A short movie on Google
This is an amazing short movie on Google which reveals that the search giant is not only a search giant and online advertising company, but much much more. It also reveals what they plan to do in the future:
Delhi Metro routes now available on Google Maps
If you are in Delhi and need info on Delhi Metro routes, look no further than Google Maps. The information is available in the Transit layer in Google Maps. To see this layer, simply click on “More…” button in the maps area and then select the “Transit” option.
A cheaper nexus one for India?
Apparently, Google is planning to launch a cheaper, stripped down version of their nexus one phone in India. Here is a tweet by CNBC-TV18 reporter Ankit, who met Google India head Shailesh Rao in an editorial meet:
Nexus One will not come to India in its US avatar, the India specific Google Phone may be a stripped down version and priced lower!
Awesome Nexus One Unboxing Video
Check out this super awesome unboxing video of the Google Nexus One phone:
Cool eh?
What is Google Chrome OS?
Google held a Chrome OS event yesterday at the their Mountain View office. Here are the findings:
- Its an open source OS
- Its very simple and lightweight, initially targeted to run on netbooks.
- Its basically a browser which is gonna run web apps
- Will support x86 and ARM processors
- You will have to buy Google approved netbooks to use it
- Will be release sometime next year
Here is the first official screenshot (click for a larger view):
Here is a 3 minute video from Google explaining the new OS:
Orkut to get a makeover, Not that anyone cares
Remember the time when orkut was a big rage and actually exciting to use? It had launched just around the time Gmail launched (If I remember correctly) and was riding on the Google-is-great hype. And it was fun. Maybe it seemed to be fun because it was the first and only social network that my friends and I had used. But we did enjoy it, a lot.
It got me in touch with old school friends and brought back memories. It brought to my notice that the cute girl from the junior batch was actually dumb and had pathetic taste in almost everything. It helped me connect with people from different colleges who got placed in the same company as me. And the concept of open information was like a blessing in disguise for certain people. I have friends who used to come and tell me that I had a new scrap from X. They practically knew everything about everyone’s life as long as they were on orkut!
Doodle 4 Google
Doodle by Sriradha Kapoor - 2nd Standard, Dehradun.
Everyone knows about Google’s doodles that appear on the Search Homepage based on the day it is. Google is running a contest that allows school kids from all over India to submit their own doodles on the theme “My India”. Voting is open till October 31st. The winner’s doodle will be posted on Google India homepage on 14th November, 2009.
Go ahead and vote. You’ll be surprised at the amazing display of creativity. I am.
Android 2.0 is here and it’s good
Google has revealed the new Android 2.0 API and the video below is not only a great introduction, but it actually looks very good. Now if Droid does what all it says, I’m leaving the Apple camp.
Features in brief:
- Accessible anywhere Contacts and with something they call Quick Contact.
- Support for multiple screen sizes in a write-once run-anywhere sort of way.
- Full Bluetooth 2.1 support for those awesome games.
- Exchange support
- Full multitouch and many other tweaks and improvements.
[via Gizmodo]
Google Wave for the Tarantino fan [NSFW]
Have you ever been asked what Google Wave is? It’s hard to explain. Really, really hard.
What you should do from now on is to show people this “Pulp Fiction adapted for Google Wave” video. It helped me. It helped Gizmodo’s John Herrman. I am sure it’ll help any Tarantino fan 
[via Gizmodo]
Still waiting for a Google Wave invite? Try your luck here.
Google Street View High-Tech Tricycles are very much real, called “Trike”
Remember the High Tech Google street view tricycles we told you about? Apparently, the project was very much real. Google is now using these high tech bikes (which they call “trike”) to capture street view for places inaccessible by their street view cars. This includes places like university campuses, beach boardwalks, bike trails etc.
Google has already “triked” a few places like LEGOLAND, California, SanDiego university, Santa Monica Pier and Monterey Bay Bike Trail. Their street views are available here.
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