Google Map Maker

Google Maps doesn’t have street-level maps or information about local businesses for many countries. To make the service more useful in countries like Cyprus, Vietnam, Iceland, Pakistan and the Caribbean islands, Google…

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Google Map Maker Released

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Google just went live with Map Maker, a program that makes certain regions around the world – like Jamaica, Iceland, Bahamas, Grenada and more – editable by everyone (everyone with a Google account, that is).…

Google Releases More Map Crowdsourcing Tools

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Nearly a year ago, Googler Michael Jones spoke about the techniques Google used to get detailed map information in India. We’re not just talking about streets, but also points of interest such as tourist spots,…

Restrict Google Image Results to Faces, News

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Google Image Search has a new feature that lets you restrict the results to some general categories. For the moment, the only categories that are available seem to be faces and news-related images, but other categories…

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The Ultimate Search for Bourne with Google

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Users Report Gaining Access to Random Google Accounts

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There are many problems with Google’s services lately. After Google Groups had some temporary glitches, some people report that Google switches them to random accounts.Jvy Loh writes on his blog about the incidents:”It…

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Google Reader Is More Podcast-Friendly

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Hello and welcome to a new exciting post from Google Operating System. Stafford from Seul writes to tell us about a new feature in Google Reader:”I use Google Reader primarily to catch podcasts - it provides a nice…

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