Google has announced the latest innovation for its search product called Google Sidewiki. The general concept is to allow web surfers to value add to a website by providing their opinions and comments about its usefulness and its content.
This follows along a similar line of Microsoft BING which is adding more levels of information that may or may not help the browser to find what they want.
Google maps now has Australian Traffic data incorporated.
The data currently only covers the major cities and traffic routes and is updated every few minutes. So now you can really see how bad traffic really is before you get started.
It only took 2 years to reach Australia. Not really good enough.
If you have a Google Maps compatible mobile device you can use the new functionality as well. The information displayed is collected from a number of sources and gives you a more complete picture than any single source.
Do you use Google Maps for your driving?
Google has been quietly working away for a while now on a new web search engine. The new engine will encompass a range of next generation architecture.
The project team still has some work to do before the project will be finished. The current sandbox is using real data to against the new infrastructure and looks to make your search results more relevant and faster.
Fans of Chrome will be even happier now. Google has announce that a new beta version of the product is available. The new version will make your browsing experience even faster. About 30% faster. The features include:
