Google I/O session videos posted with slides

As I said earlier, Quite a few presentations from Google I/O have been posted for your viewing pleasure. I'll be glued to these this weekend while I'm on call.

Topics include
Ajax
KML
Sketchup
Android
OpenSocial
Appengine
Data APIs
Theory Talks
Youtube
Gears
Mashups
Maps
and more!

I/O: Web Browser, Meet Google Earth

Enabling you to switch a Google Maps mashup or page to 3D Google earth with just a few lines of javascript

Google StreetView Going Global?

Or at least to London? A VW bug with a camera attached to the top has been spotted in London. Could be Google? Maybe expanding to areas around their offices in other countries? Nothing has been confirmed yet.

I think this could pick up if Google started going to major Global Cities. Think about it, you could go site seeing without ever leaving your desk. The top cities on my list would be London, Tokyo, Paris, Venice, Dublin, and Hong Kong. I am hopefully going to two of these in the next 6 months (Tokyo and London) around the holidays. Although, Google might have some legal hoops to jump through if they decide to do this.

Google Mashup Editor Blog: New Tutorial: Using Picasa Web Album Feeds in GME

The guys over on the Mashup team have posted a new tutorial on how to use the Google Mashup Editor to mash Picasa Web Albums with a Google Map. The example is here. I started working on my own but I haven't really played with the GME before. Hopefully I'll have that tomorrow.