I have good news and bad news. Let's start with the bad.
The bad: After 2 years, 6 months, and 14 days of dedicated developer community service, the Official Google Maps API Blog is being retired. That's right... the blog you're reading right now, right here, is no more, starting today. No more news will be posted here.
The good: All is not lost! A new blog is taking this blog's place: The Google Geo Developers Blog. Hop on over there to see the first post and get the full story on the change.
So if you're reading this post in an RSS reader, be sure to subscribe to the new blog's feed. And if you're reading this post right on blogger itself, be sure to update your bookmark. Because there will still be plenty of continued Maps API news... you just won't be able to catch it here.
See you all over at the new blog!