Google acquires Motorola

I think Google is left with no other option to strengthen its patent portfolio in the mobile domain immediately to counter Apple and Microsoft's attack on Android for patent violations.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/supercharging-android-google-to-acquire.html

Google Maps: Mass Animal Deaths

While browsing public maps on Google maps service I came across "Mass Animal Deaths map" created by an anonymous user. I appreciate the effort, hope this will become a tool for tracking the culprits  responsible for the mass animal deaths.

Google's body browser

Google's new innovative service "body browser". This experiment will allow you to navigate through human body in 3D. You require a browser with a webGL support, currently webGL is supported only in the beta versions of the leading browsers. body browser homepage suggests users to download chrome beta. Even though a link to khronos.org is provided in the same page which lists all the browsers with webGL support. Is it a ploy to lure more users to adopt google chrome?

Google buys Angstro, hires co-founder to build social networking service

Google buys Angstro, hires co-founder to build social networking service