Neowin News Feed for: Street view

Google fined €145,000 in Germany over WiFi Street View data

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:13:24 +0100

German regulators have fined Google €145,000 ($189,230) over the company's previous practice of collecting data via the WiFi antennas for Google's Street View cars. Read more...

Google Maps Street View now shows off Mount Everest

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:09:23 +0000

Google Maps has updated its Street View images to show what it is like on some of the world's tallest mountain peaks, including Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro and more. Read more...

Google fined $7m for 'accidental' Street View car Wi-Fi tapping

Ben Buffone — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:06:37 +0000

Google is approaching a settlement over Wi-Fi data tapping, being forced to cough up $7 million to some 30 U.S. states. Read more...

Google: The donkey is fine

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:47:21 +0000

Google has now posted up new photos on its Google Maps blog that prove one of its Street View photo cars did not run over a stray donkey in the country of Botswana. Read more...

Did a Google Street View car kill a donkey? You decide!

Christopher White — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:28:32 +0000

Did a Google Street View car run over a donkey in Botswana? The images seem to imply so, but Google denies it. How long before PETA gets involved and starts publicly protesting the search giant? Read more...

Google launches massive update for Street View

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:07:03 +0100

Google has announced it has launched a massive update of its Street View feature in Google Maps, offering updated ground level images of over 250,000 miles of roads. Read more...

Street View added to Google Maps on mobile browsers

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:18:57 +0100

Google has announced that it has finally added the Street View map feature for people who access Google Maps on mobile web browsers, including iOS's Safari browser. Read more...

Google admits to not deleting all European Street View data

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:28:40 +0100

Google has publicly admitted that it has not deleted all of the Street View data it collected in the UK and other European countries in 2010, as it promised to do. Read more...

Google takes Street View to the South Pole

Stefano Elia — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:21:10 +0100

Forget Google's Street View for the road! The company has released new panoramic images of the South Pole and several 'landmarks' on our southern most continent. Read more...

FCC to fine Google just $25,000 for blocking investigation

John Callaham — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:26:53 +0100

The Federal Communications Commission has recommended that Google be fined just $25,000 for allegedly blocking the FCC's investigation of Google's WiFi data storing policies. Read more...

Google's Street View collected locations of millions of WiFi devices

John Callaham — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:58:44 +0100

Google's method of obtaining info for its Street View feature in Google Maps has also had a fairly scary side effect. According to a story at CNet's News.com, the cars that are used by Google... Read more...

Microsoft, Google and AOL sued over 3D mapping software

John Callaham — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:11:05 +0100

Microsoft, Google, and AOL are the subjects of a lawsuit from a company that claims the three defendants violated the patents of its 3D mapping software. Bloomberg reports that Transcenic filed the lawsuit earlier this... Read more...

Woman sues Google over underwear images posted on Street View

Kelly Hodgkins — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:39:13 +0000

A Japanese woman is suing Google over a revealing Street View image, according to a report out of The Telegraph UK. The unidentified woman is asking for 600,000 Yen (US$7163) due to psychological distress caused... Read more...

Google fanboy eggs homes of those who opt out of Street View

Brad Sams — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:47:21 +0000

Respecting ones privacy is something that Google has always said it enforced with public data. Despite its notable slip ups, one thing Google has allowed users to do is to opt out of its popular... Read more...

Google admits it also stole emails and passwords

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:31:51 +0100

Google has been under investigation for the past couple of months for 'accidentally' stealing WiFi data on its Google Street View cars. The cars were designed to take snapshots of streets to help improve its... Read more...

Google cleared of wifi snooping charges in the UK

Brandon Boyce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:19:53 +0100

According to the UK's Information Commissioner Office (ICO), Google did not collect any personal details when collecting data from wifi networks for their location based services. Google was cleared of the charges after the ICO... Read more...

Microsoft Street Slide: Street view will never be the same

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:36:53 +0100

Microsoft researchers have developed a tool to enhance the current street view functionality of Bing Streetside. In a typical street view implementation, a sense of “being there” is accomplished by putting photos side by side... Read more...

Google's Street View cars to hit the road again following privacy scandal

Brenton Currie — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:08:47 +0100

Google has announced it will resume capturing images for its Street View service next week, after a scandal which saw private data accidentally captured by rogue code and left the search giant red-faced as privacy... Read more...

Girl flashes bra on Booble Maps Street View

Tom Warren — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:55:59 +0100

A nursery worker from Uckfield, East Sussex has turned into an internet sensation after flashing her bra at a Google street view camera. The moment was caught and published onto Google's Street View service in the... Read more...

Google to hand over European Wi-Fi data to regulators

Matt Blowes — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:04:18 +0100

Google has relaxed its opposition to European regulators and will hand over the open wireless network data it collected from its Street View cars over the past three years. Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt,... Read more...