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Court: Google Not Off the Hook for Its Street View Data Grab
Circuit Judge Jay Bybee wrote that this collection violated the Wiretap Act, and that privacy protections do not depend on whether or not the network is secure.
Google Maps Explores World’s Tallest Mountains
Is scaling Everest on your bucket list? Click away.
Google Street View Cameras Map Popular Grand Canyon Trails
The search giant now has brought its all-seeing eyes – mounted for the first time on a backpack – down into the Grand Canyon, showcasing the attraction’s most popular hiking trails on the South Rim and other walkways.
Street View and Beyond: Google’s Influence on Photography
Google-based imagery has moved well beyond Street View and has become a photographic genre and aesthetic all to itself.
Out-of-Work Stormtrooper Lands Job Guarding Google’s Servers
Has enough time passed that we’re now finally able to confront the reality affecting all the Stormtroopers who have been displaced since the final scenes of Return of the Jedi? It’s tough finding work when you’ve been in such a …
Explore NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with Google Street View
It’s time to get excited about NASA again! Yes, with Curiosity hopefully landing safe and sound on the surface of Mars early Monday morning, people are once again talking about space travel.
Before getting images back from …
Antarctica and More: How Google Grabs Panoramic Street View Imagery
Google has recently cobbled together interactive, panoramic images of historic locations in Antarctica using its Street View technology, pseudo-first-person views of locations around the world that are made available to users of …
You Can Now Explore the Amazon with Google Street View
Let us venture deep into the heart of the Amazon like Klaus Kinski. It won’t be easy; you’ll need to sit in your chair and, possibly, grab another Mountain Dew from the fridge. That’s because Google has finally brought the Amazon …
Google Street View to Map Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Google Street View’s reach already extends from the streets of Johannesburg to halls of the Palace of Versailles. Now the company is taking its cameras underwater to map Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
No, the idea isn’t to …
Street View: Tour the World with the Robot Flâneur
flâneur – noun; idler or lounger
Everyone loves mooching around the streets of a strange city via the wonderful Street View feature on Google Maps. But even so, there’s a lot of tedious clicking and mousing to be done if you really want to get the feel of a place. What we need is a more relaxing way to explore.
London-based writer, …
Alas, There Will Be No More Google Street View in Germany
Auf wiedersehen, Google Street View. There’s going to be no more new street view pictures in Germany, says the search engine company.
Google isn’t taking any of the old Street View pictures down, but they’re not adding or updating any either. Street View was just launched in Germany last summer, but was scrutinized for its …