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Old Billboards in Google Street View to Get Virtual Updates

BY Kit Eaton
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Google's announced a plan to update the billboards captured in its Street View service with new ones so the info is up to date no matter how old the image is. Of course, this is Google here, so they'll be charging for the ...READ MORE›

The Tech of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

BY Dan Nosowitz
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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›

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

BY Tyler Gray
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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›

Google Street View Knows a Lot About You, but Your ID Is Safe

BY Kit Eaton
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To address the concerns of the German public and data protection authorities, Google's just explained in detail what data its Street View fleet gathers as it transits the highways of the World. It's a lot, and more personal than you ...READ MORE›

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

BY Dan Nosowitz
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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›

The Arcade Fire Duets With Google For Cannes Grand Prix Winner "The Wilderness Downtown"

BY Tyler Gray
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Hot new code, three-way Chrome browser action, and tunes by indie rock darlings--it's everything a geek could want (short of a girlfriend). UPDATE: Arcade fire's feats win the Grand Prix at Cannes Lions!READ MORE›

Google Restarts Street View Info-Grab, Without Illegal Wi-Fi Snooping

BY Kit Eaton
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Google announced a restart of Street View data capture operations, but in the wake of the fiasco about illegal wireless network snooping, there's no Wi-Fi kit aboard Google's cars. That fiasco is rolling on independently, however. ...READ MORE›

Google to Put Ads into Map Street View?

BY David Capece
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Always on the cutting edge, Google is once again venturing into a new area of tech – virtual real estate, to be exact. Google has obtained a patent to secure advertising space within its Maps Street View feature, opening up a whole new world of internet advertising.READ MORE›

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

BY Kit Eaton
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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›

Google Gets a Privacy Deadline

BY Austin Carr
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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›

Five Trailblazing Augmented Reality Navigation Apps

BY Kit Eaton
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With these cutting-edge tools in the palm of your hand, Lost will be just a TV show and not a state of being when you're out and about. READ MORE›

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

BY Dan Nosowitz
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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›

Canada, Spain Find Google Violated Privacy Laws, Collected Loads of Personal Data, Medical Records

BY Austin Carr
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Google gets another ticket from a government accusing its fleet of Street View vehicles of speeding past privacy laws.READ MORE›

Google Trike View: Innovation or Three-Wheeled Privacy Invasion?

BY Tyler Gray
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Haters of Google Street View could always go off-road and take relative solace in the belief that they’d disappeared between the Google Map grid lines. Until Now. READ MORE›

Who's Looking at Your Google View?

BY Fast Company Staff
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Google is bringing stalking to a whole new level. With the recent launch of Google's map feature, Street View, people are getting all shaken up about the real-time views that the Internet will allow of several cities, including New ...READ MORE›

E.U. Legislator's Data Privacy Concerns Could Kill E.U. Street View

BY Kit Eaton
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You may have digital chills when pondering how much data Google collects about you, but the legislators in the E.U. are having serious spine-quakes, and are trying to regulate. An unexpected side-effect may be the death of E.U. ...READ MORE›

Google Instant Redefines Your ABCs

BY Austin Carr
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A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ MORE›

Google Street View Now Lets You Navigate Like a Superhero

BY Kit Eaton
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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›

Feedback

BY Fast Company Staff
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Changes Thirty-six months, predicts Terminator director McG: By then, any content you want will be available on your choice of screens, from the one in your pocket to the 100-foot-long version at your local multiplex. That was one ...READ MORE›