Google Earth vs. HQ Trivia

Welcome again to Gizmodo’s March Insanity bracket problem to call the best app of all time! Flashlight continues to be an unstoppable power and it eradicated Evernote in yesterday’s contest, taking greater than 66 p.c of the vote. Immediately, we now have two apps which have gotten a whole lot of love up to now however one has to go.

In the event you’re simply tuning in, you may learn all about our choice standards for this historic contest right here. Take a look at the total bracket of contestants embedded under. And as at all times, for those who assume we missed your private favourite app of all time, yell at us within the feedback. Now, let’s get into in the present day’s contestants.

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Right here’s what we stated about Google Earth within the first spherical:

When the web-based model of Google Earth launched in 2001, it felt like everybody on the planet had been handed the keys to a satellite tv for pc community straight out of Enemy of the State. The flexibility to begin in house, decide a spot on the globe, and zoom in to avenue stage was astonishing. Customers like myself instantly went to seek out their very own home and skilled the queasy feeling of being watched.

The cellular app of Google Earth made all of this much more satisfying with a touchscreen interface and the app has solely gotten higher over time. The addition of Avenue View, 3D imagery, the power to zoom underwater, and tons of Easter eggs have made Google Earth an especially sturdy app and it’s nonetheless obtainable to all totally free. It’s actually the most effective examples of an enormous tech firm making a public good simply because they’ll.

And right here’s what we wrote about HQ Trivia:

HQ Trivia dragged the sport present into the trendy world when it launched in 2017. Whereas everybody was making an attempt to make use of the web to offer individuals the choice to do no matter they wished, each time they wished, HQ Trivia introduced individuals collectively and gave them an appointment.

Each night time at 9 PM, you can open the app and take part in a trivia contest with money prizes going as excessive as $400,000. The questions turned more and more troublesome and for those who obtained one unsuitable you had been out. It was enjoyable. It was a phenomenon. Its hottest host, Scott “Trivia Daddy” Rogowsky turned a minor superstar till his departure in 2019. And the app simply steadily died off with out him. It by no means formally shut down, it simply stopped doing reveals. No exhausting emotions, it was good whereas it lasted.

So, reader, what’ll it’s? Does the sheer scale of Google Earth put it excessive or are your recollections of HQ Trivia fond sufficient to ship it to the following spherical?