Google has introduced a new feature for Street View on Google Maps. This allows users to submit their own photos for places Street View has on display.
Street View Lawsuit Dismissed
Privacy advocates who oppose Google Street View have suffered a rather significant defeat. Yesterday, a United States Magistrate Judge thoroughly dismissed a lawsuit brought against Google by Aaron and Christine Boring.
Google Street View Driver Hits Deer
Google has a lot of ground to cover when it comes to collecting imagery for Google Maps Street View. It is not surprising that some hiccups would occur along the way. If you don’t know, Google has drivers with cameras on top of their vehicles going around to capture the images it uses to compile the Street View feature some people find exceptionally cool, while others find it invasive and creepy.
Google Maps Street View Helps Find Kidnapped Child
You’ve probably read stories about the police using YouTube to catch criminals. One guy even accidentally ratted himself out for mentioning his own YouTube videos. Now, Google is sharing a story in which the cops used Google Maps Street View to help find a kidnapped child from Massachusetts all the way in Virginia.
Street View Draws More Privacy Trouble to Google
Google’s Street View feature on Google Maps is certainly no stranger to privacy concerns. It has attracted lawsuits, but it is still moving right along. Google even dismissed one lawsuit bringer as being "out of touch with the real world."
YouTube, Hulu, iTunes Welcome “Sesame Street”
YouTube, Hulu, and iTunes have a received a high honor: the "Sesame Street" stamp of approval. This much-loved PBS program is in the process of establishing and/or expanding its presence on each of these sites.
Google Street View Expected To Launch In Spain
You know the routine: small cars weighed down with large cameras are spotted in some city. Then, without any warning, a Google Street View update occurs weeks or months later. But it looks like photos of Spain should become public in the very near future, and a more comprehensive international release schedule may also have been made known.
Germans Seek To Block Google Street View
Aspects of Google are pretty popular in Germany; the latest comScore data indicates, for example, that it’s cornered 79.8 percent of the country’s search market. Google Street View is being looked at in a different light, however, and may hit a show-stopping barrier in the town of Molfsee.
Google Street View Gets Mobile
Google has frequently touted Street View’s ability to help folks scout out addresses or entire trips, and most people have accepted its usefulness in these matters. Only Street View would sometimes remain tethered to desktop computers while its users were wandering around, and so it’s nice to report that Street View has been introduced to Google Maps for mobile.
Googler Proposes Twice Via Google Street View
See, here’s how it works if you fall on the naturalist/biochemical side of love rather than the esoteric/spiritual side: The male species of human, as is common across non-asexually reproductive species, often makes grand gestures during the mating ritual in order to win the affection and devotion of the female.