Here’s one Google Monopoly that won’t have regulators buzzing.
Starting today, Hasbro is launching a massively multiplayer worldwide game of Monopoly online using the Google Maps service.
Players start out with $3 million of Monopoly money and can then digitally purchase real city blocks across the globe. Users will then be able to create buildings and start [...]

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Google has just announced a very interesting contest.
If you have mad modeling skillz (incorrect spelling intended) and you have a fascination with bridges, you might have just found your niche in this world.
If you have a favorite local, famous, or historical bridge you’d like to see in Google Earth, get ready for the Google SketchUp [...]

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Google has kicked off a rather sweet, if not unusual, challenge.  It’s their first annual Google SketchUp Gingerbread House Design Competition.
Go ahead and download the blank house from the 3D Warehouse, then follow the instructions in the file.  Decorate your house with an assortment of candy canes, gumdrops, wafer roof tiles, [...]

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