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Article | 20/11/2012 Hands on with Nokia's Here Maps for iOS
Nokia's new Here Maps for iPhone and iPad launched in the App Store Monday, the latest offering in the flood of navigation apps trying to take advanta...
Article | 30/11/2011 Google Maps app for Android adds indoor floorplans
Disoriented at Minneapolis' Mall of America? Confused at Tokyo's Narita airport? Can't find the bathrooms at your local Ikea store? The Google Maps ap...
Article | 14/10/2011 Researcher uses Google Earth to track India's nuclear program
The Institute for Science and International Security in Washington has used imagery from Google Earth to <a href="http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/...
Article | 13/09/2011 Google lets Wi-Fi hotspot owners opt out of location service
Bowing to pressure from European privacy regulators, Google will soon allow owners of Wi-Fi access points to opt out of a Google service that allows s...
Article | 26/08/2011 Google Maps adds voice search to Chrome Desktop
If you talk to your desktop PC, it's probably for all the wrong reasons -- usually to hurl expletives at the machine for not working properly. Well, u...
Article | 16/08/2011 After a frenetic London riot, a laptop is recovered
When Greg Martin [cq] returned home last Wednesday morning after a night of intense rioting in London, his West End apartment had been ransacked.
Article | 9/08/2011 Londoners take to social media outlets during the riots
The photograph shows a hooded young man looking toward the sky just after he apparently threw something. Close by, a Citroen compact car is completely...
Article | 14/06/2011 Google applies for map license in China as deadline looms
Google has applied for the necessary license to continue operating its online maps in China as the deadline for obtaining government approval approach...
Article | 1/06/2011 Microsoft sharpens Bing's street-level map images
Microsoft has improved street-level images in Bing's Maps search engine, rendering the view with more continuity when users move up or down a road.
Article | 21/05/2011 Google's mobile Maps site adds features
Google has upgraded the mobile site for Maps, which is one of the company's most popular online services, adding features found on the version for des...
Article | 17/05/2011 Twitter users track power outages in India
Electric power cuts in India are frequent and all over the country. But information on the extent of the problem has been largely anecdotal.
Article | 21/04/2011 Google to offer cloud service for digital maps
Google will open up to third parties its digital maps infrastructure so that enterprise organizations can use it to store and serve up geospatial data...
Article | 20/04/2011 Google allows users to edit U.S. online map
Google's <a href="http://mapmaker.google.com">Map Maker</a>, an online application that lets people annotate and add cartographic drawings to Google M...
Article | 5/04/2011 Swiss court says Google's Street View breaks privacy rules
A Swiss court has ruled that Google is breaching citizens’ right to privacy with its Street View service and should take greater steps to obscure peop...
Article | 1/04/2011 Google is in talks with China to keep Maps online
Google says it is in talks with the Chinese government about its online map product, which could be penalized in China due to new state laws.