Google Maps Goes Off Beaten Highway

There’s nothing quite like a stretch of wide-open road, but a clogged, backed-up highway doesn’t elicit the same feelings.  Somebody in Mountain View apparently realized this - or felt the need to catch up with the competition - and Google Maps now has an “avoid highways” option.

Zuckerberg Announces Open Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, sent the blogosphere into a digileptic (digital + epileptic) episode yesterday evening, announcing that Facebook was now officially open for you to tamper with.

YouTube Sued Over Fatal Crash Video

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is suing a number of online video sites, among them YouTube, for infringing on the copyright of footage from a fatal car accident.

Search Engines Afraid of Committment

I recently read a story on relationships that came to mind today as a possible way to understand why search engines are desperately spending Millions and Billions in Acquisitions. The story was about a man who met a woman on a plane and they got to talking about relationships.