1. Explore the marvels of Malta
The tiny Mediterranean island of Malta is steeped in thousands of years of history and attracts two million visitors every year. If you’ve never been, you can now see what all the fuss is about by taking a virtual tour of its narrow, winding streets using Google Street View.
Soak up the delights of the
capital Valletta, admire the hilltop town of Mellieha and roam the beautiful, fortified city of Medina. As well as taking your own tour, you can wander across neighbouring Gozo’s Ggantija Temples, learn about the Great Siege and take in 360-degree views of catacombs, ancient houses, museums and tourist resorts via a new Google Arts & Culture project. There are lots of online exhibits to enjoy along with artworks, historic collections and details of prehistoric gems.
2. Send GIFs in WhatsApp
WhatsApp now lets you send and receive GIFs, and search the world’s biggest library, Giphy (
giphy.com). If you’re struggling to find this new feature, just press the emoticon face in the bottom-left corner of the screen in Android, or tap the ‘+’ symbol in the same location in iOS and select ‘Photo and Video Library’. Press the GIF button, then search for and select the animation you want.
3. See locations featured in Harry Potter
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book being published, you can now take a Google Earth tour of 12 real-life locations associated with the boy wizard. They include Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross station in London, Alnwick Castle, a theme park in Florida and The British Library. Each entry includes a short description and the chance to take a look around.
4. Discover how artworks are connected
Choose two artworks from a selection of photos and X Degrees of Separation will find a visual connection between them. It’s based on the theory that any two people can be connected via friends of friends, and uses machine learning to analyse the visual features of both pieces before displaying a potential path of artworks. Search for specific art collections and share your results, or click an image to discover more about it. Click the heart icon to view some pre-discovered pairings.
5. Trace history’s greatest journeys
A Race of Discovery is a set of maps that lets you trace the journeys of some of the world’s most famous explorers and discover how long it would take you to
make the same trip today.
There are 11 voyages to follow, including those made by Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo and Captain Cook, along with fun maps showing astronaut Tim Peake’s expedition to the International Space Station and Elon Musk’s intended route to Mars. Read about the key stages of each journey and click through to online travel agent Travelbag to book a similar trip.
( Source : Internet Magazine)
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