Tagged: Street View & News
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Google Art Project lets users tour top museums online News
01.02.2011 Google has launched Art Project, letting users access more than 1,000 pieces of art in super high resolution from 17 of the world’s best museums. -
Google to delete UK-intercepted Wi-Fi data News
22.11.2010 Google will delete the personal Wi-Fi data it had accidentally gathered throughout the UK by its Street View Cars. -
Google launches Street View in Germany - in a blur News
02.11.2010 Google Street View is now alive and well in Germany, after much negotiation and blurring of images in the first visible municipality on Street View in Germany, Oberstaufen in... -
Weekend news roundup News
26.10.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers.Categories: Web, Security, Sales, Online Business, Mobility, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, AppsTags: Android, US, WikiLeaks, Privacy, Google, Street View, Betfair, Online Betting, Online Gaming, Paddy Power, Android Market -
Google takes Street View to Antarctica News
01.10.2010 Penguins in Antarctica, it seems, had Street View just as it arrived Ireland - not that we’re complaining. Google revealed last night that Street View imagery is now on all... -
Google tries to kill the JPEG, makes Liquid Galaxies global News
30.09.2010 Google is planning to bring out a new image format that could put an end to the trusty old JPEG. The new format known as WebP is capable of reducing the file size of an image by... -
Street View to go live at maps.google.ie Friday evening News
30.09.2010 Google has officially launched Street View on Google Maps. Street View is now live for Ireland using the www.maps.google.com but it will be tomorrow before Street View is live... -
Czech Republic bans Google Street View data gathering News
15.09.2010 Czech authorities have stopped Google from collecting new images to update its Street View services. -
Google to put Trike on streets to where no cars go News
07.09.2010 Google’s Street View is coming to Ireland to give panoramic street-level views. To make this happen, the search giant is putting a pedal-powered vehicle called the Trike on... -
Spain brings Google to court over Street View News
18.08.2010 Spain is the latest country to take Google to task over alleged privacy violations whereby the search engine giant said it had “mistakenly included code” while mapping Street...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security -
Police raid Google’s Korean offices over data gathering News
10.08.2010 Police have raided Google’s offices in South Korea to investigate whether Google’s Street View cars were collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks in the country,. -
Google cleared of Wi-Fi snooping in the UK News
29.07.2010 The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has cleared internet giant Google of wrongdoing after reviewing some of the data that Google gathered from unsecured Wi-Fi networks. -
Google Street View takes to Irish roads again News
09.07.2010 The Google car has returned! Following last year's arrival of Google's fleet of cars to Irish streets, particularly with a focus on mapping the five major cities of Dublin,... -
German govt asks Apple about iPhone 4 data gathering News
29.06.2010 First it was Google’s Street View teams’ gathering of private Wi-Fi data that attracted the ire of European governments, but now it seems Apple is next, with Germany’s... -
US States to up ante against Google over wireless data News
22.06.2010 Google’s gathering of Wi-Fi data while its Street View team roamed the streets of various countries is cutting no mustard in the US, where a number of States are understood to... -
Google told to destroy intercepted Wi-Fi data – Irish authorities News
04.06.2010 While countries like Germany, France and Spain have asked Google to hand over Wi-Fi data that was intercepted by Google’s Street View teams, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission... -
Eric Schmidt: Google to hand over intercepted data News
04.06.2010 Google CEO Eric Schmidt has confirmed that within the next two days Google will begin providing European regulators with the rogue data it intercepted from private Wi-Fi... -
Vodafone to sell Nexus One in Europe News
26.04.2010 Vodafone has become Europe’s first mobile operator to be given a chance to sell Google’s own-branded smartphone the Nexus One, it emerged today.Tags: Google, Smartphone, YouTube, Europe, Google Maps, Applications, Android Market, Street View, Nexus One -
Google changes direction of sat-nav industry with Android GPS tool News
29.10.2009 Shares in sat-nav companies bombed today after internet giant Google upset their compass settings with a free sat-nav tool for Android 2.0 mobile phones.Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Google car gears up for Irish streets News
19.03.2009 If you happen to spot a black car with the Google logo cruising past you this week, give a wave. This is the famous Google car, used to capture panoramic images for Google Maps'...Tags: Google Maps, Street View,