Pune girl wins 'Doodle4Google' contest!

A depiction using each letter of Google to portray various facets of Indian woman – graceful, elegant, adept at balancing work and home and go-getter - by a schoolgirl in Pune has been adjudged the national winner of Doodle4Google contest. The doodle made by Pune's Gayatri Ketharaman, will go live on the Google (India) homepage on November 14, the National Children's Day.Each letter of the doodle titled 'Sky's The Limit for Indian Women' depicts a trait of the Indian Woman. "She is graceful and elegant, adept at balancing work and home. She is a go-getter. She personifies motherhood. Even in the face of adversity, she is courageous," Google...

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Google Maps Gets Updated 3D Imagery For 50 U.S. Cities!

Google today announced one of its largest updates to Google Maps’ 3D imagery since it launched last year. The service now covers a number of additional cities that weren’t included in the previous releases. Most of these are smaller towns like Las Cruces, NM and Bend, OR. The company also released updated imagery for a number of cities, including, for example, San Francisco, CA.   Here is a full list of towns with new or updated 3D imagery:  Anniston, AL; Auburn, AL; Barstow, CA; Bastrop, TX; Bend, OR; Birmingham, AL; Boulder City, NV; Buffalo Core, NY; Cape Girardeau, MO; Casper, WY; Cheyenne, WY; Chicago, IL; Chico, CA;...

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