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GPS device maps typically two years old
News User-generated data may be the answer to the problem of users encountering inaccurate maps on their GPS navigation devices, say industry voices.
Tags: GPS, Web 2.0, Map, Asia-Pacific, Tool, Singapore, managing director, Google Maps, director, Web 2.0
Google ups ante in mapping rivalry
News Company unveils hybrid mapping site on heels of MSN's Virtual Earth, in heated battle for localized search.
Tags: Web sites
Google buys satellite image firm Keyhole
News The search giant has already slashed the price of Keyhole's flagship product, which lets viewers see photos of locations around the globe.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Search, Investments
Google to buy GeoEye satellite imagery
News Google Maps and Google Earth will get a new infusion of higher-resolution imagery from the GeoEye-1 satellite, due to launch from a California Air Force base Sep. 4.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Satellite, Imagery, Google Inc., imaging, marketing, Earth, blog, vice president
Getty and Flickr deepen photo-licensing ties
News Flickr photographers now can more actively try to sell photos through Getty's 60,000-image collection. Meanwhile, Toyota shows that there's a market.
Tags: Business development/management, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Getty Images, Toyota Motor Corp., digital photography, partnership, Web sites, Business development/management, Stock
Adobe offers CinemaDNG format for raw video
News Company releases a beta version of a file format for higher-end video. Also out is a beta of Adobe Story for writing scripts.
Tags: Business applications, Digital media, Adobe Systems Inc., Foundry Networks Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Video, SLR, Digital media, Adobe Premiere, digital-rights management
Google urges Web adoption of vector graphics
News Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, has languished as a graphics format on the Web, but now the stars are aligned for its success, Google argues.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Web Browser, Graphics, SVG, Software
Augmented reality augurs the future of toys
News With its i-Tag toy tie-ins to James Cameron's "Avatar" movie, Mattel is just scratching the surface of what's possible.
Tags: Software, Consumer Technology, Game players, Home entertainment, Computer Screen, Needham & Co., computer, Wikipedia, Software, Webcam
Group seeks blinders on Google Street View in Japan
News Google's Street View is "openly violating privacy rights," according to the head of an anti-surveillance state group in Japan. Google says it respects privacy.
Tags: Search, Privacy, Google Inc., Japan, photograph, Tokyo, News.com, professor, blog, information technology
Patent reveals Google's book-scanning advantage
News Google is cagey about exactly how it scans books for its digital library effort, but a patent reveals details--and the hurdles competitors face.
Tags: Patents, Patent, Scanner, Google Inc., Optical Character Recognition, 3D, photograph, projector, Search Result, camera
Kayak broadside hits Microsoft's search redesign
News Microsoft slapped with litigation threat this week for looking too similar to Kayak's site both in look and functionality.
Tags: Lawsuits, Development/design, Copyright, Web Browser, Search Engine, Google Chrome, British Broadcasting Corp., search tool, search business, Wired Inc.
Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
News The Internet giant releases an iPhone version of its geographic exploration software.
Tags: Web sites, Smart phones, GPS, Apple Inc., Satellite, Mobile, Google Inc., Google Earth, Computer, 3D
Microsoft launches 'Virtual Earth' beta
News Test version of tool combines mapping, satellite imagery and yellow-pages data. Coming later: views from 45-degree angles.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers
Google Street View goes live in Australia, Japan
News The island nations are now visible through Google Maps' Street View service.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Australia, Europe, 3D, Sydney, Japan, Osaka
Thai history comes alive--with help from SGI
News The splendour of Thailand’s royal past has been brought to life in a historical movie, Suriyothai--with some special effects wizardry from SGI.
