Filed under: Web services, Google
Ask.com launches Google-style maps
Sometime in the last week or
so Ask.com launched a brand new map and driving direction service that
definitely takes more than one cue from Google Maps. In fact, its basic functionality works pretty much
exactly like Google Maps'. You can click and drag the map and zoom just like with Google Maps and it has
street, satellite, and hybrid ("mixed") views like you're accustomed to. Once you dig a bit deeper, however,
you can discover some more novel features. One of my favorites, and one that I've been wishing for a long time that
other services had, is the ability to specify several waypoints for multi-stop trips. Another is the "Play"
button that will walk you through driving directions step by step. Ask.com's new maps also let you choose walking
directions rather than driving, a feature which our own Judith Meskill was bemoaning the absence of not
long ago. Unfortunately, the service is currently quite a bit slower than Google's and also lacks the integrated local
business search Google Maps provides, but it's an impressive start.[Via Lifehacker]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
