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Google Deforestation Map Helps Battle Shrinking Forests

techcrunch.com | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Google Earth Deforestation, Google Earth, Google Deforestation Map, Google Deforestation, Google Maps, Deforestation, Technology News

One of the most effective ways to battle global warming would be to curb deforestation around the world. Google is helping today on the monitoring fro...

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Google Street View Shows Man Collapsed On Street In New York

Posted 12.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Slideshow, Collapsed Man, Google Street View, Google Maps, Dead Man Google Street View, Google Street View 29th Park, New York News

Beloved NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan pointed out this morning that Google Street View appears to show a man collapsed on the corner of 29th Street and Park ...

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Your Building in 1940

Nick Carr | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Municipal Archives, New York Pictures, 1940s, Google Maps, 1980s, New York Real Estate, Scouting Ny, New York News
Nick Carr

Between 1939 and 1941, the City of New York took a 35-mm black-and-white picture of every single building. Every single building. In all five boroughs.

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Argleton 'Google' Town: Mysterious 'Phantom Town' Only Exists Online

Telegraph | Rebecca Lefort | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Google Town, Argleton, Mystery of Argleton, Mysterious Google Maps Town, Argleton Town, Google Maps Town, Google Maps, Lancashire, Phantom Town, Technology News

Argleton, a 'phantom town' in Lancashire that appears on Google Maps and online directories but doesn't actually exist, has puzzled internet experts. ...

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Lars And Jens Rasmussen: The Brothers Behind Google Wave

CNN | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Jens Rasmussen, Rasmussen Google Wave, Google Maps, Lars Rasmussen, Invented Google Wave, Rasmussen Google, Google, Google Wave, What Is Google Wave, Technology News

(CNN) -- Lars and Jens Rasmussen were broke and jobless -- with only $16 between them -- when they made it big in the Web world by selling their idea ...

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Google Maps Navigation: Google's 'Killer' App Finds Your Way

techcrunch.com | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Android 2.0, Google Android 2.0, Google Android, Google Maps, Google Maps Navigation, Android Phone, Google, Technology News

If you weren't sure about switching to an Android phone in the near future, this might put you over the edge. Google Maps Navigation is an absolutely ...

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Arunachal Pradesh: Google Placates India, China With Different Maps Of Disputed Territory

PC World | Posted 10.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: India Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Google China Controversy, Google Maps China, China India Google Maps, Google Maps, China Arunachal Pradesh, Technology News

Google has hit upon an interesting way of placating both China and India over the way its map application displays Arunachal Pradesh, a region whose o...

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There Still Be Dragons: Be Wary of Modern Mapping Devices

Lise Waring | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Cell Phones, Driving, Jeep Roads, Atlas, Colrado Roads, Mapquest, Telluride, Directions, Gps, Google Maps, Colorado, Denver News
Lise Waring

I've heard tales from visitors who arrived white knuckled in Telluride after their website of choice guided them here via a gnarly 4WD road in their Ford Fiesta rental car.

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Google Maps Trike: New 'Street View' Bike Will Map Your Mall (VIDEO)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Maps, Google Streetview, Google Maps Trike, Google Street View, Google Trikes, Google, Technology News

Google Maps' 'Street View' feature -- which lets you virtually visit just about any block in the world -- is getting even more up close and personal. ...

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Socially Networked Rescue Relief in Manila

Piers Fawkes | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Social Media, Philippines, Piers Fawkes, Manila, Filipinos, Psfk, Red Cross, Flood, Jason Tran, Google Maps, Facebook, World News
Piers Fawkes

Typhoon Ondoy was a tragedy. Hundreds have died in the Philippines. But without the rapid-response heroism of ordinary Filipino citizens enabled by technology, it could have been much worse.

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Technology Is Anthropology -- Covering an Evolving Solar System

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Anthropology, Technology, Wikipedia, Google Earth, Jav on Tech, Rhode Island School of Design, Curriki, barackobama.com, Chris Hughes, Google Maps, Facebook, Google, Technology News
Jose Antonio Vargas

Again, the focus is on the people, not the gear. Because here at HuffPostTech, we -- yep, you and I -- are chroniclers of technology's evolving solar system.

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Google Maps Finds Heaven in Brooklyn?

David Weiner | Posted 09.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Google, Religion, Heaven Carroll Gardens, Google Maps, Google Maps Streetview, Heaven Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 9th Street, Heaven, Google Street View, Google Map, Maps, New York News
David Weiner

Some have long argued that Google is in the midst of taking over the world, but has the giant media company actually tapped into the otherworld? An...

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Never Mind Google Streetview... We Need Google "Heat" View

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Google Advertising, Google Search, Google Streetview, Green Technology, Green Building, Green, Sustainability, Green Living, Google Maps, Building, Green Energy, Green Buildings, Green News
Gavin D. J. Harper

Google, you've developed a fantastic and sophisticated engine for processing imagery; can we please borrow it to save the world?

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Google Maps "500% Greener," Includes More Mass Transit

treehugger.com | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Google Maps, Mass Transit, Green Living, Green Technology, Google, Green News

According to Google: In one year, the total number of cities for which people can plan transit trips with Google Maps has grown to more than 250 ...

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Google Maps Can Now Track People

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Google Maps, Google People Tracker, Google Maps Track Kids, Google Maps Track People, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for i...

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Dive into Google Earth's New Ocean Exploration Features (Sans Snorkel)

Starre Vartan | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Oceans, Marine Conservation, Fish, Seafood, The Internet, Google Earth, Connecticut, Computers, Animals, Google Maps, Technology, Norwalk, Green News
Starre Vartan

It was with plenty of excitement for the revival of my inner marine biologist-girl that I read through the New York Times' coverage of Google Earth's new application.

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Post-Cheney: Vice Presidential House No Longer Blurred On Google Earth

Los Angeles Times | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Biden, Google Earth, Joe Biden Vp, First 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Vice Presidential House, Joe Biden, Google Earth Vice Presidential House, Google Maps, Vice President Cheney, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Reporting from Washington -- Dick Cheney may not have lived in an undisclosed location while he was vice president, but it was all but impossible to s...

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This Wasn't a Landing, This Was a Die Hard Movie

Bob Harris | Posted 01.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Die Hard, Us Airways Hudson River, Flickr, Hero Pilot, Not Dying in a Horrible Sudden Screaming Ball of Flame Panic and Peanuts, US Airways Plane Crashes, US Airways, US Airways Crash, Heroism, Hudson River Plane Crash, Flight 1549, Google Maps, Chesley Sullenberger, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, Home News
Bob Harris

If Chesley Sullenberger is being interviewed, and Alan Rickman suddenly shoots up out of the water, trying to take one last shot before he finally dies... don't say you weren't warned.

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Google Maps Now Offers Walking Directions

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Walking, Walkable Cities, Google Maps Walking Directions, Google Maps, Google Walking Directions, Recession, Green News

Got directions but want to walk the distance instead of driving? Well, we're glad to see that Google Maps has now added a new walking option for di...

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Pseudo-GPS Coming To iPhone

Fortune | Philip Elmer-DeWitt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Apple iPhones, Google Maps, GearLive.Com, Apple, Locate Me, Pseudo-Gps, Business News

What's next for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone? A flurry of new features -- starting with a "locate me" pseudeo-GPS function on Google Maps -- according to l...

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Eureka! Google To Install Directions At Gas Stations

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Google Gas Stations, Google Maps, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Google, Business News

Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump. As part of a partnership to be announced Wednesday, the online search leader will dispe...

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Google Calls For International Privacy Standards

Washington Post | Catherine Rampell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Google Privacy, Google Maps, Google, Media News

Google, a frequent target of privacy advocates, yesterday called for new international standards on the collection and use of consumer data. Peter Fl...

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Canada: Google's Street View Violates Privacy

Reuters | David Ljunggren | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Google Maps, Invasion of Privacy, Canada, Business News

The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protect...

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