Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google’s Street View has a troubled time in Europe: So far, about 244,000 Germans have ask the Internet search giant to make images of their houses unrecognizable in the service that is scheduled to launch within weeks in the country. Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth [...]
Europe probes Google data collection
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): European prosecutors are investigating Google's practice to collect data related to private Wi-Fi hotspots while gathering images for its Street View mapping service. Google is potentially facing a criminal probe in Germany. Prosecutors in the city of Hamburg are probing the Menlo Park based company on suspicion of criminal data capture. Italy [...]
Volt: Google's Android comes to GM
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Detroit (ip-192.com): Google's Android operating system, originally designed to power smartphones, will help future General Motor cars to provide in-car safety and navigation services. The Chevrolet Volt, GM’s first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, will be the first to see GM's OnStar service paired with Google’s Android. Through a freely downloadable application, Android powered smartphones will [...]
Google Maps Navigation on Droid phone
October 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Garmin and TomTom, two companies that manufacture devices for satellite navigation, went into a tailspin yesterday after Google revealed details of its new Maps Navigation service. Google said that the new application will provide turn-by-turn directions and other features usually found on high-end navigation systems. Motorola’s Droid phone will be the first [...]
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