Tagged: Google Maps & News
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Photo-bombed – Fiat pranks Volkswagen on Google Street View News
16.05.2012 Feisty Italian car manufacturer Fiat has scored bragging rights against German car manufacturer Volkswagen by placing a Fiat 500 outside the front door of Volkswagen’s Swedish...Tags: Google Street View, Google Maps -
Apple to drop Google Maps from next iPhone, to reveal new ‘3D mode’ News
11.05.2012 Apple’s growing enmity with Google will extend to the sixth generation of the iPhone due out in September and the first casualty will be Google Maps. Apple reportedly plans to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps -
Google engineer behind Street View Wi-Fi probe outed News
01.05.2012 Engineer Doe, the mysterious Google engineer who wrote the code that allowed Google’s Street View cars to gather private Wi-Fi data that raised privacy hackles in countries... -
Google launches ‘indoor’ Street View for businesses in Europe News
01.05.2012 Google’s Business Photos Program has gone live in Europe, offering businesses the ability to allow Google Maps Street View users to see inside their premises with 360-degree...Categories: Search, Online Business, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Design, Apps, Search Engines, Software & Web Development -
Google Maps unveils 3D photo tours of popular tourist attractions News
25.04.2012 Google Maps has rolled out an interesting new feature called Photo Tours that guides users through a 3D photo scene compiled from user-contributed Picasa and Panoromio photos.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
Google shows how Project Glass would work for glasses wearers News
13.04.2012 A Google industrial designer has allayed prescription glasses wearers' fears that its augmented reality eyewear Project Glass would not work for them. She showed a concept... -
Larry Page: Google has positioned itself strategically for the post-PC world News
06.04.2012 In a long letter to round off his first year as CEO of Google, Larry Page has made it clear why the company has refined its privacy policy, and the numbers speak for themselves...Tags: Google+, Google, Larry Page, Search Advertising, Search, YouTube, Chrome, PC, Tablet Computers, Smartphones, Android, Google Maps, Gmail -
Android app for election canvassing wins student contest News
04.04.2012 Brendan Finucane, a final-year student in business information systems at University College Cork (UCC), has taken first prize in a Dragons’ Den-style competition for his app,... -
Google Street View boards train through Swiss Alps News
28.03.2012 Armchair travellers can now journey by train through the Swiss Alps thanks to Google Street View. -
Explainer: What is Pinwheel? News
20.03.2012 We take a look at Flickr founder Caterina Fake’s new start-up Pinwheel, a social networking site which lets users leave notes ‘all around the world.’ -
Jolt spin-off creates massive game universe based on real-world locations News
15.03.2012 Ballardia Games, a new games company formed by former Jolt executives, has developed a new game called World of the Living Dead that makes innovative use of Google Maps and US... -
Google and Historypin launch interactive Diamond Jubilee gallery News
13.03.2012 Internet search giant Google has joined forces with Historypin to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with an interactive online gallery spanning her 60 years on the... -
Foursquare moving from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap News
01.03.2012 Location check-in service Foursquare has moved from using the Google Maps API to the crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap, with start-up MapBox providing the visuals for the data. -
Google Latitude leaderboards to rival Foursquare? News
20.02.2012 Google’s latest update for Google Maps on Android now offers points when users check into locations with Latitude, allowing them to compete with others on a leaderboard, similar... -
Google and you: search giant moves to consolidate privacy News
25.01.2012 Every time an internet giant makes privacy changes there tends to be an alarmist reaction. Make this Google or Facebook and add a dab of privacy controversy, well, you may as...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Engineering, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Google Easter eggs you may have missed - They're not all 'Let it Snow' News
23.12.2011 In recent months, Google has thrown up some very popular Easter eggs through its search engine with “Let it Snow” and “Do a Barrel Roll” proving to be instant hits with internet... -
Lord of the Rings Easter egg discovered in Google Maps News
21.12.2011 A mysterious new Easter egg has been discovered in Google Maps if you type in a search for directions from The Shire to Mordor. -
Has the whole ‘Effin’ thing been blown out of proportion? News
13.12.2011 Facebook has found itself embroiled in a battle over the apparent non-existence of a village called Effin in Limerick on its maps. And the saga has mutated into an issue not of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Mobility, Social Media -
Google shows tsunami-struck Japan through Street View News
13.12.2011 Google has delivered on a promise to capture in 360-degree panoramic views the areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Street View teams roamed across 44,000... -
Irish village first to create its own mobile app News
29.11.2011 The fishing village of Dunmore East, poised along Ireland’s Copper Coast, is the first village in Ireland to create its own mobile phone app. Local businesses pooled resources...Tags: Retail, Ireland, GPS, Digital Economy, digital, Tourism, Recession, App, Google Maps, Android, iPhone, Apple, Entrepreneurship, Smartphone