Google has launched Google SketchUp 8 (http://sketchup.google.com/), which sports a redesigned workflow for geospatial modeling, which is critical for both Google Earth modelers and professionals who need to make digital site models for their designs.
Read MoreThe next meeting of The Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia (http://www.macbus.org) will be held on Tuesday, July 27, at 6:30 pm.
At this month’s meeting, MacBUS member Chris Urban will review Google AdWords and Google Webmaster Tools. Do you or your business have a presence online? Are you trying to drive traffic to your site? Urban from Tetra will review two important tools from Google that may be able to help you: Google AdWords Manager and Google Webmaster Tools.
Read MoreRAGE Software has updated RAGE Google Sitemap Automator (http://ragesw.com/products/googlesitemap.html) — the software package that helps web-masters get their web site listed in Google, Yahoo and MSN search — to version 2.3. The update will now inform users about any broken links on their website and which pages they occur on.
With Rage Google Sitemap Automator you can automate the process of creating Google Sitemaps by utilizing filters and preset conditions. You then upload your Google Sitemap to your web server and notify search engines so they know where to find your sitemap file.
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Things look bleak for everybody but Apple and maybe Google according to a report to clients issued by Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore — and as reported by “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/21/chasing-apples-galloping-pace/).
“The distinction between smartphones, tablets and low-end notebooks is blurring rapidly,” he writes. “Currently there are just two main competitors where we believe Apple’s user experience is industry leading and Android is the next best alternative.”
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When it comes to web consumption attributable to the manufacturers of mobile devices, Apple’s iPhone OS (from now on to be known as iOS), but the biggest winner is clearly Google’s Android, according to Quantcast (http://www.quantcast.com).
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