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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
