Have you ever felt like you’re missing out on a secret shortcut in Google Maps—some hidden gem that could make navigating unknown places less stressful, and ...

Trying to figure out what your friend's house looks like before you go for the first time? Google Street View almost certainly has a picture of it. Ever wanted to take a stroll through a distant city ...

Technology is changing the way we connect with our family and friends, so it only makes sense that it would also change how we remember them -- something Google Street View is facilitating in ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Google Street View, a feature that has shown us the wonders and ...

It’s almost a cliche, but we all know that Google is no longer just a search engine company and the Mountain View giant is now involved in what can very well be considered revolutionary projects. Just ...

Singular photographs are great tools for sharing a memory, but Google’s photo sphere technology does a little bit more to help recreate an experience. Built in to most current Android phones, photo ...

Since its launch in 2007, Google Street View has given us freeze-frames of life around the world–the mundane, the funny, the strange (video), and of course, the disastrous. As if playing a Web 2.0 ...

When Google Street View started as an experiment in 2007, the company sent SUVs equipped with cameras, GPS and lasers to collect its first pictures. The idea of capturing images of the entire world ...

Street View, the feature within Google Maps that allows users to see the actual view of the street on their screens, is under fire from officials in Europe. Regulators with the European Union say that ...

Anytime a story about Google’s omniscient car cameras comes up, there is an inevitable gasp in the newsroom about the information that is available to anyone, anywhere thanks to images nabbed when the ...

On Tuesday morning, Google unveiled Street View Egypt in Google Maps, the latest step in the tech giant’s quest to image and map the seven wonders of the world. This new collection includes 360-degree ...