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Google today announced a major update to Google Maps for Apple CarPlay and the return of its app for Apple Watch.
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We all have our own preferences when it comes to travel souvenirs — that little something that brings back the memories and feelings of a past holiday every time we look at it, whether it’s the cliché fridge magnet, some local speciality, or just the collection of photos we took. …read more
Google Maps is introducing a number of new features for COVID-19, with new information and alerts from local transport agencies.
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In an unprecedented move, Google has publicly released a series of COVID-19 Community Mobility Maps, utilizing location history data from users around the world to present insights into how people are moving around local communities. The data is presen… Continue reading Google location data shows how COVID-19 is changing behavior globally
Google Maps data could help governments track patients that a newly-diagnosed COVID-19 sufferer has been in contact with. Continue reading Should governments track your location to fight COVID-19?
Google this week is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the launch of Google Maps by adding several new features to the service.
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A gallery is tricked into giving millions to a fraudster, software tells doctors to push opioids onto patients, and an artist finds a novel way to trick Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam.
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Online mapping services pack in a lot of functionality that their paper-based forebearers could simply never imagine. Adding in metadata for local landmarks, businesses and respective reviews, and even live traffic data, they have the capability to deliver more information than ever before – and also correspondingly, shape human behaviour. …read more
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By Sudais Asif
He took 99 smartphones running the Google Maps app and then asked someone to roam them on the streets of Berlin.
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Google Maps’ new incognito mode is coming to the iPhone and iPads this week as part of Google’s aim to improve privacy throughout all its apps.
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