Google announced today that their Maps service will now include a layer for weather. The weather data, provided by Weather Channel’s weather.com, includes current temperatures and future forecasts. Users can hover over pins for more data and forecasts, and the the maps will display sun and moon...
For web developers Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) has been nothing short of a nightmare. The browser seems to have its own set of rules when it comes to rendering proper validated HTML pages and any coder will tell you this. Now, Microsft seems bent on...
Further validating Bing’s intrusion into their search space, Google has announced that search results will begin displaying box image previews on websites listings on the rankings. Writes Google, “Instant Previews provides a graphic overview of a search result and highlights the most relevant sections, making finding...
Google celebrates its 12th birthday today. The search giant commemorated the day with a Wayne Thiebaud drawing of a birthday cake on the homepage. So mark it down, Google’s official birthday is September 27, 1998. And that also means the company is in its last year...
Love it or hate it, Facebook has come a monster. The oft-controversial social networking site just announced that is has reached the 500 million user mark. “This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world,” said founder Mark...
These days, there is a huge battle of wills between those that believe that Open is better, and those that see the benefits to Closed systems. Which really wins? The embodiment of this debate right now has no better example than the Android vs. iPhone melee. ...