Google Maps News
Finally! London Underground On Google Maps
29th July 2011
Public transport routes in cities like New York and Chicago have been available on Google Maps for a long time now. This service has finally been extended to London. More »
Google Hotpot Getting 1 Million Ratings Per Month
13th April 2011
Google had introduced a new feature called Google Hotpot last November, through which users could rate and review the places which they had been to, along with the ratings of their friends. Recently published numbers indicate that the service is surprisingly popular. More »
Swiss Court Clamps Down On Google Street View
7th April 2011
The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland has just passed a ruling against Google Street View. The order instructs Google to ensure that the privacy of all people captured by Google Street View in Switzerland is protected completely. More »
Google Latitude Allows Place Checkins
3rd February 2011
Google Latitude, which started out about 2 years ago, lets users inform their friends and family about there geographic location. They have now gone a step further with the introduction of Place Checkins. More »
Google Fans Attack German Homes
24th November 2010
The recent launch of Google Street View in Germany has led to a new kind of problem for both, Google and residents who oppose Street View. More »
Google Cooks Up Hotpot Of Local Search
17th November 2010
Google has launched a new recommendation and rating tool galled Hotpot for Google Places, which is sure to give stiff competition to other local listings sites such as Yelp and Qype. More »
Nicaraguan Invasion Blamed On Google Maps
11th November 2010
It is an acknowledged fact that some of the borders shown on Google Maps are not very accurate. One such inaccuracy between the borders of Nicaragua and Costa Rica has led to a rather serious problem. More »
Google Street View Found To Breach U.K. Law
10th November 2010
Google’s problems surrounding the breach of privacy laws by Street View cars in the U.K. have not yet gone away. Following a recent inquiry into the matter, a letter from the U.K. Information Commissioner has said that Google has committed a “significant breach” of Data Protection Laws in U.K. More »
Google Street View Issue Not Gone Away
14th July 2010
About 2 months ago, Google had admitted that their Street View cars had “mistakenly” collected information transmitted over unencrypted wi-fi networks. More »
Google Caught Snooping Wi-Fi Data
17th May 2010
User privacy advocates will have a bonfire to roast Google on when this piece of news becomes generally known…
Google has admitted to German and Irish authorities that they have been “mistakenly” collecting information transmitted over unencrypted wi-fi networks over the last three years. More »
Google Launches Place Pages For Mobile
29th April 2010
After the successful launch of Place Pages in conjunction with Google Maps, last fall, Google has now gone a step further and introduced Place Pages optimised for mobile handsets. More »
Google Launches Public Data Visualisation Tool
9th March 2010
Almost exactly 3 years ago, in March 2007, Google acquired Gapminder’s Trendalyzer software. They have now put this technology to use and released it in the public domain. More »
Google Creates Store Views (To Help Burglars?)
10th February 2010
Not satisfied with the success and controversy raised by Street Views on Google Maps, the search engine is now rumoured to be in the process of developing a feature called Google Store Views. More »
Google Real Estate Search In U.K.
9th December 2009
According to reports from the Financial Times, Google is planning to start a property portal on their site by early 2010. More »
Google Killing Directory Assistance Services
16th September 2009
For the last several months now, Google has been displaying a 10-pack of local business listings along with regular search results for most queries that include a location element in them. This has definitely affected the amount of traffic reaching local directories negatively. More »
Google Real Estate Search Improves
10th July 2009
Google has some good news for those on the lookout for a new home, office or other immovable property. More »
Twitter On Top Of Mumbai Terrror Attack News
28th November 2008
Even as the terrible attacks that are taking place in the financial capital of India, Mumbai (Bombay) started to unfold, users of Twitter in India started using the micro-blogging service to discuss the events as they happened. Other users wasted no time uploading pictures from the scenes of terror to their Flickr accounts. More »
Live Search Maps Tries To Turn The Heat On Google
3rd October 2008
The Virtual Earth team at Microsoft has updated their platform and also added some interesting and useful new features to it in an attempt to improve the Live Search Maps offering and make it more competitive with Google Maps. More »
Google Has The Best Maps
2nd October 2008
According to the results of a survey conducted by analysts, Cowen & Co., which were released on Monday, Google Maps has left its competitors far behind in the race. More »
Google Maps Street Views Now On Mobile
24th September 2008
In keeping with their aim to make information available to all, at all times, Google has now added another feature to their repertoire. Street Views on Google Maps will now be accessible to mobile phone users. More »
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