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Google Street View Blindsided in Greece

May 22nd, 2009

  One after another, countries in Europe halt Google’s Street View, which gives users a 360-degree view of a road via Google Maps, or else demand less invasive filming and cataloguing of their city streets. The latest country to slam the brakes on Google’s Street View cars is Greece; Greece’s data protection agency has stopped [...]

 
 

Google Maps Kicks it up a Notch

January 8th, 2009

  The leading story this week in the world of Google Maps is the rescue of a little girl taken by her grandmother for what was supposed to be a weekend visit – until granny told family they would ‘never see her again’. This prompted the guardians to call in law enforcement. Police were called [...]

 
 

Google Keeps ‘Em Comin’

November 7th, 2008

Another rollout of Google updates and upgrades is here, particularly in their ad realms. The average AdWord user will now be able to see at a glance whether or not a keyword is trademarked or not, which could be important to know as internet law continues to be established. The tiny ‘TM’ displayed next to [...]

 
 

Google /Germany Feud Continues

October 1st, 2008

Germany has problems with the way Google does a lot of things. They actually publicly denounced the new Google browser Chrome, saying it was highly insecure and shouldn’t be used without severe modifications and disabling many functions – in fact, they ended up coming out with their own version from the Chromium open source and [...]