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Google’s Marissa Mayer Talks Location Strategy

The longtime VP tells us how a simple call for a pizza delivery influences the company's thinking on local products and searching. READ MORE

Google's Trike Fleet Takes Its Street View Peepers Off-Road

The new cache of photos aren't of streets, but of gardens, hiking trails, and parks. And they were taken by camera mounts on tricycles. Impressive, but do they serve ice cream?READ MORE

A Google Map of Google Maps' Legal Troubles

The Italian government has joined a long line of national investigations into whether Street View vans broke the law by downloading personal information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks. Can't keep up? Here's a handy interactive guide, courtesy of Google Maps.READ MORE

Italy to Google: If You Must Be Creepy, Just Be Obvious About It

An Italian privacy regulator demands that Google's Street View cars be clearly labeled, and that their itineraries be published well in advance.READ MORE

A Quarter Million Germans Opt Out of Google Street View

Germans, skittish about their privacy, aren't all taking kindly to Google's nosy cameras. Could other countries follow suit?READ MORE

Google's 600 Gigabyte Privacy Fiasco, by the Numbers

Google inadvertently collected about 600 gigabytes of personal data. Here's what that amount means to you.READ MORE

Google Gets a Privacy Deadline

In the wake of finding out that Google's Street View cars had "accidentally" captured 600 gigabytes of personal data, the German government demands the Internet giant come up with new privacy regulations by December 7.READ MORE

Connecticut Attorney General Leads 30-State Investigation Into Google "Data Grab"

Connecticut's Attorney General led a conference call with more than 30 states to discuss Google's recent Wi-Fi "data grab" blunder. This could get ugly.READ MORE

Google Hands Over "Rogue Data" to Euro Authorities, Apologizes Again

Google said yesterday that it will comply with European rulings and hand over the data it snagged from private, unsecured wireless networks. READ MORE

Google Stops Wi-Fi Mapping Project After "Mistakenly" Scoring Personal Data

Google just issued an apology and announcement that it will no longer be collecting Wi-Fi network information for Street View. Judging by the level of groveling, this was a pretty big screwup.READ MORE

How Many Car Crashes Can You Count on Google Street View?

This guy found 14, by our count (and two fires). While much has been debated about the desensitizing effect of YouTube videos (and privacy-invading nature of Google Street View--especially in the Europen Union, where Google was just ...READ MORE

The Tech of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

The Vancouver Olympics is especially exciting because it combines all of our favorite things: Twitter, Facebook, Google Street View, recycled computer guts, iPhone apps, and mind-controlled light shows. Oh, right, and sports, I ...READ MORE

Google Forced to Duke It Out with Swiss Authorities

Poor the Google. Just when it thought it was safe to wheel out those trikes from the GoogleBunker, having won a privacy invasion case against Mr. and Mrs. Boring of Pittsburgh (I kid you not) then someone else starts having a go at ...READ MORE

Google Street View Now Lets You Navigate Like a Superhero

Google's Street View app has always been, if you think about it, a bit mind-blowing (that's why we put Stephen Chau on our list of the 100 Most Creative People). But amazing--and free!--as it is, the app has never been very easy to ...READ MORE

Microsoft to Tackle Google Street View With Crowd-Sourced App [UPDATED]

Google's Street View app, alongside Google Earth, has ever-so-slightly changed the world--buying a house may never be the same again, for one thing, nor will smartphone-based navigation. And that's probably why another tech giant ...READ MORE