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Google added recently the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill to their Crisis Response site.  It has overlay maps with satellite images, closures, news, etc.

Google email works with name@gmail.com, but you could also use name@yourcompany.com. To do this, you sign up for Google Apps, which is offered in Standard (Free) and Premier Editions. Go to: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/

There are a couple of ways to do this:
The simplest is to choose “I want to buy a domain” which allows you to buy [...]

Following up on Google’s promise from January 12th, Google China just moved its web servers for China to Hong Kong so that they can be run without censorship. Now it is up to Chinese authorities to decide to shut off all or partial access to Google.
Although Google is not the largest search engine in China*, [...]

Google recently added biking directions with Google Maps. See Bicycling as a drop-down option when looking for directions.

Beta Warning
The yellow note at the bottom to use caution isn’t just for legal reasons. Many have reported mistakes, such as directions to bike through Arlington Cemetery.
But, like everything Google, it seems to get better over time. People [...]

Until now, Google has operated in China by not listing government-blacklisted sites in its search results (See google.cn search results for “Tiananmen”). This was controversial, but Google maintained that it was better to work within these restrictions than to have no presence in China.
After recent cyber attacks on Google, Google is changing its stance. This [...]