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Google gives up on Street View in Germany

Apr 11, 2011
Most of Europe has been pretty litigious with Google in regard to the Street View service. But Germany has arguably been the most quarrelsome,...

Google Street View Trike images revealed

Mar 1, 2011
Tricycles: they're not just for toddlers unable to ride bikes anymore. For a while now, Google has employed a set of cameras mounted to three...

Google Art Project

Feb 1, 2011
You guys. You gotta see this. Google basically applied the same creep-you-out technology they used for Google Street View and made it thoroughly...

Google pays Boring couple a dollar

Dec 3, 2010
Aaron and Christine Boring live on a quiet street in Pennsylvania. Their life wasn't especially exciting (sorry) until Google Street View came...

Houses blurred by Google Street View in Germany get egged

Nov 23, 2010
Our pal and frequent guest on the show Danny Sullivan brought this story to our attention today. In Germany, you can choose to opt out of Google...

Oh Google Street View. What are we going to do with you?

Oct 25, 2010
So this is kind of interesting in light of the Firesheep thing. Google now admits that it collected far more information than previously disclosed...

Google gives Germans a month to sign up to alter reality

Aug 11, 2010
It's the dang Street View issue again. Latest is that Google has announced that people in Germany have a month to opt out of the Street View...

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