Google Goggles is Google’s newest search tool which lets you search the web using visuals rather than text using your mobile (Android on mobile device). You can use this apps to search books, images, landscape, logos, artwork, businesses, and barcodes, among other things. Capture instant a photo of the attraction and Google Goggles will provide you info related to that images and as well as the GPS location. It also have a text reader, so it’s fast and easy to save your info once you grab a picture.
The visual recognition technology used in Google Goggles yet growing at Google labs so it does not yet support organic objects like plants, animals or people, but in the future, it will change the way we search the Internet, it will make easier to quickly identify any objects, learn about, and itemized display the world around us.
Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant, it’s woody perennial evergreen that can thrive without the use of pesticides and grow quickly in different climates. In many countries Bamboo plant has high cultural significance and it’s used extensively in gardens and as a building material. Bamboo can play an important role in plant conservation worldwide along with many other natural resources.
Washington-based, biotech lab, Boo-Shoot Gardens has produced a major achievement in tissue-culture science that enables rapid propagation of bamboo plants. Jackie Heinricher the Owner of Boo-shoot launched Boo-Shoot in 1998. Now Jackie Heinricher with their senior scientist Randy Burr, will supply wholesalers with over two million plants annually.
Boo-Shoot’s technology will help to meet the growing demand of bamboo in wood products, soil stabilization, reforestation paper pulp, textiles, flooring, and all sorts of household items. Since bamboo sequesters carbon 4x as efficiently as hardwood trees, growing bamboo will be good for the planet and for the air we breathe.
This site from Sweden suggests the best suitable outdoor jacket based on your local weather forecast. Depending on the weather conditions in the city, you get a different recommendations on the jacket you should wear during your next destination. The site track your IP address and connect to a weather forecast service and match the product database accordingly.
The site suggested “No Jacket Needed” to me tracking my Indian IP, the city where I am located, which have 27 degree temperature on today. I hope this site is quite helpful for the frequent travelers.
NYCgo has recently opened the New York City Information Center which is located near Times Square. NYCGo.com site would be a hub for New York City travel and NYC New interactive Information center. It would be the leading source for information which uses Google Maps and Google Earth to power its local search to help tourists to find the tourist attractions, hotels, events, restaurants, stores, theater and other stuff.
Visitors will be able to browse the city on Google Maps-powered interactive tables while having the option to print their proposed route of journey and even go on virtual tours, the site is also easily accessible via iPhone, Smart Phones and other mobile devices.
“In partnership with Google, we are launching a new website and Information Center to help make it easier for both visitors and residents to explore all the energy, excitement and diversity of New York City’s five boroughs. nycgo.com is the official resource on the web for all there is to see, do and experience in the City. This dynamic site uses Google Maps to help you plan your New York experience and find hotels, restaurants and entertainment, in addition to exclusive citywide savings and promotions. With nycgo.com you can use Google Maps to get directions to attractions throughout the City, and even send the info to your phone with Google Maps for mobile”.- Google Official Blog
Quantcast ranks Google’s subdomains which can give you a rough idea how Google position for their products and the traffic level. Overall most of Google products showing decent growth, however Google’s main search engine tops the list with an estimated 136.6 million unique visitors in the U.S followed by YouTube which is the second with 70 million unique U.S, Google Maps-36 million, Image Search 31.7 million, and Gmail 10.5 million of visitors. visitors, and Blogger would be in the top 5 with 23.5 million. Here you can view Google’s 101 subdomains and their traffic level;
I hope this site is quite helpful for the frequent travelers.
