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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Google Street View invades historic landmarks, makes it unnecessary for you to ever leave the house

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/google-street-view-invades-historic-landmarks-makes-it-unnecess/

The vagabonds of Google's Street View team have struck again, this time conquering classical French and Italian landmarks for their mothership's immense pictorial collection. As of today, you're able to drop your little yellow avatar in Google Maps right atop such famous locales as the Colosseum of Rome or Florence's Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, whereupon you'll be transported right to it (or, in the case of the Colosseum, inside it) in the same way as if they were any old street addresses. This follows, of course, Google's introduction of an intriguing indoor version of Street View for some of the world's most prestigious museums recently and continues the company's trend of bringing the arts, in this case classical architecture, to a wider audience. We just wonder what reason said audience will have to ever step outside with all this splendor at its fingertips indoors.

Google Street View invades historic landmarks, makes it unnecessary for you to ever leave the house originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Roku XD player comes directly to Best Buy shelves with no Netgear intervention

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/roku-xd-player-comes-directly-to-best-buy-shelves-with-no-netgea/

After receiving a boost from Netgear it appears Roku's plans for 2011 include hitting retail under its own name, as it's officially announced the Roku XD (no NTV250 branding) is available at Best Buy, as well as Fry's and Radio Shack. Previously Roku only sold its own player through its website but after breaking through 1 million units it's apparently ready for bigger things. We assume this means the Netgear-branded box is going away completely, although it can still be spotted online at a few outlets it's no longer mentioned at Best Buy so those interested in grabbing one for the archives may want to do so quickly. We've been told 2011 will see a big charge into retail from Roku as it seeks to stay one step ahead of the media streaming competition and this is just the first step; for now one can only wonder exactly what the next move will be.

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Roku XD player comes directly to Best Buy shelves with no Netgear intervention originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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