Google LatLong let us know that Google Earth has now teamed up with Google News to create an informative ‘mashup’ — Extra! Extra! Discover the world’s news in Google Earth:

… Google Earth now shows an ever-changing world of human activity as chronicled by reporters worldwide. Zoom into areas of personal interest and peruse headlines of national, regional and, when fully zoomed in, even the most local of interest. From school menus to global warming, there is now literally a world of information at your fingertips.

To activate the Google News layer, navigate to the “Layers” menu on the left-hand side of Google Earth. Expanding the “Gallery” node in the layers tree will expose the “Google News” layer. Check the box next to the Google News layer and start zooming into the places on the globe in which you’re interested. Each story is represented by a Google News icon on the globe. Clicking on the news icon opens up the news story’s snippet, along with links to learn more about the event.

It’s only logical really, but shows the power of what we can achieve if useful tools are allowed to work together cooperatively.

How can your organisation make use of this new view of world news?

[Via : @MiramarMike .]

Caution: experimenting with the techniques described in this post may lead to the ‘loss’ of several hours. You have been warned.

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