Google Street View’s reach already extends from the streets of Johannesburg to halls of the Palace of Versailles. Now the …
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Burglars Now Using Twitter, Facebook Against You
Next time you leave your home for any appreciable length of time, whatever you do, don’t tell the Internet. A new study has revealed that an unsettling 78% of burglars use social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare to choose just where they’re going to break in next.
That’s not the only way that burglars have started using …
Google Fined $142,000 for Collecting Private Data
Google has been hit by a record fine by France’s National Commission for Information Freedom. Their misstep? Being found guilty of collecting private information while compiling Street View pictures. The Californian internet giant has been fined 100,000 euros (around $142,000) for accidentally intercepting private data being transmitted …
Europe to Get Tough on Facebook Privacy Issues?
European politicians are a circumspect bunch: they don’t tend to call out American tech companies directly. Still, the speech that European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding delivered yesterday left little doubt that the European Union is giving Facebook and Google Street View the stinkeye over …
Google’s Street View Website Gets Revamped
After unveiling its lovably dinky trike a few weeks ago, Google Street View has updated its homepage to give users a behind-the-scenes peek at how the Street View team operates.
This added transparency is not without reason, as Google Street View continues to be mired in controversies around the globe concerning privacy. The new site …
Google Street View Goes Off-Roading
Google Street View isn’t going to let the “street” part define it anymore. That’s right, Google Maps wants to include more than just a view of the roads–it’s going off-roading, on… a tricycle.
Despite a variety of complaints and lawsuits that claim Google Street View is an invasion of privacy, the company is forging ahead into new …
“Google Art Project” Launches: Why It’s Amazing
One of the longstanding promises of the Internet–of the last century’s worth of technology, really–is that the cultural heritage of the world will be accessible to everyone in their homes. Today, the global museum has taken another step forward with Google Art Project. An ingenious application of Google’s Street View and Picasa tools, …
Google in Germany: Houses Egged, Sidewalk Birth Hoaxed
Oh, Germany. You’ve given us plenty to think about today when it comes to Google’s controversial Street View service.
A supposed Street View-captured birth made the rounds earlier and even though Google’s team in Germany confirmed it to be fake, you have to hand it to whomever took the time to either stage the photo in magnificent
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Every Continent Has Been Google Street Viewed
Remember when Google Street View launched in 2007? Countless hours were spent exploring the streets of NYC, Miami, Denver, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Some folks got pissy over privacy issues and others were caught with their pants down or something like that. Didn’t one of the Street View cars capture a crime in progress or …
Google Street View Bike Does Denmark
The fine people of Denmark are getting a closer look at their cobblestone-paved streets. Google Street View Bike (well, technically tricycle) has come to the country to track bike paths and small spaces that a car can’t get to.
So far the tricycle has logged 300 kilometers in the Danish countryside including a trip to the Round Tower, …