Google Maps has added Cambodia’s ancient temples of Angkor to its World Wonders Project.

It joins Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon, the architectural ruins of Pompei, Italy, and more than a dozen others.

Photo: Christophe Archambault / AFP/Getty Images

Google presents global time-lapse views

Thanks to a new tool released by Google, NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey and Time magazine, the changes made to any location on Earth between 1984 and 2012 can be charted out.

As you can see above, the changes to Los Angeles aren’t all that drastic, but there are plenty crazy changes in other parts of the world:

For more info, check out TechNow’s coverage or go straight to the Google Earth Engine.

Photos: Google Earth Engine

Finding .gifs just because easier

Not to assume that everyone out on Tumblr is fond of animated images or anything, but this announcement from Google may excite some you:

Starting today, there’s an easier way to unearth those gems: when you do an image search, click on “Search tools” below the search box, then select “Animated” under the “Any type” dropdown box.

It’s not working for us yet, but when it does…

Ever wonder what Street View looks like atop a mountain?

Well, now you know - the above views are from 22,000 feet atop the Aconcagua summit in Argentina, the highest point yet documented via Google’s Street View. As part of the company’s efforts to add to its maps offerings, it recently scoped out ranges such as Aconcagua, Everest and Kilimanjaro.

Read more on Tech Now.

Photos: Google Street View

So long, drearily-designed Silicon Valley

Awash with cash, the technology companies that have come to define Silicon Valley are just coming to realize how much of an eyesore their offices can be.

Rather than complementing the lush rolling hills to the west and the expansive San Francisco Bay to the east, this high-tech hub has produced an unending line of dreary office parks full of two-story, cubicle-lined buildings whose main visual goal is to escape notice.

Pictured above, for example, is concept art for Apple’s gigantic new headquarters plan, dubbed “Apple Campus 2,” planned to occupy 175 acres.

Read more on the valley’s other upcoming projects here.

Photo: Foster + Partners, cupertino.org

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