Celebrating the 50th country on Street View – Google Lat LongYou can now explore Hungary and Lesotho, plus updated images of 350,000 miles of roads in 14 countries. No More Quick View in Google Search – Google Operating SystemGoogle removes the...
Google has accepted a fine from the German data protection authority over its mistaken and unused collection of WiFi data using Google Street View cars. The €145,000 fine comes nearly three years after we first learned about the Street View WiFi...
Google Is Ready to Go 'Gangnam' in Asia – The Wall Street Journal A feature that allows users to view and edit their prior Facebook searches vanished, but has returned following a back-end bug fix. With 3 Million new users, Feedly upgrades search...
If you aren't careful, you could be leading a team made up of members who spend all watching TED talks or annoying Wall Street Journal journalists with guest post pitches. Taking these other factors into consideration will also give you a more...
Whitten ascended to the position of privacy director in the wake of the furore created by revelations that it had been collecting private Wi-Fi data via Google's Street View cars. Google representatives said the collection came when a piece of code...
For those in Australia who want to turn their house into "virtual artwork" on Street View, Google has unveiled Google SCHMICK – the Simple Complete House Makeover Internet Conversion Kit. Google I/O - Gadgets, over-heated computers and innovation
Although there has been no official announcement or comment by the social media giant, the long-rumored idea of Facebook incorporating hashtags – the ubiquitous # symbol used on Twitter to make certain keywords or topics searchable – gathered...
The settlement ends a case against Google that dates back to 2010, when it was revealed that the company's Street View camera units had been illegally snooping in on local Wi-Fi networks while the vehicles were taking pictures for the service...
His cartoons have grown by word of mouth to reach 100,000 business readers each week and have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, and the New York Times. It is vital to view search, social and content holistically and...
The Wall Street Journal has obtained some excerpts from Schmidt's upcoming book, "The New Digital Age. In Schmidt's view of the future, we will have full wash to wear clothing cleaning machines reminiscent of "The Jetsons" that will also pick our...
But, after pictures taken by a Google Street View car in Botswana surfaced on the Internet, people were suddenly up in arms in discussion. The Street View images appear to show a donkey in the road in one frame, then down on the ground across the...
Google has started rolling out its biggest update to Street View ever, updating 250,000 miles of roads. As well as updating hundreds of thousands of miles of roads, Google has doubled its special collections, adding indoor views of places such as...
Google has updated the mobile version of its Maps application, which will allow users to access the Street View function on iOS devices. To make Google Maps even more comprehensive, accurate and useful, today we’re making Street View available on...
The firm has added the ability to dive down beneath the surface of the ocean with its latest addition to Street View. Google might not find its Maps welcome on the Apple iPhone 5, but it is sending them into new places, including under the sea.
TechCrunch's unnamed source, who apparently worked at Google Maps on integrating Street View into the service, spilled the beans on Apple's employment strategy. He added, "Apple needs to find a way to get its own [five] million miles of street view...
The firm is currently embroiled in numerous cases relating to its Street View service after it was found to have gather public Wi-Fi information, and has also failed to delete the data it promised to destroy.
Google has admitted it has discovered more WiFi data collected by its Street View cars that it has failed to delete. Google has recently confirmed that it still has in its possession a small portion of payload data collected by our Street View...
While facial blurring is largely considered to be a tool for protecting freedom of speech and human rights, the technology has also been used as a measure for preserving privacy and anonymizing users whose images are captured in public places...
It comes after it recently announced plans to take its Street View service into remote locations and to the air with 3D aerial imagery of major cities set to be unveiled in the coming months. Google has revealed plans to map some 2,000 miles of...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reopened its investigation into Google's Street View Wi-Fi collecting in light of recent revelations that the firm was fully aware the technology would grab users' data.
