More coolness from my buds at Zillow.com. My friend Lloyd Frink, Zillow President and my former Expedia.com colleague, announced that they are now offering close-to 3-D images, using MS Virtual Earth and Pictometry technology. Picotometry, apparently, is flying Cessnas above the USA taking these very cool pictures.

Always fun to read the Zillow blog, and see all the familiar names. And hey, when the crew who helped change how millions plan and purchase travel decide to turn their hand to real estate...? Giddy-up.

More discussion on TechCrunch and Search Engine Watch.

Keep it up, Lloyd, Rich, Spencer, David, Stan, Theresa, Amy, Mike, Garrett...phew. Man, is there *anybody* left in Bellevue? ;-)

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From the look of most blog trackers today, you'd think that Larry and Sergei had finally developed the ability to walk on water and part the seas. Um, no, though they have launched an online Calendar tool which Om says is "quite capable." But, as my friend John Battelle says, the real deal here is that Calendar is further evidence of the portal-ization of Da GOOG. It's all coming together: The Pack, Base, Earth, Local, Google Finance, Google Real Estate. And, dare I say that my take on the aol deal is further evidence, too. Google needs to diversify revenue streams, and be in a position to hoover up more of the ad dollars that are heading their way as mass media continues to falter.

So I doubt that Calendar is The Answer, but it is part of the puzzle being solved before our eyes.

Mark Evans' thoughts ("part of a bigger picture") here, Steve Rubel's ("it's great") here.

Amen and hallelujah, I say.

Update: Paul Kedrosky has a good highlight/lowlight roundup here.

Updated Gratuitous plug: Om and Steve and Paul are all keynoting at mesh, Canada's next-generation web conference, of which I am a co-founder.

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