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Maps 'Blunder' Dogs Apple as New iPhone Launches

But version 5 might sell a record 10M this weekend

(Newser) - The iPhone 5 is on sale today, as evidenced by the usual jam-packed stores in Asia and Europe, reports AP . The same will follow in the US—in fact, some analysts think Apple might sell a record 10 million phones this weekend, notes Bloomberg . Apple, however, also is dealing with...

Google Might Create Map App for iPhones

Apple ditched Google Maps, and critics aren't happy

(Newser) - If you're one of the people wailing and gnashing your teeth because Apple removed Google Maps from iOS 6, take hope: Google's making it pretty clear it wants to make a standalone map app available. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Google UK's marketing director said iPhone...

iOS 6: Goodbye, Google Maps


 iOS 6: Goodbye, 
 Google Maps 
Sep 20, 2012 6:54 AM CDT

iOS 6: Goodbye, Google Maps

Apple's new mapping app suffers glitches: experts

(Newser) - The latest iPhone operating system is missing a key feature: Embedded Google maps. Instead, phones using iOS 6 will be treated to Apple's own mapping system, and that's a very mixed bag, analysts tell the New York Times of the software update released yesterday. Sure, it looks nice;...

Scientists Create 'Google Maps' for Genome

ENCODE project proves humans' genetic code has little 'junk'

(Newser) - Scientists today unveiled the most in-depth exploration yet of the human genome—complete with what they're likening to a "Google Maps" system that allows researchers to explore it. The research, which involved 1,600 experiments conducted by hundreds of scientists in dozens of labs, promises to fundamentally change...

Take a Tour of Famous Explorer's Polar Cabin

Google Maps heads to Antarctica

(Newser) - At the turn of the 20th century, the intrepid explorers Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott built extensive huts in Antarctica and used them as base camps for their journeys to the South Pole. Now you can peer inside their famous cabins—thanks to Google Maps. The web company...

Google Ups Its Map Game
 Google Ups  
 Its Map Game 
Jun 7, 2012 10:49 AM CDT

Google Ups Its Map Game

3D modeling, Street View backpack among new features

(Newser) - With Apple reportedly diving into digital mapping , Google is stepping up its own efforts in the field. The company has announced several unique new features for its Maps service, including a Street View backpack, 3D city models, and an offline mode. With 15 lenses, the Street View Trekker pack takes...

Sorry, Google: Apple to Launch Map Service

iPhone's Google ties weaken

(Newser) - The iPhone is fighting a war for independence from Google Maps, with Apple looking to launch its own mapping service. Long an inextricable part of the iPhone experience, Google Maps will no longer be the device's default navigator, if all goes according to Apple's plan. The Cupertino company'...

Iran Threatens Google Over Nameless Gulf

Call it Persian or face 'serious damages,' nation warns

(Newser) - The body of water separating Iran from the Arabian peninsula is nameless on Google Maps, and Iran isn't happy about it. Iran's foreign ministry accuses Google of dropping the name Persian Gulf "as one of the seditionist acts taken as part of the soft war against the...

Digging Through Planet Earth? Here's Where You'd Appear

AntipodeMap.com shows your geographic 'opposite'

(Newser) - A journey through the center of the Earth would spit you out on the other side—but where? A Google Maps-based website aims to answer that question. AntipodeMap.com allows you to pick a location and automatically see the spot on the opposite side of the globe, Mashable reports. Most...

10 Places Blurred on Google Maps


 10 Places 
 Blurred on 
 Google Maps 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 21, 2012 6:42 PM CDT

10 Places Blurred on Google Maps

What is that weird blob in Siberia?

(Newser) - Google Maps provides a vast photographic atlas of the planet, but many locales are blurred out and hidden from the public because of security concerns by the country in question. Mashable rounds up 10 such spots you are forbidden to see with clarity:

Google Maps Advises Against Mordor Visits

Try searching for walking directions from the Shire

(Newser) - With The Hobbit trailer out , some among us may feel inspired to risk the trek to Mordor. But if you look for walking directions to it from the Shire on Google Maps, you'll be greeted with a warning: "Use caution—One does not simply walk into Mordor."...

Cops: Google Maps Helped Burglar Case Homes

Samuel A. Watson confessed his process to police

(Newser) - So you want to rob some houses, but you’re not sure where to start? Well, Samuel A. Watson came up with the idea to use Google Maps, he admits to Chicago police. Watson, suspected of breaking into as many as nine homes since March, “said he Googled ‘...

Track Hurricane Irene With Google's Help

Map produced by the Google Crisis Response Team

(Newser) - Worried about how Hurricane Irene will affect you? Google to the rescue. The Google Crisis Response team has produced a map that tracks Irene's path and provides other valuable info. Search for your address at crisislanding.appspot.com and see how close your home is to the thick of...

Weather Forecasts Come to Google Maps

Critics not impressed by 'weather layer'

(Newser) - Google Maps has got a treat for weather nerds: The service has added a "weather layer" showing weather conditions and cloud cover around the world, using data provided by the Weather Channel's weather.com and the US Naval Research Laboratory, reports PC World . "To add the weather...

Google Maps Sends Travelers to My House: NJ Woman

State park seekers directed to private driveway

(Newser) - Get driving directions to a New Jersey state park on Google Maps, and you just may end up in a private driveway. The mapping error has been the source of endless frustration for resident Laurie Gneiding and her husband, she tells the Star-Ledger . “It started with one or two...

Android Is Tracking You, Too
 Android Is Tracking You, Too 
Apr 22, 2011 6:36 AM CDT

Android Is Tracking You, Too

And sending your location back to Google a few times each hour

(Newser) - Apple isn’t the only one tracking its users’ every move . Google’s Android OS does something very similar, a security analyst has found. The HTC Android phone he tested collected data on its current location every few seconds, transmitting it to Google several times an hour, the analyst tells...

Bradley Cooper's Laptop Had Images of Site Where Wife's Body Was Found
Man's Laptop
Pointed to
Wife's Body
Apr 14, 2011 3:24 PM CDT

Man's Laptop Pointed to Wife's Body

He looked at satellite images of site before her slaying

(Newser) - When the FBI’s cybercrime squad examined Bradley Cooper’s laptop, they found that he’d been scoping out satellite photos of the dirt road where his wife’s body was found —just hours before she disappeared. The Google map images were viewed at 1:15pm on July 11,...

Site Lets You Send a Gift to a Complete Stranger

A way to unload your junk ... or spread a little cheer

(Newser) - Wondering what to do with the really dreadful scarf your non-gift-receipt-savvy grandma gave you? Or just looking to spread a little happiness? Check out Gift a Stranger , a quirky site dreamed up by communications agency Happiness Brussels. Enter your name, city, country, and a description and photo of your gift,...

Cops Nab Carjacker in 7 Minutes Via Phone App

Owner had left his Droid inside

(Newser) - These kinds of stories aren't all that unusual anymore, but this one must set a land speed record: Police in New Jersey caught a carjacker in 7 minutes because the owner had left his Droid inside, reports the Consumerist . He also happened to have the Lookout app, which allows users...

Google Maps Mistake Triggers Invasion

Nicaragua uses border goof to justify incursion into Costa Rica

(Newser) - Google officials have apologized and promised to fix a flaw in a map that exacerbated a territorial dispute and triggered a Central American invasion. "We determined that there was indeed an error," said a statement from Google after a Nicaraguan commander used the flawed map as justification for...

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