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Permalink | | Email this | CommentsGoogle brought back the groundbreaking, anti-Retina display 8-bit technology to their Maps service. But that’s not all that the company has in store for us. Introducing Gmail Tap. Put simply, it replaces the cramped virtual keyboard on Android devices and replaces it with something much, much, simpler: two keys, a dot and a dash.
It is truly another revolutionary old-new technology by Google.
Check out the Gmail Tap page for more hilarious features, such as “Double-black diamond mode,” which allows users to type 8 messages at once. Beat that, keyboard!
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Yes, it’s that time of the year again! Don’t you just love pulling pranks on the ones you love?
Need some last minute help? No problem, here is our 2012 roundup that will surly give you some ideas for pranks you can try – good luck
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Google has perpetrated one of their awesome April Fool’s jokes yet again. This time, they’ve made an NES-inspired version of Google Maps.
Just visit the Google Maps web page as usual, click the “Map” button, and you’ll see a “Quest” button, that will transform the map into a “Final Fantasy”-inspired world. ...
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So its that time of the year again, when it’s OK to prank your friends and family in the name of April Fool’s Day.
Grab your sticky-notes, make some jello and blowup ...
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While we’re reasonably certain that the pranksters at Google have jumped the gun with one of their big April Fools pranks, we’re still the slightest bit hopeful that Google Maps for the Nintendo Entertainment System is a real thing. It’s almost surely not, but I still like the idea of bringing today’s software and websites to old school consoles.
According to Google, the new Google Maps for NES will ship on a cartridge, offering internet access directly from your old 8-bit console. A gigantic farm of computers in the cloud are said to transform the regular Google Maps experience into a version usable on the NES.
Here, let’s let Google Product Management Director Ken Tokusei explain it for you…
You gotta love the part where you blow into the cartridge “to fix bugs.” For now, you can play around with the 8-bit style Google Maps over at maps.google.com, then clicking on the “Quest” button in the upper right-hand corner, or by simply clicking this link. Be sure to check out Street View for more pixelated fun.
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