ...

Two App Store updates: Trillian ships, Google Earth 2.0 arrives

by TJ Luoma (Nov 18th, 2009)

There are two arrivals in the App Store of note. First, after a three month wait, the multiservice IM client Trillian is now available in the App Store [iTunes link] for iPhone and iPod touch. We previously discussed the fact that Trillian was sitting in approval limbo with no word from Apple as ...

Google Earth 5 gets wet and goes back in time

by Mat Lu (Feb 3rd, 2009)

After a while you just stop doubting the power of Google. Now for your planetary voyeuristic pleasure the big G has released version 5 of the eponymous Google Earth, bringing with it the power to turn back time and plumb the ocean depths. Or something like that. Anyway, the new beta adds some ...

First Look: Google Earth for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Oct 27th, 2008)

Google has ported Google Earth to the iPhone or iPod touch, and it's such an impressive app that it deserves an Apple ad of its own. The interface for Google Earth will be familiar instantly to anyone who has used an iPhone for more than a couple of hours. Upon launching the app, you see a photo ...

Beta Beat: Freedom leaves you internet-less

by Cory Bohon (Jul 7th, 2008)

Are you tired of being distracted by the internet? Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Google Earth could all be considered "distractions" or "time wasters." So, if you're looking to get some work done without physically un-pluging from the internet then Freedom might be what you need. Freedom allows you ...

Putting the Earth on your iPhone

by Joshua Ellis (May 27th, 2008)

While there's still no Google Earth app for the iPhone (*cough cough*), Google Earth developer Frank Taylor recently got a chance at the Where 2.0 conference to check out a 3D Earth app from Colorado company Earthscape. He posted a YouTube video of the app, and man, it looks pretty fly. I'm ...

Google Earth goes skyward

by Mike Schramm (Aug 22nd, 2007)

Our sister blog Download Squad pointed to the updated Google Earth today dubbed 'Google Earth Sky', because in the newest version you can look up. Not content to cover everyone on the ground, our Google overlords have turned their eye to the sky, and you can now search through galaxies, nebulas, ...

Apple Stores around the world with Google Earth

by Dave Caolo (Apr 10th, 2007)

If you've ever felt oddly compelled to take a virtual tour of every existing Apple Store via Google Earth, relax. Your dream has come true. ifoAppleStore has released a .kml file containing a "tour" of existing stores, including contact information and addresses for each. Some even contain a shot of ...

TrailRunner 1.3 with Garmin and Nike Support

by Mat Lu (Feb 24th, 2007)

When we last mentioned TrailRunner it was pitched primarily as a tool for making your iPod into a workout tool. The newly released version 1.3 expands its functionality considerably with support for importing routes from the recently released Garmin Training Center as well as workout information ...

More on Geocoding Your Photos: GPSPhotoLinker and Geotagger

by Mat Lu (Feb 4th, 2007)

Earlier this week we posted on PhotoInfoEditor a small application for geocoding (adding location information to the metadata of digital photos). Well that seemed to shake some geocoding fans out of the woodwork, and so now we have a couple more ways to do it (both also donationware). First, Brian ...

Google Earth 4 out of beta

by Michael Rose (Jan 10th, 2007)

I suppose the camp of Googlians waiting in line for the Stevenote can be forgiven for fleeing the code mines; they recently put the final touches on Google Earth 4, now out of beta. Shiny new features in the Google Earth revision include: Higher quality terrain and building textures Expanded ...