People use Google Maps in a ton of different ways. The Google Maps API makes it easy for web developers to create their own applications that are fun to play with and some that are really useful. I decided to put together a list of Google Maps uses that I have found over time:Map My Run - Map your jogging path and calculate how many calories you have burned.

Google may soon be placing Froogle product recommendations in GMail whenever Google finds a product name in the content of the email. This is very interesting as Garett Rogers points out because this new service could anger some online retail sites.

A few weeks ago people were beginning to notice that the Internet Explorer 7 in Vista was branded as "IE7+". Everyone knew that there was something behind this and now we have confirmed reports of what it means: The special branding is designed to highlight the additional features IE7 will receive in Vista, including Protected Mode, parental controls, and improved network diagnostics.

Firefox 2.0 Alpha 3 has just been released as I suspected that it would, here is what is new in this build:

There is a lot in Bon Echo Alpha 3 that we need you to play with and give us feedback on: