Google has announced a very rare move, it's selling one of its products, specifically the 3D modeling software SketchUp and the team behind it. Google acquired the company behind SketchUp six years ago when it was just a small and new startup.
Google is selling the technology and the people working on it to Tim... |
27 April 2012
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A couple of months back, Google launched the Your World in 3D website. The site is a showcase of great models created for Google Earth, and made available for the world to see, but it also serves as an educational tool, to help budding modelers get started and pick up new skills.
That said, the site was only avail... |
25 August 2011
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Google has announced the release of a major new version of its 3D modeling software Google SketchUp 8. There are a number of new features for users to get excited about, but many of them focus on geo-location and working with Google Maps and Earth. "I’m proud to announce that SketchUp 8, the next major version... |
1 September 2010
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Google Maps is great for practical information, and satellite imagery can be very useful and fun in many cases. Adding a third dimension though can make things a lot more exciting, so Google is pushing to get more 3D models for Google Earth with a new competition dubbed “Model Your Town.” The name says i... |
2 December 2009
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Google may be best known for its online services but it is now a huge company with interests in all sorts of markets and technologies. Even so, 3D modeling software isn't exactly the first thing you think about when you say Google, but the company does this as well with SketchUp, which just made it to version 7.... |
23 September 2009
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It's a well known fact that Google's video sharing service YouTube has a very large database of clips, hosting all kinds of movies uploaded by the users. But one of the most attractive offers of YouTube is surely 'Howto & DIY' which contains tutorials and high-quality videos helping users in many ... |
31 October 2007
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If you're one of those SketchUp fans, you surely know that it's extremely frustrating to create a large 3D model in Google's application and, without even knowing, to lose it due to a crashing error. Well, this can be easily fixed using a special function implemented into Google's 3D modeling tool... |
10 August 2007
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Google Earth was quite popular lately as the parent company Google updated it periodically with lots of new features and goodies. Today, the search giant does the same thing again using a brand new SketchUp blog that indirectly promotes the mapping software solution. As you probably know, Google SketchUp is a 3D mode... |
24 July 2007
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Google SketchUp is a downloadable application, compatible with Google Earth that allows users to design 3D drawings to be included in the mapping tool. But SketchUp is even more than that because some of its creations can be used with a different goal than the one of improving Google Earth. Some of the users might be... |
18 July 2007
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If you ever asked yourselves where the Google 3D imagery comes from, then you should know that the Mountain View company tries anything it can to encourage users design their own drawings. Because of that, the search giant also offers a 3D modeling tool in order to allow the participants to build powerful designs. Th... |
11 July 2007
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An interesting contest took place in Canada where the Dominion Institute of Canada invited users to create 3D drawings representing the Allied landings at Juno Beach during World War II. The main idea was to design 3D creations that represent the historic event using Google SketchUp, the 3D modeling tool provided by ... |
6 July 2007
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The Mountain View company announced the availability of a new job opening as the search giant wants to hire several full-time SketchUp trainers to teach new users interested in the 3D modeling tool. The new jobs are available for multiple US locations including Ann Arbor, MI; Boston, MA; Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; Den... |
25 June 2007
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Most of the Google SketchUp users were quite curios: who's the man appearing in the application and what's his role in this 3D modeling tool? This is the answer: the dude from the downloadable program is one of the SketchUp team members and has a very important role: he can be used as a scale figure to allo... |
8 June 2007
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Google introduced one more feature concerning the products powered by the company: SketchUp, Maps and Earth. If you want to develop your own city for Google Earth and you upload it on the 3D Warehouse page, you can now view it straight on a Google Map using the Maps View function. Basically, all your creations for a ... |
16 May 2007
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