Tagged: Google Street View & 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 -
FCC fines Google US$25,000 over Street View News
16.04.2012 Internet search giant Google is to pay US$25,000 for collecting personal information without permission and an impeding an investigation. -
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. -
Scientists to lead ecosystem study of Great Barrier Reef News
23.02.2012 Scientists are preparing to share the visual majesty of oceanic life with the world, albeit virtually, and Google is also getting involved. The scientists will be studying the... -
Google Street View heads indoors News
28.10.2011 Google Street View is taking its cameras indoors to shops and other businesses found on Google Maps. -
Google celebrates 13th birthday News
27.09.2011 Google has officially entered its teenage years, celebrating its 13th birthday today. -
Google Ireland staff makes it onto Street View News
11.08.2011 The Google Street View car captured the Google Ireland staff outside its European base in Dublin this May while updating images for the street-level mapping service. -
France fines Google €100,000 over Street View privacy breach News
21.03.2011 France’s data protection regulator has fined Google €100,000 after the search company accidentally collected private information through its Street View vehicles. -
Google revamps Ireland's Street View for tourism News
01.03.2011 Tourists can now virtually explore some of Ireland’s top destinations, thanks to new additions on Google Street View. -
Daft releases Android app News
02.02.2011 Irish property website Daft has released an Android app, featuring Google Street View and Google Navigation integration. -
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. -
Woomark has the ‘woo’ factor for social networkers News
31.01.2011 Woomark is a new location-based social network on Android whereby people can share places or groups they like on Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz and Stumbleupon.Categories: Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
The year in new media News
29.12.2010 We take a look back at the biggest news in new media for 2010. -
Craziest tech news stories of 2010 News
01.01.2011 The year 2010 had its fair share of crazy technology news stories. We take a look back over the year to see which ones made us raise our eyebrows the highest. -
Google Earth 6 brings Street View integration News
30.11.2010 Google Earth has been upgraded, bringing an integrated Street View experience to the service and including 3D trees and easier-to-use historical imagery. -
Eggs-treme Google fans vandalise blurred German Street View houses News
24.11.2010 Reports have claimed that vandals have been egging houses in Germany whose owners requested that they be blurred out from Google Street View. -
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. -
Weekend news roundup News
08.11.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers.Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Security, Risk Management, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Economy, Consumer Tech -
Google in ‘significant breach’ of UK data laws News
03.11.2010 The UK Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has determined that Google’s collection of personal data through Street View was a “significant breach” of the Data Protection... -
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...