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Google Ignoring Trespassing Laws?

You can hardly talk about Google Maps Street View without the issue of privacy coming up. There is no doubt  the feature is fun to play around with. It's even useful for checking out trip destinations and landmark spotting, but it still tends to creep people out, particularly when they find their own house at such a close angle.

Google Bonds With Western Union In New Countries

The Summer Games often seem like a geography lesson.  People will ask each other "where's that?" during the opening ceremony, or maybe say "I forgot about them" following an upset.  So now's as good a time as any for Google AdSense to introduce a Western Union payment option in some smallish countries.

Google's Olympic Extravaganza

Today is the day of the Beijing 2008 Olympic opening ceremony. Already, Google launched multiple special sites and services for the Olympics. Thanks to everyone providing pointers for this! Google’s main Olympics site

Google Releases Olympic Satellite Imagery

Starting one week from now, all eyes will be on Beijing.  Yet if you can't wait for coverage to become inescapable - or want a different view than the ones most reporters can provide - Google Maps and Google Earth have been updated with fresh pictures of China.

Google Maps Gets Some Tweaks

Go to Google Maps this afternoon, and you're liable to notice that something's different.  The exact changes may not hit you at first - they're admittedly pretty subtle - but Google has performed another round of streamlining redesigns.

Walking Directions For Google Maps Is Live

Google Maps walking directions had been spotted by some users before, and now they’re being rolled out for everyone, as Search Engine Roundtable reports.

Google's Walking Directions Debut

Walking directions first became visible to some Google Maps users about two weeks ago, and whatever tests the company conducted apparently went well.  Walking directions are now available to everyone, with Google answering several of the questions that came up.

Google Starting To Offer Walking Directions

One-way streets can be problematic, and many urban areas are the sorts of spots in which cars shouldn't be left unattended.  Then there's the price of gas to consider.  So, for your convenience, Google is experimenting with walking directions.

Google Signs Major Map Deal With Tele Atlas

Thanks to a new deal, it doesn't look like Google's going to be running low on maps anytime soon.  For the next five years, Tele Atlas will be providing the search giant content in over 200 countries.

Google Maps For Mobile Offers Bus, Train Directions

The addition of transit info to Google Maps might have seemed handy when, in the comfort of your home or office, you were trying to establish plans.  It's now handy in a more literal sense, too, since transit data has become available through the new version of Google Maps for mobile.