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Did you think Google’s Street View cars only took pictures of your neighborhood? We did too, but as it turns out, they took a lot more than just photographs.
- Google Planning Smartphone-free Fully-featured Android For Cars
A series of cars set to launch next year will be the first to come with Android Auto. It’s Google’s answer to Apple Car Play, but even before it’s hit the street, there are rumors that the company already has plans to bypass smartphone...
- Top Gear Track Available On Google Maps With Stig In Sls Amg, Try It Out Here
The Stig is the fourth-best known character of the Top Gear cast, and now he has taken part in Google’s mapping of their Dunsfold airfield track, at the wheel of a Mercedes-Bezn SLS AMG Black. Unlike other tracks that have been added to Google’s...
- Good News Everyone! We’re Back After Blogger’s 24-hour Outage
As Professor Farnsworth would say, Good news, everyone! We’re back! For those of you that missed our rants and were wondering what in tarnation happened to us for the past 24 hours, put the blame on Google’s engineers and a supposedly regular...
- Google Maps Directions Gets Street View Imagery Aid
Google has enhanced its Maps driving directions service with the integration of the Street View feature. In the 44 regions across the U.S. where Google Maps Street View imagery is available, users will be able to see camera icons next to each step of...
- New York Subway To Be Wired For Cellphone Use
Despite security worries concerning the use of mobile phone signals in subways, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that all 277 underground stations in the New York subway system would be wired for cellphone use by 2013. However, for...
Cars
Google Admits its Street View Cars Violated People’s Privacy, Pays $7 Million fine
Did you think Google’s Street View cars only took pictures of your neighborhood? We did too, but as it turns out, they took a lot more than just photographs.
A three-year-long privacy investigation involving Google’s Street View cars revealed some disturbing information. Between 2008 and 2010, Google’s cars collected passwords, e-mails, medical and financial records and other private information from home wireless networks. Basically, Google’s cars sucked in all information available on unencrypted wireless networks…
Read more »- Google Planning Smartphone-free Fully-featured Android For Cars
A series of cars set to launch next year will be the first to come with Android Auto. It’s Google’s answer to Apple Car Play, but even before it’s hit the street, there are rumors that the company already has plans to bypass smartphone...
- Top Gear Track Available On Google Maps With Stig In Sls Amg, Try It Out Here
The Stig is the fourth-best known character of the Top Gear cast, and now he has taken part in Google’s mapping of their Dunsfold airfield track, at the wheel of a Mercedes-Bezn SLS AMG Black. Unlike other tracks that have been added to Google’s...
- Good News Everyone! We’re Back After Blogger’s 24-hour Outage
As Professor Farnsworth would say, Good news, everyone! We’re back! For those of you that missed our rants and were wondering what in tarnation happened to us for the past 24 hours, put the blame on Google’s engineers and a supposedly regular...
- Google Maps Directions Gets Street View Imagery Aid
Google has enhanced its Maps driving directions service with the integration of the Street View feature. In the 44 regions across the U.S. where Google Maps Street View imagery is available, users will be able to see camera icons next to each step of...
- New York Subway To Be Wired For Cellphone Use
Despite security worries concerning the use of mobile phone signals in subways, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that all 277 underground stations in the New York subway system would be wired for cellphone use by 2013. However, for...