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Google has released a batch of new Street View images in South Korea. The new imagery is mainly focused on a couple of cities, the two biggest in the country, Seoul and Busan.
The new imagery is rather high quality, by Street View standards, and there are plenty of interesting locations to check out that now have mo... |
25 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Google has spent the past few months collecting and processing images from areas in Japan hit by the March earthquake and tsunami. It has now published the imagery online, in Street View, making it available to everyone.Google also built a special site which shows before and after Street View images from the area. Fo... |
14 December 2011
03:11 GMT |
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Google's Street View covers huge areas at this point. Entire countries are available, such as the UK where every street has been photographed, but also interesting or exotic locations such as Stonehenge or theme parks.
There's plenty to see, the problem is, how do you find it all, how do you find interesti... |
22 November 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Despite many setbacks and problems, Google Street View is moving forward to make the world more easily accessible. Google has now released its biggest imagery update yet, adding new or updated images in 13 countries the service was already live in.
"Since we launched Street View on Google Maps in the U.S. in 2007 ... |
30 June 2011
07:11 GMT |
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It seems that it's getting harder and harder to maintain and expand Google Street View. Only a month after Google announced that it's rolling out the service in India and that it will start shooting in the country soon, the process has been stopped after the company received a letter from the Commissioner o... |
20 June 2011
10:39 GMT |
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Not everyone may like it, but Google's Street View is one of the most interesting projects the company is working on, considering the scope and scale of it. Moving forward with the goal of having every city, or, indeed, every street on the planet photographed and made available online, Google is now launching th... |
26 May 2011
10:00 GMT |
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Google has launched Business Photos a Street View equivalent for indoor environments, but aimed, as the name suggests, at businesses rather than other public places. It's hardly a surprising move, Google has been testing this for more than a year now and already offered indoor images in some places. Now though,... |
7 May 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Google has added more Street View imagery in Japan and one of the more interesting and important new locations is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. The building has become a symbol of peace and a reminder of the horrors of war and anyone around the world can now visit the location in Street View."We’ve added many h... |
10 March 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Google has just published a great new batch of images for Street View. Unlike most updates though, these images have been taken by Street View trikes rather than cars, in places where cars can't go or aren't allowed. Images captured by the trikes have been trickling in, but this is one of the biggest update... |
1 March 2011
06:54 GMT |
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Google has reached an agreement with a coalition of Attorneys General from several US states, led by Connecticut, about the Street View WiFi personal data collection issues. The two sides will negotiate a settlement despite previous threats of prosecution by former Connecticut AG. Essentially, in the deal Google has ... |
29 January 2011
07:13 GMT |
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Having a service like Google Maps at your fingertips, free of charge and easily accessible from anywhere in the world is truly extraordinary. eMaps is a simple application that provides some of the most useful Google Maps features on your desktop, in a clean and user friendly environment.Although being able to access... |
29 December 2010
12:31 GMT |
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The Street View Wi-Fi data debacle continues to haunt Google. Just as some investigations come to an end, it seems others are started. While the US Federal Trade Commission found no wrong-doing on the part of Google over the matter, the Federal Communications Commission is now starting its own investigation. While th... |
11 November 2010
12:32 GMT |
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Google has started to roll out what has been dubbed Street View for interiors. Images from inside businesses are now available on Google Place pages in the US, Australia and Japan. Google has been shooting the interiors of businesses that have opted to be included in the program and is now publishing the high-resolut... |
26 October 2010
14:06 GMT |
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According to a report from the Canadian Privacy Commissioner, Google doesn't intend to resume the collection of WiFi data through Street View cars and will instead rely on Android handsets to gather the information.The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released the preliminary findings of its investig... |
20 October 2010
12:15 GMT |
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Mobile phone users fond of Google Maps and on the various features the solution offers to them on their handsets should be happy to learn that some new enhancements are available for them. Street View in Google Maps for mobile now offers imagery from 7 continents, with the addition of new locations into the mix. Str... |
1 October 2010
05:06 GMT |
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Internet giant Google has just announced the availability of a new flavor of Google Maps for Android, namely version 4.5, which comes with a brand new feature when compared to the previous variants, Walking Navigation, currently in Beta. Google Maps already came to Android with Navigation, as well as with walking di... |
10 September 2010
02:14 GMT |
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Google is definitely a big supporter of HTML5 and has showcased the technology with every occasion it got. But tech demos can only get you so far, an experimental new music "video" leverage HTML5 but also appeals one's emotions by creating a tailored, individual experience.The project is called The Wilderness Do... |
31 August 2010
05:08 GMT |
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In a somewhat surprising move, South Korean police raided Google offices in the country and confiscated hard drives and documents. The raids were related to the Street View Wi-Fi personal data collection, which was revealed by Google a few months ago. "[We] have been investigating Google Korea on suspicion of unautho... |
10 August 2010
08:20 GMT |
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Microsoft has been very bullish with its web ventures and has been investing a lot of money to compete with Google on its home turf, search, maps and so on. It has made some progress with Bing, not enough to make a significant dent, but it a step in the right direction. Now it’s working on one-upping another Go... |
30 July 2010
11:20 GMT |
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Most parties involved have stayed quiet lately regarding Google collecting personal Wi-Fi data. But now the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a statement saying that it is satisfied that the Google data does not contain any personally identifiable information, at least in the UK, based on its insp... |
29 July 2010
05:27 GMT |
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Google has unveiled that it has, inadvertently, been collecting personal Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars in the 30 countries where the service is available. While Google says what it did, though ‘wrong,’ was not illegal, a growing number of countries are launching investigations and getting the autho... |
23 June 2010
11:28 GMT |
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Australia becomes the latest country to investigate Google over the collection of personal data from unprotected Wi-Fi networks with its Street View cars. Various investigations are getting underway in several countries, but Australia is getting the police involved. After receiving complaints from several members of ... |
7 June 2010
05:08 GMT |
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As expected, the ramifications of Google’s admission of collecting personal data with its Street View cars are beginning to unfold. The company has already started destroying the data at the request and with the cooperation of regulators, but is facing increased scrutiny and, it has to be said, rhetoric, especi... |
18 May 2010
12:41 GMT |
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German privacy regulators love to get everyone worked up about various, horrible privacy violations companies engage in. But it is their job after all, so maybe there’s nothing to read into it. Their favorite target of late has been Google and especially its Street View product, which isn’t even available... |
23 April 2010
05:48 GMT |
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Google has been taking a lot of heat lately over its privacy practices, to be expected for a company its size. And it’s not about to get any easier for the giant tech company, privacy representatives from ten countries have now sent a joint letter to Google asking it to step up its privacy practices. The cases ... |
20 April 2010
11:56 GMT |
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Germans really don't like Google Street View or, at least, the ones that don't like it are more than eager to express their feelings. Government officials don't have a particular fondness for the service, or Google in general, for that matter, but it looks like individuals are taking the fight to the s... |
30 March 2010
09:34 GMT |
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Google has been expanding Street View around the world, though it hasn't been received with open arms in plenty of cases, and its Street View cars have been scouring cities on several continents. But the cars can only go so far and where the road stops so do they. Not the Street View trike, though, the crazy con... |
2 March 2010
09:34 GMT |
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Street View has been met with more than its fair share of opposition from government officials and regular people alike in many of the countries where Google has launched the service. The team keeps on going though, confident that the value the service provides overweighs the negative aspects. A prime example is the... |
22 January 2010
07:21 GMT |
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Google sure likes giving stuff away, most of its services are free for regular users, but it's not exactly out of the goodness of its hear, the ads it serves on most of them more than make up for the losses. And Google isn't done yet, it’s always looking for ways to get more ads to people while still being... |
8 January 2010
04:08 GMT |
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Just as Google got fined for its Books project in France, the company is making concessions on its other controversial product Street View, this time in Switzerland. Authorities in the country claim that Google has agreed to stop publishing any new images taken in Switzerland for Street View until a court can decide... |
18 December 2009
10:44 GMT |
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Google is plowing ahead with Street View despite all the opposition from several concerned parties and it's a good thing too, the feature is quickly becoming a huge repository as more and more cities and countries are added to the list. The program just got a huge boost with a bunch of new locations added in on... |
3 December 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Google is facing issues with its Street View service yet again. It seems that every time the service opens up in another country the same discussion pops up with officials worried about privacy. It happened in Germany, it happened in Greece, in Japan and the UK, and so on. Now, Switzerland is saying its piece, with t... |
13 November 2009
11:26 GMT |
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Google Street View has been expanding to more and more countries and locations, but it has just now finally finished with the US having included the final state, Hawaii. Fittingly, the 50th US state became the 50th to be featured in the service. And to mark the occasion, Google has also launched an online gallery wit... |
10 November 2009
07:06 GMT |
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Google Street View is yet to launch in many countries and in the ones that it is available it has seen its fair share of criticism. In the US though people have a slightly different view on what privacy means than in Europe or Japan so the service has been a lot more welcomed. So much so that Google is running out of... |
17 October 2009
05:17 GMT |
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With all of the controversy and issues surrounding Google's Street View program you'd think that everyone was terrified or at least worried about the privacy problems that have popped up. But some aren't only OK with the service, they actually want Google to take photos of their private properties whic... |
28 September 2009
06:15 GMT |
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With Google expanding to fill every online need, it is bound to encounter some problems, especially with services that are potentially more sensitive such as Street View. The product has been met with resistance in some countries and Google has had to make changes to adapt to the particular needs. In Japan, it has ha... |
7 September 2009
03:07 GMT |
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Google has recently improved its Google Maps service with a more advanced and powerful “Street View” extension for local business listings. People searching for a service or business with Google Maps now have the option “Street View” that enables them to look up a company in real 3D imagery.Af... |
28 August 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Google is no stranger to controversy lately, with the pending DOJ investigation of the Google Books deal but also with the endless string of officials and regular people taking issue with Street View, the company's effort to provide photographs offering a 3D perspective of major cities in a number of countries a... |
25 August 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Google wanted users to get different perspectives on the photos it delivers with Street View so it started adding images from other sources besides the ones it gathers for the service. It introduced user photos along with the Google ones in Street View earlier this year, although those only came from Panoramio, Googl... |
15 August 2009
03:37 GMT |
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Street View is a great product but many times its usefulness has been overshadowed by the controversy surrounding it. It has been met with reluctance, sometimes even heavy criticism, in many of the countries it has been deployed but a new site Google has set up aims to educate the public and present some of the benef... |
5 August 2009
08:47 GMT |
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Google launched Street View in the UK in March this year and, like in many places around the world, it has seen its fair share of controversy and opposition there too. So in order to get the public on its side Google Street View UK has added a few popular sites, some real, some less so. While everyone has heard of St... |
17 July 2009
10:15 GMT |
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Google has been facing some problems in Germany ahead of launching its Street View service in the country. Last month, German data protection officials urged Google to change some of its practices to better comply with the country's privacy laws, and now Johannes Caspar, head of the Hamburg data protection agenc... |
18 June 2009
08:50 GMT |
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Last month Google's Street View once again came under scrutiny, this time in Germany. While at the time it looked like the two parties, the search giant and the German data protection officials, were on their way to an agreement, it seems like their dispute hasn't been resolved yet, because they haven'... |
6 June 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Google Street View is a great tool but some found the way you navigate from one picture to the next rather confusing or at least annoying. As a result, the search giant decided to address this issue and, as such, it launched the “pancake” feature, which allows users to just double click on the place or ob... |
5 June 2009
03:23 GMT |
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Google suffered yet another blow to its Street View program, when numerous complaints coming from all over Japan have forced authorities to ask the company to re-shoot all of its pictures in the country. Most of the people who had something to say about the pictures argued that they were too revealing, and that the c... |
14 May 2009
10:38 GMT |
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A lot of people in the United Kingdom have filed a petition with the Information Commissioner (ICO) against Google's successful new service, Street View. They say that it infringes on their privacy, and that some images reveal information that is too sensitive to be in the public domain. Despite the fact that th... |
24 March 2009
11:06 GMT |
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Surprisingly, Apple did not only have a new version of iTunes on offer last night, but a new version of the iPhone OS as well. The much-anticipated 2.2 firmware is now available through iTunes, for both iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide. First off, iPhone and iPod touch users should note that iTunes 8 is require... |
21 November 2008
03:13 GMT |
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Google's Street View is being accused, once again, of having infringed privacy rights. Betty Webba, a resident of Sonoma, Humboldt County, US, told PressDemocrat that one of the cars carrying a camera meant to shoot the imagery necessary for the development of the Street View network trespassed on her property. ... |
25 August 2008
08:23 GMT |
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Paris was the first European location chosen by Google to be part of the Street View project and Tour de France was a great opportunity for a July launch of the new online service coming from the search giant. However, now Street View is going to Australia and Japan, despite the fact that nothing happening there at t... |
5 August 2008
05:30 GMT |
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Although Google has always said that people's privacy is one of the main reasons for concern for the company, Google Street View somehow comes to contradict that statement. Aaron and Christine Boring, a couple from Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against the search giant because their house appeared, without their... |
1 August 2008
11:50 GMT |
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