Georgia Institute of Technology augments Google Earth with dynamic video, Chrome updates to address a high-severity security flaw, and Google’s spam guru highlights a fun Google Reader easter egg.
- Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
Georgia Tech students map CCTV video, vehicles, and people onto Google Earth. It’s anonymous (and amazing) fun at the moment, but it’s also slightly terrifying for the tinfoil-hat crowd. See the video above. [Gizmodo] - Stable Channel Update
Google issued an update for the stable channel of Chrome to address a high severity security issue. [Google Chrome Releases] - Xobni now featuring Twitter!
Xobni, the Outlook-supercharging sidebar, has released an update complete with Twitter integration. [Xobni Blog] - Facebook Just Made It Super Easy To Put Connect On Your Site
Sounds like good news for web developers interested in incorporating with Facebook without a huge time commitment. [TechCrunch] - Firefox 3.6 gets lightweight themes (personas)
We already mentioned that this was in the works, but with the beta releases a month behind the development schedule, it’s good to hear that Mozilla’s still moving forward. [Mozilla Links] - Easter Eggs in Google Reader
See the video below. The ninja’s not new to us, but those hearts are a nice touch. For more fun along the same lines, check out our top 10 software easter eggs. [Digital Inspiration]
