Andres Valera

Mashable released Google Map Wish List

Doug Hamlin from Mashable just released an interesting 8 Ways to Improve Google Maps. Take a look at the headline of their wishes:

• Travel suggestions
• Offline mode
• Make it more social
• More options for MyMaps
• Map quantitative data
• Layers, layer, layers
• GPS data
• English please

I agree with most of this suggestions but the from my point of view the MUST HAVE for the next release of Google Maps has to possibility to upload data from your GPS to Google Maps to review/share your trips (GPS Data).

Take a the complete article here

Tags: Google, Maps

TinEye

TinEye it’s a private beta search engine that’s search for images, but the cool part is that you don’t need write a search query, you just upload an image. During the search TinEye doesn’t use the file name or Meta tags to find the images, it’s creates a finger print for each image indexed based on the image pixels.

Here’s is the result for several images searches on TinEye.

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Test new features in Gmail NOW

if you want to test the new experimental features for Gmail, just click Settings -> Labs to get started.

Here is a list of the new features:

Quick Links: Adds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Gmail. You can use it for saving frequent searches, important individual messages, and more.

Superstars: Adds additional star icons. After enabling this feature, you can choose which icons you wish to use in the “General” Settings page.

Pictures in chat: See your friends’ profile pictures when you chat with them.

Fixed width font: Adds an option to the reply dropdown menu that lets you view a message in fixed width font.
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Tags: gmail

GTalk chatback badge

A few days ago Google launch a new service that allow you to put in your blog a small badge, so your visitor can chat with you via gTalk.

The setup is really simple (I installed in five minutes), first, you go to http://www.google.com/talk/service/badge/New , configure your badge and copy the badge HTML code and pasted in your blog. If you have WP, like I do, and a widget enable theme, just add a text widget to the sidebar and paste the HTML code in it.

I think this is a great tool to get to know your visitors, so from now on… let’s chat

Tags: Google, Gtalk

Social Media by Common Craft

As their previous video explaining Social Networking, now Common Craft explains Social Media In Plain English.

Tags: social media