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 (Credit: CNET) Google Maps has added additional local landmarks and “prominent” businesses right on top of any map area you’re browsing. Just like any other points of interest, you can click on any of these to get the a summary, which includes things like related Web sites, phone numbers, hours of operation, photos and user reviews. In Google Earth (Google’s globe software) this layer of information is something you can turn on and off, however for Maps, Google has decided simply to bake it in  Features that Google brought to its developer preview version of Chrome– themes , a revamped new-tab page , a tweaked Omnibox for searching and entering Web addresses, and support for HTML 5 video–have now arrived on the browser’s better tested beta version intended for broader use. Individually, these features in Chrome 3.0.195.4 (download) are niceties. Collectively, they show Google is steadily moving ahead with its browser project, which was ambitious even before Chrome OS arrived on the scene  The Android operating system is a step closer to being embedded in consumer electronics, after the company behind the MIPS processor architecture open-sourced the code for its Android port. MIPS Technologies released the source code on Monday, two months after it first said it had ported Android to the 32-bit version of the MIPS architecture. This architecture is used in set-top boxes, digital TV sets, home media players, Internet telephony systems and mobile internet devices (MIDs), and is a rival to the ARM technology on which Android already runs.  Google Voice is rolling out today as a service that lets people use a single phone number that can be reached through multiple avenues. Based on the Grand Central technology that Google acquired in 2007 , the Google Voice application is rolling out on the Android and BlackBerry platforms  Apple apps being chased by everyone else – Nokia, Google, LG, RIM, Microsoft, Palm … who else? CNet rounds up the app store plays . BlackBerry users get a social network — Yes, now they have a place where they can share their love for BlackBerry apps.  (14.7.2009) Google and some powerful ad agencies may be making peace. The search giant’s been cuddling up to several Boston firms, with Arnold Worldwide representing an especially interesting target. |
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