Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:07 AM/EST
Google and New York City have partnered on a new local information Web site, a what's happening hub for tourists and adventurous locals to find hotels, restaurants, stores, theater and other stuff in the city's five boroughs. Are those table computers Windows Surface platforms? I know Google doesn't make those yet ... or does it?
Friday, April 13, 2007 2:59 PM/EST
Maps wasn't the only piece of Google software to get an update recently. The G Poppa has also added hiking trails to Google Earth.The new layer, sponsored by Trimble Outdoors Trips, features GPS-marked trails for hiking, biking, backpacking and running,...
Monday, January 29, 2007 9:25 AM/EST
Much ado about maps this weekend: Another thread on Slashdot discusses how some potentially sensitive areas, like this nuclear facility in Boston, are blurred out on Google Maps. The concern over Google censorship comes after the Telegraph reported earlier this...
Monday, November 13, 2006 10:44 AM/EST
Google released an update to Google Earth recently (build 4.0.2416 (beta)), and it contains a bevy of historical maps.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:34 AM/EST
One of the Google co-founders recently bought space in the tower section of 15 Central Park West, a yet-to-be-completed behemoth in Manhattan that also houses Denzel Washington, Sting, and hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:10 PM/EST
A small airplane crashed into a 50-story residential building in Manhattan today, according to several news reports and the view out my window.