The same maps that can help you find your way to the mall can help the police predict where meth labs will pop up next. Here's a look inside the strange, fascinating world of geospatial predictive analysis.READ»
The FBI just announced plans to ramp up their social media monitoring, data mining, and analysis. The surprising thing is that they haven't done so already.READ»
In addition to knowing your exact route and even how many calories you've burned, you can now find out the environmental impact of every public transit trip you take--and how much better it is than if you had taken a car.READ»
No more blaming being late on the subway. An online mapping tool lets you see exactly how far you can get on public transportation in a given amount of time.READ»
Cal-Adapt, the company's new handy climate-change-impact visualizer, makes it easy to understand the specific effects of climate change on where you live (though you may have to move--your neighborhood might be underwater soon).READ»
Launching a maps product in China requires jumping formidable bureaucratic hurdles and navigating thorny ethical issues. Google's still determined to make it work, but at what cost?READ»
Google exec Marissa Mayer talked at a conference Wednesday about how the company has changed--and hasn't--under recently installed CEO Larry Page. READ»
A Swedish aerospace technology company beats swords into ploughshares, turning missile tech into what some have called "Google Maps on steroids." Nokia just released a product licensing the tech.READ»
Google is going to erase your fears of range anxiety. It's adding its voice to the numerous maps and apps that let you find the closest place to plug in.READ»
Today, Microsoft took the virtual world one step closer to home with Photosynth, a free app for the the iPhone, iPad 2, and iPod Touch that enables consumers to create 3D panoramas of the world around them, and upload them to Bing Maps.READ»
Google's jumping into the day of luuurve with its Valentine app, which leverages Google Maps to remind a loved one of a place you both hold dear. Other potential (though not recommended) uses: cyberstalking!READ»
Should federal authorities be tasked with regulating search results on Google and Bing, or might that amount to a "government takeover" of the Internet?READ»
With Marissa Mayer at the helm of geo and local services for just over a month now, Google launches Hotpot, a local recommendations engine where you rate your favorite places and see the places your friends like, too.
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Video footage of two Japanese coast guard ships clashing with a Chinese fishing vessel leaked on YouTube recently, inflaming tensions between the two powers. Here's how Google responds.READ»
Stephen Chau went from working on Google's IPO to working at Google, where he tackled Street View, one of the search giant's fastest growing and best-known products.READ»
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