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Will Google “Street View” Everything?

July 14, 2012

While it might be a few years before they incorporate Mars, or the depths of the ocean, signs do indicate its growing importance in the company’s pantheon.

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Is That Google Earth, Or The New Sim City?

June 7, 2012

Google unveiled a graphically intense vision for Google Earth, including footage that shows comprehensively-rendered city skylines complete with buildings and foliage.

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Canceled FCC Probe Prompts Outcry

April 18, 2012

A mild fine levied against Google for obstructing an investigation into wireless data collection practices has been met by an outcry from privacy advocates and a prominent lawmaker. In a.

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Google Gets Wrist Slap For Wardriving Investigation

April 15, 2012

The Federal Communication Commission has fined Google in relation to a 2010 incident in which it came out that the search giant was collecting personal information about wireless networks from.

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Google Amazon River Basin View

March 23, 2012

Last summer, a team of Google employees traveled to the Amazon river basin with boats, tricycles and panoramic cameras to photograph the environment and local villages. This week, that wealth of material was incorporated into Google Street View, the 360 degree perspective available beyond the most zoomed-in level of the company’s map service, Google Maps.

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Google & Historypin Honor The Queen’s 60th Anniversary

March 13, 2012

[youtube id=”UurA34Kzpl8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Google announced yesterday that the web giant will partner with Historypin to debut an educational online gallery to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, which marks the.