Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness Challenge for the greatest apps of all time! Flashlight continues to be an unstoppable force, edging out Evernote in yesterday’s contest with over 66% of the vote. Today we have two apps that have been loved by many so far, but one of them has to go.
If you’re just tuning in, you can read all of our selection criteria for this historic match right here. Check out the full list of contestants embedded below. As always, if you think we’ve missed your personal favorite app, give us a shout in the comments. Now, let’s get into today’s contestants.
Here’s how we rated Google Earth in the first round:
When the web-based version of Google Earth launched in 2001, it felt like everyone in the world had been given a key to the satellite network directly from Earth. enemy of state. The ability to start in space, pick a point on Earth, and then zoom to street level is astonishing. Users like me immediately went to their houses to experience the disgusting feeling of being watched.
Google Earth’s mobile app makes this all the more satisfying with a touchscreen interface, and the app keeps getting better over the years. The addition of Street View, 3D imagery, underwater zoom capabilities, and tons of Easter eggs make Google Earth an incredibly powerful application that’s still available for free to everyone. This is certainly one of the best examples of big tech companies creating public goods because they can.
Here are our articles on headquarters trivia:
HQ Trivia launched in 2017, bringing game shows into the modern world. While everyone is trying to use the internet to give people the option to do whatever they want, anytime, anywhere, HQ Trivia brings people together and gives them appointments.
Every night at 9pm, you can open the app and compete in a trivia contest with cash prizes up to $400,000. The questions get harder and harder, and if you get one wrong, you’re out. Fun. This is a phenomenon. Its most popular host, Scott “Trivia Daddy” Rogowsky, remained a minor celebrity until his departure in 2019. After he left, the app gradually died out. It never officially closed, just stopped performing. There’s no bad feeling, it’s good as long as it lasts.
So, reader, what would it be? Does the sheer size of Google Earth push it over the top, or are your memories of HQ Trivia enough to send it to the next round?
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