Google has announced the latest version of the Google Earth desktop application, Google Earth 5.2.
Release 5.2 added the ability to view elevation, speed, and other data as a graph directly in Google Earth.

Just connect your GPS device to upload your track, and select “View Elevation Profile” from the menu. This will bring up elevation and speed graphs. If your GPS device records additional information such as heart rate or cadence, these will also be available to view in the graph.

You can also see statistics such as total elevation, maximum slope, and average speed. You can select a portion of your ride and get statistics for just that section.

Google Earth 5.2

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Video chat, voice chat, and group chat have all been available for some time within Gmail, but they’ve been curiously tucked away.
Getting them up and running required fidgeting with a little menu at the bottom of each chat window. Starting now, all of these features will be just a single click away.

If your chat buddy doesn’t have the plugin, clicking on this icon in the chat window will invite them to install it. As soon as they’re done, you can carry on with a face-to-face video chat.

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Route4Me is different from traditional navigation websites.

When you enter multiple addresses into the system, it will automatically calculate thousands or millions of route combinations to bring back the shortest possible route between all your destinations.

This online service is free and they offer you an iPhone app!

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If you don’t know me well enough to know that I really follow and enjoy all the online tools that Google offers. One of my favorite tools that Google provides is Gmail.

In the last few days, Google has released ‘Buzz’ that is integrated within Gmail. I am testing it, and so far I give it a ‘Thumbs Up’

Buzz lets you share updates, photos, links, and pretty much anything else you’d like with your Gmail contacts; it’s an easy way to follow your friends, too. When you click Buzz in your Gmail account, you’ll see the stream of posts from people you’re following, and a box for you to post your updates. Here’s a run-down of the basic functions:

* Post some buzz: Click in the text box next to your name, and share what’s on your mind.
* Comment: if you see something in your stream you’d like to comment on, just click the Comment link under that post. Your comment will appear alongside it, and the author of the post will be notified.
* Like/unlike: If you don’t have something in particular you want to say, but you just happen to like someone’s post, you can click Like. It will show up on that post that you liked it; if you have a change of heart about something you’ve liked, you’ll see an Unlike link; just click it to remove your name.
* Reply by chat: Click this link if you’d like to send a Chat message to the author of an update
* Delete comments: You can delete comments people have posted to your buzz, or comments you’ve posted.
* @replies: Write @ in front of someone’s username as a way of directing your buzz at that person (it will automatically go to their inbox). You can only use @replies with people who are in your contacts, and other followers won’t be able to see the Gmail username.
* Mute: You can mute buzz that appears in your inbox by enabling keyboard shortcuts and pressing the ‘m’ key while you’re reading it. Muting keeps the update from continuing to appear in your inbox as people reply to it.
* Link to: Click the down-arrow to the right of a post, and select Link to this buzz. This allows you to send a link to this content
* Email: Click the down-arrow to the right of a post, and select Email; a new Gmail message will open with the buzz content in the subject and message body.

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