Mashable published a very interesting photos from Google Maps StreetSpotting. They gone through the avalanche of reports about funny, weird or even sexy things spotted on Street View, and chosen 15 the most interesting.

There are some of them:

Half-face man

The guy with no head

Girls sunbathing

Crime in progress

via Mashable

Make sure you’re in rich formatting mode, or it won’t show up. Click the little image icon, and you can insert images in two ways: by uploading image files from your computer or providing image URLs.

Keep in mind that Gmail doesn’t show URL-based images in messages by default to protect you from spammers, so if you’re sending mail to other Gmail users, they’ll still have to click “Display images below” or “Always display images from …” to see images you embed.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reason about Windows next generation at Computerworld

Turn on Undo Send in Gmail Labs under Settings, and you’ll see a new “Undo” link on every sent mail confirmation. Click “Undo,” and we’ll grab the message before it’s sent and take you right back to compose.

via gmailblog

UPD Official announcement from Google

Following the footsteps of Google’s personalized homepage, Gmail added themes.

Once the new option is enabled in your account (as usually, Gmail’s new features are slowly rolled out), you’ll find a tab named “Themes” in the settings page and you’ll be able to choose from 30 themes. “We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company,” mentions Gmail’s blog.

via googlesystem.blogspot.com

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SeedCamp

The list of startups:

2Win-Solutions - FRANCE
3scale networks S. L. - SPAIN
Apture - USA
Box.net, Inc. - USA
Brozengo SA - FRANCE
Charge Ventures - UK
Cmune - FRANCE
ConTrust - ISRAEL
DoctorSIM - SPAIN
Edicy - ESTONIA
Haploid - FRANCE
IZI-collecte - FRANCE
Kaltura - USA
MyID.is Certified - FRANCE
Nimbuzz - NETHERLANDS
Popego Inc. - USA
Producteev Inc. - USA
Publing - FRANCE
Radionomy - BELGIUM
Samedi GmbH - GERMANY
ShoutEm Ltd. - CROATIA
Silentale SAS - FRANCE
SquareClock - FRANCE
Tellmewhere - FRANCE
Trendiction - LUXEMBURG
Viewdle, Inc - UKRAINE
Westcom, s.r.o. - CZECH REPUBLIC
Zavedenia.com - BULGARIA
Zipipop Ltd (Zipiko) - FINLAND
Zoover Holiday Reviews - NETHERLANDS

The companies get 7 minutes each to pitch to the judges on the day. There’s also a new element - a special Start-up Competitors’ Lounge where companies will have a chance to informally network with interested parties. Here’s how they were selected.

The judges who will be judging the competition at the actual event will be:

Ola Ahlvahrsson - Result
Roberto Bonanzinga – Balderton Capital
Mike Butcher - TechCrunchUK
Laurent Chiozotto – Sun Microsystems
Julien Codorniou - Microsoft
Don Dodge – Microsoft
David Hornik –August Capital
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet - Price Minister
Simon Levene – Accel Partners
Om Malik - GigaOM
Dave McClure - 500Hats
Freddy Mini - Netvibes
Marc Samwer – European Founders Fund
Alex Schmiegelow – Sevenload
Gary Shainberg – British Telecom
Megan Smith – Google
Pascal Thomas - Orange
Martin Varsavsky - FON

via techcrunch.com

via geekculture.com