Google Street View

 If you would like to see how your property has changed over the years, use Google Maps to look up its address, then click on Street View. In the black box in the upper left hand corner, click on See More Dates and the other photos Google Street View has taken of that location will appear at the bottom of the page. Street View photographs my house every 4-5 years so I can see how my dogwood tree has grown over the years.

Flu Alerts

Google has a pretty nifty new tool out if you're concerned about the flu. Based on the assumption that people are more likely to search for information about the flu when they have it or feel they are at risk of it, the Flu Trends tool tracks by state the level of searches in Google using keywords such as " flu" or "flu remedies". According to Consumer Reports on Health, warnings on Google Flu Trends tool have beaten announcements by the Center for Disease Control by about two weeks.