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Palestine on GoogleMaps never existed — However, ‘West Bank’ and ‘Gaza from the map were recently removed due to a“software bug.” Over the past week, there has been a lot of buzz on social media about Google removing Palestine from Google Maps – Truth is that Palestine was never even on Google Map since the beginning […]
In a modern technology case of do not judge a book by its cover, a Philadelphia police surveillance van designed as a Google Maps car has been on the move in the city all this time. To people without knowledge the van, which is parked and hidden in the shadows of the Philadelphia Convention Center […]
Short Bytes: Google products represent an individual brand in themselves. Over the years, Google products like Google Drive, Google Maps, YouTube, Google’s productivity suite have inevitably made us so dependent on Google services that life seems unreal without most of these. No wonder why Google is leading the domain of the tech giants because of […]
Demolition Company sabotages Wrong House, Employee Faults Google Maps A Texas-based demolition firm Billy “L Nabors Demolition” mistakenly damaged the wrong duplex house in Rowlett, and later blamed Google Maps for incorrect address information. As WFAA-TV reports, the company was permitted to demolish 7601 and 7603 Cousteau Drive, a tornado-damaged duplex in Rowlett, Texas. However, […]
Short Bytes: Call it a bug or an updated feature of the Google maps, now with the updated version of Google maps, without entering the destination, Google maps will suggest you things like nearby hotels, gas stations etc. This feature has not been released publicly but it is expected to come to your mobile soon. […]
Google Maps are no doubt very helpful to most of the people. We can navigate through places and streets easily using Google Maps. But what if you are running short. But what if you are running short on your data and internet connection? Nokia’s Here Maps provides an option to download the maps for offline use. […]
Google, at its I/O conference that concluded recently, launched a range of initiatives aimed at making applications lighter and more user-friendly in low bandwidth situations specifically in developed regions. Most important of all the launched initiatives were the new updates of popular social networking forums such as Google Maps and YouTube. These updates include an […]
Remember Android logo peeing on Apple logo found on Google Maps in Rawalpindi, Pakistan? Well, Google didn’t like it and for now it has suspended the map editor feature. Mere apologizing wasn’t enough for Google as all hell broke loose when an image of the android mascot peeing on the Apple logo leaked and brought public […]
We know how awesome Google Street View service is, the Google Maps feature lets you enjoy the virtual journey through streets all over the world for free. What we may not know is that Google Street view also contains some of the world’s most creepy, weird, funny, strange and shocking images. We have a collection of 80 images […]
There’s always something funny or weird going on with Google Maps. A week ago, it was Edward Snowden’s den that appeared on the top of White House and now Hacker News user spotted an Android logo peeing on Apple in Google Maps satellite view. Click on ➸ these co-ordinates to see a funny or rather an odd image from Rawalpindi city of Pakistan showing […]
Edward Snowden finally is home. After showing up as a sculpture at Brooklyn Park and appearing on John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight, Snowden is now marching all the way to the president’s house probably to find out who has the copies of his dick pics. Google Maps, on desktop and its mobile app, is […]
Brazilian authorities have accused Google of spying over their country’s streets. According to the authorities, Google since the launch of it’s street view application have gathered a large quantity of data that can be used for spying. This is not the first time Google has been reported for such an act recently EU authorities too […]
A recent image from Google earth took everyone by surprise as it showed rare images of a person’s murder. The image clearly showed the presence of a death body sometime into the past there. Splash of blood was clear in the image and with a man standing right next to this splash of blood. This […]
The NGOs working for human rights have found something shocking in North Korea. They have found a network of prison camps along the North Korea’s countryside and are believed to have more than 200,000 people who were deemed to be hostile for the regime. The NGOs are pressuring United Nation’s commissioner hard to open an […]
Google has unveiled another Street view option, this time for the wild forest of Amazon. On 21st March Google announced the all new Google Amazon StreetView. Users can now access to Amazon Basin and tributary of Rio Negro and surroundings, under the protection of Government of Brazil. There are total 50,000 still images taken from Google’s 360 degree cameras providing […]