LA Qualifies for One of Three New Google Upgrades

IT'S NOT QUITE LIKE losing the Olympics, but... Some major cities in the US - among them New York, Miami and San Francisco - are already enjoying 360-degree pedestrian-level visual searches thanks to Google Maps Street View. And residents of other cities - including the recently-added San Diego - can plan their public transportation needs using Google Transit. But the new trick for Los Angeles? Now on Google Maps those little train station icons are clickable. Ooh.