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- A fairytale marriage: Google Earth and London in 3D
- We want YOU-Tube: now hiring
- Hide sites to find more of what you want
- Google at SXSW 2011: Austin here we come
| A fairytale marriage: Google Earth and London in 3D Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:09 AM PST (Cross-posted on the Lat Long Blog) On April 29, the eyes of the world will focus on London for the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, and the U.K. will deliver a royal celebration that will capture the imagination of a global audience. We're doing our part too: following last week's announcement of new aerial imagery for London, we're expanding our 3D imagery of central London's buildings and trees in Google Earth—including the entire royal procession route. With this new 3D data covering the royal procession route, you can indulge yourself in a "royals'-eye" view to see the same sights that William and Catherine will see. Upon departing Westminster Abbey, you'll pass the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, the famous ministries on Whitehall and the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. Traverse Horse Guards Parade, and from there, you can travel down The Mall—with 3D trees lining the route—and see Buckingham Palace standing proudly at the finish. This new 3D imagery isn't limited to the royal parade route. Thousands of buildings are available, so people from around the globe can digitally experience the beauty of London. You can view buildings such as the British Museum, a treasure trove of historical artifacts, Goodge Street tube station, where General Eisenhower commanded allied forces in WWII, and Shaftesbury Avenue, the historical theatre district of London. What's more, we've also turned St James' Park, Green Park and Hyde Park into a 3D lush green carpet, thanks to the help of our friends at the Royal Parks. We've modeled five different species of trees, and virtually planted more than 12,000 individual trees (available in Google Earth 6). To see all the landmarks and greenery in Google Earth, check the 3D buildings box in the left-hand panel under "Layers," type "London" in the search bar on the top left and use the navigation controls in the upper right to zoom in, spin around and tilt the view. Or you can go to Earth View on Google Maps in your browser. Since moving to London from Leek, in Staffordshire, I've grown to appreciate all the royal and historic landmarks in the capital. So whether you're standing near me and millions of my fellow Britons on the Mall on April 29 to catch a glimpse of the happy couple, or enjoying the spectacle from home, I hope this new 3D data for London brings you closer to this wonderful city.  A preview of the sunrise on April 29      |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PST (Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog) Nearly six years ago, YouTube was created to enable people to create, share and discover the world through video. Today, 35 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute and we see well over 2 billion views a day. It's been amazing to watch an idea become a platform that turned into a stage for hundreds of millions of people to express themselves. We now have aspiring filmmakers and musicians building their careers on YouTube, activists opening our eyes to global issues and individuals telling their stories in ways that only video can capture. And because we believe that technology and platforms like YouTube are giving rise to the most diverse set of faces and voices ever seen or heard in human history, us YouTubers really enjoy and feel proud to work here. 2010 was a bang-up year. And in 2011, we plan to grow the number of people working at YouTube by more than 30% (!), making it the largest hiring year in YouTube's history. We're looking for top talent from around the world. Why don't you join us?     |
| Hide sites to find more of what you want Posted: 10 Mar 2011 11:00 AM PST Over the years we've experimented with a number of ways to help you personalize the results you find on Google, from SearchWiki to stars in search to location settings. Now there's yet another way to find more of what you want on Google by blocking the sites you don't want to see. You've probably had the experience where you've clicked a result and it wasn't quite what you were looking for. Many times you'll head right back to Google. Perhaps the result just wasn't quite right, but sometimes you may dislike the site in general, whether it's offensive, pornographic or of generally low quality. For times like these, you'll start seeing a new option to block particular domains from your future search results. Now when you click a result and then return to Google, you'll find a new link next to "Cached" that reads "Block all example.com results."  As always, Matt's been gracious enough to let us use him as an example. His site is awesome, though, and we doubt many people will want to block it! Once you click the link to "Block all example.com results" you'll get a confirmation message, as well as the option to undo your choice. You'll see the link whether or not you're signed in, but the domains you block are connected with your Google Account, so you'll need to sign in before you can confirm a block.  Once you've blocked a domain, you won't see it in your future search results. (Side note: Sometimes you may have to search on a new term, rather than simply refreshing your browser, before you'll notice the domain has been successfully removed.) The next time you're searching and a blocked page would have appeared, you'll see a message telling you results have been blocked, making it easy to manage your personal list of blocked sites. This message will appear at the top or bottom of the results page depending on the relevance of the blocked pages.       |
| Google at SXSW 2011: Austin here we come Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PST SXSW begins Friday, March 11 and pretty soon Googlers will be touching down in Austin for the Interactive, Music and Film Festivals. We have a lot planned for the week, and we hope you'll join us for some of the fun. More than a dozen Googlers are speaking on a wide variety of panels, kicking off with a talk on Friday, March 11 by Marissa Mayer, our VP of Consumer Products. Google and YouTube panelists will cover topics as varied as Google doodles, electronic privacy, hybrid marketing, recommendation engines and beyond. All developers are invited to join us at the League of Extraordinary H4ckers on Sunday, March 13. At this 1-6 PM event, attend 15-minute API briefings on Android, Chrome, HTML5, Blogger, Google TV, Google Maps, App Engine, YouTube, Web Fonts, Cellbots and Fusion Tables, mingle with our developer team or hang out in the YouTube Leanback lounge. If you stick around, that same evening we're co-sponsoring SuperHappyDevHouse—complete with hacking and a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® sumobot competition. Be sure to RSVP for both events!  Of course, no SXSW is complete without a slew of parties, and this year is no exception. Here are a few of the places you'll find Googlers unwinding:
There's a full list of Google/YouTube activities on our event site, and throughout the festival, we'll post updates about all our events via @googlesxsw, so be sure to follow us and spread the word. We're looking forward to seeing you in Austin!     |
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