Rounding out the feature list, the Maps application also includes pinch-out maps that let you see a globe view, and information cards for businesses and points of interest.

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But a new book, Our Changing Planet: The View from Space, takes a wide-angle view of the dynamic globe.

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Yet, despite this truly unique and powerful atmosphere, very view people around the globe can actually watch the derby live.

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Dubbed Jellyfish 45, the home would feature a globe-shaped room fitted with acrylic view-ports below the surface.

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As I look at my team at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, and at a handful of other SETI teams around the globe, I see very clever individuals who have been willing to forgo the traditional challenges and rewards of academic research to work on a program of immense potential -- to do work that can literally change the world.

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The folks in Mountain View have added photo tours to over 15, 000 sites around the globe from Italy to the aforementioned Half Dome in California.

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Keep in mind, the TV is at the center of living rooms around the globe, and an Apple TV would likely be a big hit, in our view.

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Intel also continues to drive access to content on Intel-based devices by working with video service providers around the globe such as Comcast and Bouygues Telecom to create television experiences that will allow customers to view live and on-demand pay TV content.

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