Carbon Disclosure

Google Finance is now listing the 'Carbon Disclosure Rating' for participating companies in the Key Stats and Ratios window (lower right-hand side when looking at a stock)

Via 3P: I’d Like a Little CDP With My GDP: Google Adds Carbon Data To Finance

Google Maps Expands

Look what Google has done: Biking directions added to Google Maps

and as The Atlantic explains: Why Google Maps' New Biking Directions Could Be Huge

I tested it to see if it would put me on the Leelanau Trail for a trip from Traverse City to Suttons Bay:

Google Domestic Trends

There is plenty of evidence indicating web searches are a leading indicator of economic trends (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/17/summers-economy-has-moved_0_n_237684.html and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103771.html?hpid=topnews). There are even some boffins who make money on the conspiracy circuit with the "Web Bot Project".

Now Google has unleashed a fascinating economic prediction tool: Google Domestic Trends.

And as Fast Company mentions, this could be quite useful to the investor looking to profit from future trends.

GoogleBlog's official announcement

My Library, Via Google

Google keeps getting better. For books that have full text available, this is a way to take your reading list with you (e.g., Google's example of Lt Danly's library)

My (own) library on Book Search
Collect, share, and discover books

Poor Person's GIS

Google Maps Mashups 2.0

Under the "My Maps" tab.