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I’ve noticed a trend where companies are finally going after the iPhone and Google Search and being aggressive. Although I’m a fan of both products (although i’m a proud Pre owner), i say good for them! Some examples:

iPhone:

Verizon’s new ads bashing ATT’s 3g coverage

The new Droid

Google

After Rupert Murdoch’s comments about blocking Google, Jason Calacanis sees an opening for Bing.

Dex’s new commercial touts the benefits of local search over larger search engines

It’s just weird seeing companies go after these two on TV. Hopefully we’ll see more companies that aren’t afraid of the tech sector’s darlings.

I’m not sure when this happened but UCF has google streetview! Check out the stadium:

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The arena:

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And the water tower:

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Half of all attempts to land on mars end up in failure, so its pretty cool that the Phoenix Lander has made it safely to the surface of mars. Also cool is this incredible photo of the Phoenix’s decent by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It’s the first time a space craft has recorded the landing of another space craft. NASA often gets a bad rap from both sides of the political spectrum, but these pictures are perhaps some of the most beautiful displays of man’s potential yet. So congrats guys and keep up the good work.

If somehow those pictures don’t send chills up your spine, check out this video narrated by the great Carl Sagan. It always gets me.