There hasn’t been something this fascinating and disturbing since AOL"s Data Valdez. Google’s Street Views feature on its Maps service raises a lot of questions about privacy, public domain, and humanity itself.
Street Level Google Flashes The World – Literally
Ironically, you’ll need the latest version of Flash to see this. Google’s latest addition to its Maps service – Street-Level pictures – could cause some folks to get their, um, panties in a twist.
That is, unless they don’t mind showing their thongs to all of creation. San Francisco is pretty well known for its liberal tendencies, so maybe she’s cool with it.
Or maybe it’s an art exhibit. The query was, after all, for a museum.
Google Street View May Hit Dead End In Europe
Google’s Street View has met with mixed reactions; some people like it, while others worry about matters of privacy. Still, while Street View is completely legal in the U.S., a recent discussion indicates that the service might not go unchallenged in Europe.
Google Needs K Street View Of DC
The growing scrutiny of the company’s stated aim to organize all the world’s information, and its more prosaic acquisition of DoubleClick, means Google has to pay more attention to Washington’s K Street lobbying practices.
Google Street View Privacy Concerns Commence
Google saw someone’s cat – and so it begins. Earlier this week, the search engine giant released Street View, a Google Maps feature that allows users to see things from the perspective of a person driving down a public road. Now privacy concerns are beginning to mount.
Google Maps Gives Users Street View
Never mind trying to spot your house with Google Earth – residents in a few American cities can now try to spot themselves with Google Maps. A new feature called Street View represents those areas exactly as a pedestrian would see them.
Google Maps Street View
Well it looks like the previous rumours of Google Maps Street View are coming true, Google today announced at the Where 2.0 conference, that they have added a new feature called “Street View” in certain locations on Google Maps. As well as this, starting today, Google is also adding developer-created gadgets called “Mapplets” to Google Maps.
Intel Cuts And Wall Street Nods
President and CEO Paul Otellini brought the number of jobs eliminated from the chipmaker to 10,500, but that number did not impress investors.
Dell/AMD Deal Lights Up Wall Street
Dell Computers put a little kibosh on Intel yesterday, announcing in its first quarter earnings release that it will introduce servers powered by Advanced Micro Devices. Reuters reports that in a dim market, Dell and AMD shares soared on the news, while Intel dropped.
All Quiet On The Wall Street Front
Yahoo makes its earnings announcement today after market close, with IBM also reporting today and Oracle, Google, and eBay scheduled to report this week.