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Google Earth

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Saroo Brierley, Indian Orphan, Uses Google Earth to Find His Family

    ​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    The Universe in a Snowman

    ​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 27, 2011

    "New California Writing 2011": Interesting Times for the Golden State Make Good Reads

    ​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2010

    Design for Living

    ​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    Travel writer Edward Hasbrouck sues Homeland Security over travel data

    ​There is now evidence showing that Google Earth is good for more than just pictures of naked rooftop sunbathers and Frenchmen urinating on gardens. An Indian man named Saroo Brierley used the Bay Area tech giant's satellite image program to find his home and reunite with his family 25 years afte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Byron Williams, I-580 Shooting Suspect, a Composite of Nightmares

    Byron Williams -- a man with issues​Also: Is Byron Williams the poster boy for flaws with three-strikes law? Update, 1:15 p.m.: Here's a satellite photo of the remote, rural home of Byron Williams and his mother -- in the remote, rural town of Groveland:

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Last Night: Balkan Beat Box at the Fillmore

    ​Balkan Beat Box
 Monday, March 15, 2010
 The Fillmore
Better Than: Studying Google Earth's atlas to trace the gypsy diaspora. Have you ever been to a cockfight, a reggae festival, and an electro-trance party all at the same time? "Gypsy punk" as performed by Balkan Beat Box ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    To the Moon, Alice! Google Homepage Touts Inaccurate Lunar Landing Anniversary.

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2008

    Saturday Night: Travis Louie, Kris Kuksi and Mercedes Helnwein at the Shooting Gallery

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    SF Gov't InAction: 2,400 Square Feet in SF Renting for only $200. WHAT?

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    World Wide Telescope to Go Live Feb. 27

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    Hayward Fault Ready to Rock the East Bay, Nerds Warn Today at Moscone

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    Jack In Now

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    Aliens in Google Earth - Sky?

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    Search the night sky with Google

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    The Fault, Dear Berkeley.

    Science news flash to supposed Google geniuses: Astronauts don't leave footprints on suns!Google, the ubiquitous search engine famously based on complex, supposedly-more-accurate-than-the-competition algorithms, Monday graced its homepage with a glaring, scientific error. The July 17 ... More >>

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    The Missing Man

    Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?

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