Google Street View Soon In India, First in Bangalore

So the cars we spotted earlier across India may not really be the "Street View" cars, they could have been just collecting WiFi triangulation data only.

As reported on the Google India blog today, starting today tomorrow (27th May 2011), the Google Street View cars and a few Google Trikes (modified indian rickshaw with a StreetView Camera on the top) would be collecting pictures of select locations of roads in Bangalore. This will probably be done for other major cities too soon.

In case you pass by these cars on the roads of Bangalore, do let us know in the comments.

[Via Gaurish]

Angry Birds in HTML 5 [OMFG]

So, the team behind angry birds has developed a HTML 5 version which anyone can play for free on any HTML 5 compliant browser. Although the game has been optimized for Google Chrome, it works pretty well in Firefox.

Here, check it out: http://chrome.angrybirds.com/

And in case you do not know what angry birds is (seriously?), you can check out the trailer below:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bk_nqUQ0fc

Samsung & Acer announce Google Chromebooks

Samsung & Acer, in partnership with Google have announced Chromebooks – the netbooks featuring Google’s Chrome OS. The OS is nothing but a lightweight chrome browser which boots up instantly (within 8 seconds). The netbooks are required to be always connected to the web as there is nothing else other than web surfing that you can do on them. Chrome apps will run, but then again, they are all web based. You have a choice of WiFi only and WiFi + 3G model.

Here is the model from Acer:

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Nexus S officially available in stores across India

After being available for pre order for some time on flipkart, Google’s flagship branded Nexus S mobile phone is now available in stores across India at a price tag of INR 29,590. In case you are the kind who does not believe in buying stuff online (even though its cheap), you can head over to your nearest brick and mortar mobile store to get your hands on this baby.

As always, the same thing is available online at flipkart.com for INR 26990.

And in case you forgot, here is a quick run down of the phone’s features:

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Google Street View Could Soon Be Real In India

We’ve cited the Google Street View cars in various major cities in India before. Now we’ve recently captured them going around the streets of Hyderabad. Here’re some pictures up close. From what we hear, they’re running this operation right from Maharashtra (MH license plates).

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Google Transit now available for Mumbai BEST buses & local trains

Google Maps already provides Metro routes in Delhi & transit information for their users in Bangalore & Pune. The same transit information is now available to Mumbai users with Google maps offering information about BEST buses & the infamous Mumbai local train system.

The system lets anyone to look for routes from one place to another in Mumbai and find transit information in the route. This is a great feature for people in Mumbai as well as tourists visiting Mumbai.

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How Not To Quit Google Chrome by Accident on Mac?

I have always had a pet peeve against Google Chrome on Mac. If I press Command + Q, it just quits without warning. In many cases this makes me lose application state or text that I typed.

If you’ve had the same problem, I have good news for you. The latest version of Google Chrome (10) includes a solution for this. It’s not enabled by default though. Here is how to do it:
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Androidify Is Undoubtedly The Cutest Android App Ever

Google’s Androidify is undoubtedly the cutest Android app you’ve ever seen. The app lets you create an Android-like Avatar of your own using a simple drag & drop UI. Ahead is the official description and an introduction video.

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Enable Instant Search In Google Chrome

Starting from version 9, Google is offering Instant Search capabilities like their website in the Chrome Browser. This means that just like on their website, when you type text in the Address Bar (also called OmniBox), Chrome will open up the Google Instant Search page using the text as query. As you modify the text in the Address bar the search results below will update automagically.

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Google’s Interactive Submarine Doodle Honors Jules Verne

Did you see the Google Doodle today? It’s pretty awesome isn’t it? In fact, it’s one of the most creative and smart doodles they have put up in some time.

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