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Google Earth contains more than eight million photos of landmarks and scenery. The geographical software is integrated into the mobile device. The Earth application streams to the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch relatively quickly.

ON AN average day in the life of the new economy, the release of a landmark gadget is generally cause for joy. Before resuming a wait for the next tiny, shiny thing, a culture fuelled by innovation is unified by a new consumer toy. That is, until last week.

Back in the old days, before you kids got all these newfangled Robots and Compact Discs and Moving Pictures, traveling was a genuine challenge. You trekked to the airport for miles through the snow - uphill, mind you - wondering all the while if they would have an airplane that could take you somewhere close to where you wanted to go.