cities

It may be necessary to stop using words like "neat" and "cool"; it's possibly time to put on a tie.  A new push involving Google Earth stresses all the practical (and somewhat implausible) reasons cities should create 3D models of themselves.

Google Street View hasn’t gotten too many of my minutes, but I’m more than ready to admit that it’s a neat program.  And it’s just gotten bigger and better with the addition of 8 more cities.

Street View is one of Google’s most popular programs, and it just got a lot more inclusive.  Users can now take a virtual stroll through Chicago, Pittsburgh, Portland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Tucson, which brings the total number of Street View cities up to 15.

Red Hat reported great numbers today. The stock was down in after hours trading, and I suspect it will be down tomorrow. The stock movement will likely be based on comments about the JBoss division by Red Hat’s CEO. Forbes reports:

It’s fun to “ooh” and “aah” over Google’s most interesting products and services, but it’s also frustrating to note their limited availability.  Street View, for example, doesn’t picture a road within 600 miles of my home.  But Google Transit has just added coverage in a handful of areas.

Four more cities are now part of Google’s Street View program: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orlando, and Houston.  As for when - or where - the next update will be, there’s still no word.

Local news gets a boost from Yahoo as they inked a deal to deliver video from sixteen CBS News affiliates online.

The Boston, San Diego, Seattle, and Washington DC markets will have to pay for placement of job ads on their local Craigslist sites beginning October 22nd.