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Google faces court action over Street View
Bern :: Switzerland | 5 days ago
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The federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thür, said on Friday he was bringing a case against Google at the Federal Administrative Court to force the company to make changes to its application. He explained that Google had rejected many of the...
Tags: street view, Switzerland, Google, Hanspeter Thür, view service, data protection, Bern, Data privacy, Information privacy, Privacy, Thￃﾼr, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View
Google Earth co-creator speaks on campus
Barcelona :: Spain | 7 days ago
Credibility Photo by Adam Buhler Vice president of engineering for Google and KU alumnus Brian McClendon discusses the technology behind Google Earth and Google Maps. McClendon detailed the various software and hardware behind Google's geo products Monday afternoon...
Tags: Google Earth, Brian McClendon, apollo room, nichols hall, Spain, Barcelona, Web 2.0, Google, World Wide Web, SketchUp, Cloud computing, Keyhole Markup Language, Google Maps, Technology Internet, Multi-touch, Smartphones, IPhone, ITunes, Hypertext, Mobile Payment, McClendon
Switzerland takes Google to court
Web search giant Google faces a court case in Switzerland because of privacy concerns over its Street View service. The application allows a 360-degree view of any street-level location. "Numerous faces and vehicle number plates are not made sufficiently...
Tags: street view, causes, Swaziland, Siteki, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View, Hanspeter Thuer, Switzerland
Swiss privacy czar sues Google
Bern :: Switzerland | 8 days ago
Credibility Internet giant Google hasn't done enough to safeguard the privacy of those who appear in its Street View mapping system, a Swiss official says. Switzerland's federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thur, said Friday he is suing Google to force...
Tags: Google, street view, Hanspeter Thur, Herr Thur, Switzerland, Bern, Google Street View, Thur, Swissinfo, Google Maps, Google Earth, Rhine basin, Technology Internet
Google Maps Navigation is solid, but about that voice
Brookline :: MA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility It was published just a day after Google announced Google Maps Navigation. Screen shots from the Google Maps Navigation application. Andy Ihnatko Some of the reader responses struck the same tone: �Nice piece! Too bad it�s all completely irrelevant,...
Tags: Google Maps Navigation, maps navigators, Google Nav, Google Street View, Google Latitude, Magic Voice, maps data, nav app, GPS, Brookline, Cloud clients, Google, Android, TomTom, IPhone, Smartphones, Google Maps, Technology Internet
Swiss Say Google's Street View Is Too Revealing
Geneva :: Switzerland | 10 days ago
Credibility Swiss officials said Friday that they had sued Google to try to require it to tighten privacy safeguards on its Street View online service. It is the latest of a series of European objections to the company's handling of personal information.
Tags: street view, Switzerland, privacy watchdog, google street, Geneva, Data privacy, Google, Privacy, Information privacy, Criticism of Google, Technology Internet, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View, Human rights, Keyhole Markup Language, World Wide Web
Where can you get a flu shot? Check here
Portland :: TX :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Online search engine giant Google has launched a new version of its map Web site to help people find the closest places to get shots for both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu, also known as the swine flu. You can access the new map by clicking here....
Tags: flu shots, Portland, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Flu season, Google Maps, Google, Technology Internet, Vaccines, Influenza, Influenza vaccine, Health Medical Pharma, Animal virology, flu pandemic, Influenza A virus, Swine influenza, Pandemics
Is Google Using Pilfered Maps? [Don't Be Evil]
Ormskirk :: United Kingdom | 19 days ago
Credibility The town of Argleton, England doesn't exist, but you can search its white pages, look for nearby chiropractors and map a jog through town, because "Argleton" is on Google Maps ...Google and its Dutch map provider told the UK Telegraph they have no idea...
Apple quietly buys mapping company
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility In an ongoing attempt to compete with Google, Apple bought small mapping company Placebase over the summer in a deal that went unnoticed until this week PlaceBase is a Los Angeles-based company who have produced their own mapping API called Pushpin,...
Tags: Google Maps, maps company, Apple, apple bought
Google Local Search for Mobile — now with less typing
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Both of the changes are basically tweaks, but they’re cool examples of connecting your normal web and mobile experiences, and of how to design an easy-to-use mobile experience. The first change integrates Local Search for Mobile with the desktop web interface...
Tags: Google Maps
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