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This is a really good idea (thx Tim):
The Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at Google whose singular goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products. We do this because we believe that you should be able to export any data that you create in (or import into) a product. We help and consult other engineering teams within Google on how to „liberate“ their products.
Bradley Beach wrote the Picasa Webalbums Assistant, a simple Java application to download entire albums from Google's Picasa web storage. All photos are downloaded in their original size which can be quite a difference to the web interface's maximum display size of 1600x1200 pixel (or so). The software also works with private albums, in case you are able to provide the corresponding invitation link.
Things magazine on Google Latitude:
Latitude is one of those quiet paradigm shifts that we have anticipated for so long that it comes as no surprise when it actually becomes a viable technology. The idea that we could see instantly where family and friends are on a map is almost as natural as the idea that we could be contacted via phone wherever we are in the world. [...] There is, of course, this.
Street with a view. Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited residents from Pittsburgh to perform different acts alongside a local street while the Google Street View team drove by and took 360-degree photographs of the scenery. Most things are rather hard to spot, so open the "scenes" page for pointers. (via rockitbaby)
