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Google Street View Goes To The Top Of The Mountain
Google’s Street View has gone to many strange places, even off-road. But in preparation for the Winter Olympics it equipped a snowmobile with 360-degree cameras and took it to the top of Whistler, the Canadian ski resort where…
February 9 2010, 6:31pm | Comments
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Google’s Coolest 20% Project: Liquid Galaxy
At Google I/O this year, one demo booth stood out above all others: The Holodeck. It was basically eight giant, long screens arranged in a circle that displayed Google Street View imagery. When you stepped the contraption, it…
December 7 2009, 9:57am | Comments
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Google Must Reshoot Every Single Street View Image in Japan [Google]
Google's gotta reshoot every Street View image it's taken in Japan from a height 16 inches lower than Godzilla's ankle after people complained the photos peeked over their fences. The current photos—which cover 12 cities—were taken by cameras…
May 18 2009, 2:40pm | Comments
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Google Street View Employs High-Tech Tricycles for Hard-to-Reach Places [Google Street View]
Reader Jason Whitney spotted a Google-branded, camera-equipped tricycle in his local San Diego, CA bike shop. But it's packing a generator and about eight cameras—what kind of muscle-bound man-monster can pedal this thing? The trike features a number-pad…
May 15 2009, 4:35am | Comments
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UK's ICO rules Google Street View does not breach the Data Protection Act
As expected, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office has ruled in favour of Google's Street ViewThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has ruled that Google's Street View service does not breach the Data Protection Act (PDF), reports the Guardian. David…
April 23 2009, 3:42pm | Comments
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Google Street View Captures Google Employee Picking His Nose [Street View]
Just when you thought it was safe to pick your nose, Google Street View documents your dirty (but pleasurable) habit for the world to see. He's lucky that's all he was doing. [Google - Thanks JJ!]
April 17 2009, 12:30am | Comments
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Google Street View Car Captures Google Street View Car, Has Officially Seen Everything [Google]
But we wonder: Does South Illinois Avenue in Carbondale, IL really need such thorough documentation? [Google, thanks eerickson!]
April 16 2009, 5:00am | Comments
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Google and Privacy International at war over claims of dirty PR tricks and Microsoft bias
Google has dismissed accusations that it is orchestrating "an unsavoury and defamatory smear campaign" in the increasingly ferocious battle with the campaign group Privacy International, which claims the technology giant is trying to discredit its concerns over the…
March 26 2009, 12:31am | Comments
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God Caught on Google Street View Giving the World a Hug [The Almighty]
It looks like Street View caught God on camera. Apparently, El Goderino is on a road trip to LA and he stopped at Hartsburg, Illinois, to give the world a much-needed hug. [Google-Thanks Rob]
February 6 2009, 10:39am | Comments
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