Beginning today, people who sign up for YouTube will be given a Google account. Given that Google has owned the popular video service since 2006, it is a little surprising that this happened in the past, but it certainly makes sense that they would do it sooner or later. Note: I am not yet seeing an indication of this news on the YouTube sign up page, but I assume it’s in the process of rolling out.
Google Maps Remembers Your Address
Google’s Maps team has implemented a little feature that has been present for a while in competing products like Windows Live Local – the ability to save locations.