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Explore the Sky with Google Earth’s New free online Tool!

Check out this quick video to see how you can use Google Earth’s new and improved version to see the sky from a specific point on Earth.

Just input your geographic location and then look up to the sky and start zooming and scrolling your way around the Universe.

To use Google Earth, you need to donwload the free Google Pack (below) direct from Google. Don’t worry its a free and easy install

The Google Pack also includes these other free programs(You can add or drop any of these programs from your own download):

Google Toolbar Update Review of New Options

I woke up today and cranked up my computer to find that Google had sent me an automatic Google Toolbar Update for Firefox.

I had not heard about a new update in the works so I felt like I was gambling when I accepted the upgrade (not like I had a choice, thanks Google for thinking of me.)

I plowed forward hoping for the best and setup some new options.

Here are the options I ultimately settled on from the above choices.

Then I wanted to test out the ‘Send To’ function with a mobile phone.

The choices here were kind of limited I thought, and I prefer having the blogger button in the toolbar instead of this drop down option.

Above is the interface for SMS messaging from Google’s toolbar.  This actually worked pretty good and I could see this being beneficial.  I can text my wife and save a nickel on my side at least. 

I could for example find some great deal on Jane’s Addiction tickets and send a quick message to my wife asking her if we should buy concert tickets.  The down side is that she cannot reply back to me from that message.  She would have to send me new separate message directly to my phone, but regardless it seems kind of handy for one way stuff.

I’m sure this would be even better if you send a message with a link to a person with an internet capable phone.