Google book search adds five Catalonian libraries

LONDON – The National Library of Catalonia with five affiliated libraries have agreed to participate in Google Inc.’s bid to scan book collections of the world’s great libraries, the third in Europe to join the project.

The two organizations said in a statement that they will soon be digitizing hundreds and thousands of public domain works, counting collections by Catalonian writers such as Ramon Llull, Angel Guimera and Jacint Verdaguer in addition to Cervantes and Gongora. Google, the world’s most used search engine, is also accomplishing a pilot project with the U.S. Library of Congress.

Google debuts SketchUp Pro 6

Google has recently released an upgraded version of its pro-level 3D sketching software. Through SketchUp Pro 6 one can create models from photos, add watermarks and 3D text and even set display styles. It further has a series of tools for creating presentations from sketched scenes known to be LayOut, which is available in beta.

SketchUp also calculates the camera position, builds the 3D scene and then applies parts of the photograph as textures to the models. Multiple photographs from different angles could be combined to make multiple sides of objects.

This upgrade has the new Styles palette that hosts collections of display settings including Watermarks and Sketchy Effects. These could be saved and shared with other users as well.

Next Tier Concepts Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program

Next Tier Concepts, Inc. (NT Concepts) recently announced that it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional Program, enabling them to expand the power of both Google Enterprise Search and Google Enterprise Earth to their many viable and government customers.

The Google Enterprise Professional Program includes developers, consultants, and independent software vendors, which offers value added services for Google Enterprise products. NT Concept project teams would now be integrating Google Enterprise solutions into corporate and further government information architectures. As one of the few partners certified for both Earth and Search, NT Concepts could deliver those technologies autonomously or as an integrated solution.

Google Voted "Most Popular Brand" In Britain

Google voted as Britain’s most popular brand. And while that achievement is inspiring enough its own right; Google achieved it while spending remarkably little money on advertising.

Google’s on quite a roll in these fame contests; the company was then lately designated America’s “Most Popular Brand” of 2006, and Fortune magazine named it the number one place to work.

SAMSUNG and Google Align to Create Rich Experience for Mobile Phone Users Worldwide

Samsung and Google Inc. recently announced a worldwide cooperation to enable mobile phone users globally with quick and easy access to Google products and services directly from their Samsung mobile phones. This would enable Samsung users to search information, find location and manage their e-mails on move.

Samsungs has wide variety and technology in phones. Now, the combination of Google applications and Samsung’s advanced mobile devices dedicate themselves to offer a hassle – free mobile Internet experience for consumer’s world wide. Beginning in early 2007, select ed Samsung phones would be provided with a range of Google products and services aimed to provide more dynamic user experience.

Google, Microsoft Improve Online Mapping Apps

Google Earth version 4 has now been enhanced with even more-realistic looking 3D models of terrain and buildings.

On other hand, Microsoft is now adding a Virtual Earth better aerial and satellite images of United States from GlobeXplorer LLC. The deal further improvises by having Microsoft’s Live Search Maps by Virtual Earth.

The interesting part is Google Earth and Virtual Earth both are desktop applications offering download at no charge. Both have search features for finding and mapping locations, and accessing driving instructions. The service also lets users cover information about locations, saving maps, and option to e-mail others.

Google Partners With High-Tech Telescope to Map Universe

Google Earth was just a start, now Google is planning to assist scientists and general public to explore and map the universe. This week the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project announced, which Google has joined with the team of 19 universities and national laboratories. This LSST would be the world’s largest astronomical survey project.

Scheduled to come online by 2013, LSST would completely survey the night sky every three days from a mountaintop in northern Peru. The telescope’s three billion-pixel imager, the biggest digital camera ever built would create huge quantities of data. Experts say about 30,000 gigabytes worth of images would be captured every night.

Google tops Fortune list of best US places to work

Google; the internet search giant is “The Best” company to work for in America, according to Fortune magazine’s annual list released this Monday.

Google based in Mountain View, California, now ranks No. 1 largely because of the services offered to employees, such as laundry, dry cleaning and more automotive services, a swimming spa, on-site massage, gourmet meals and free on-site doctors, Fortune stated.

The list was collected for Fortune by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco, using review responses from more than 105,000 employees from 446 companies.

Google, Yahoo brandish partnerships at electronics show

SAN FRANCISCO – Internet icon Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are growing their efforts to become more reachable on mobile phones, this will be a new huge battleground for these longtime rivals.

Spending on mobile ads is expected to rise for nearly $1.5 billion in this year and more than double in size by the year 2010. Both Google and Yahoo would now feature some of their products on mobile phones produced by Samsung Electronics under deals announced at the nation’s biggest gadget-fest.

Garmin(R) nuvi(R) 680 and StreetPilot(R) c580 with MSN Direct Offer Unparalleled GPS Navigation Capabilities

OLATHE, Kan., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) had recently announced the nuvi 680 and the StreetPilot c580, the first-ever personal navigation devices, which incorporate real-time traffic reports, gas prices, weather conditions, and as well movie times from Microsoft’s MSN Direct network. The devices were announced in combination with the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and would be on display at the Garmin booth (#36212) and the Microsoft booth (#7144).

The nuvi 680 and StreetPilot c580 got current traffic incident and flow information for major cities across the United States, it is time-saving information that drivers would find valuable even when they know how to find their destination.