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iPhone Update Brings Google Street View and Podcast Downloads

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 21st 2008 at 11:20AM

It's here. Google Street View and over the air Podcast downloads from iTunes. Yup, public transit and walking directions too and the ability to share your location via email. Bug fixes, Safari enhancements, the ability to toggle auto-text correction, and plenty more... just like we heard in the pre-rumor run-up. Now get outta here, your iTunes update awaits.

Update: Added some screenshots of the most notable new features after the break. The Street View implementation seems solid though we miss the compass feature found on T-Mobile's G1. Also, the real-estate saved by moving the Google search field next to the URL field in Mobile Safari is a welcome and obvious change. As to auto-correction, well, that's personal taste. Tipster Vizcaya also noticed that Apple added a new option to rate an App when you delete it from your phone. You can also view multiple screenshots of applications available in the App Store.

Update 2: The other big update, Podcast downloads, works just as you'd hope and should further promote the spontaneous isolation we all crave. A few shots of that added after the break.

[Thanks Gustavo and badburro]

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Google Street View Becomes a Stage for Performance Art

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Nov 7th 2008 at 12:22PM

Google Maps' Street View is rife with interesting little Easter eggs, but most of the hidden gems are unintentional. We've gathered creepy invasions of privacy and seen the Google Street View team posing outside its Mountain View, California headquarters. Now, with the cooperation of the Street View team, Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley have turned Sampsonia Way in Pittsburgh's Northside into a canvas for a series of staged scenes.

The project, called Street With a View, features neighborhood residents acting out a parade, a marathon, and a practice for a garage band. Moving down Sampsonia way and looking about the 36- degree field of view reveals smaller scenes like a sword fight and a love laser.

Check out the Street With a View site for more details about the project and to be taken straight to the narrow roadway lined with performers. [From: Google Blogoscoped]

New iPhone Software to Include Google Street View, Mass-Transit Directions

by Nilay Patel, posted Oct 27th 2008 at 2:25PM

The T-Mobile G1's Google Maps Street View implementation is one of the slickest features of the first Android phone, but it looks like Apple's going to keep feature parity -- the latest builds of iPhone OS 2.2 seeded to developers have Street View, as well as the ability to give mass transit directions. That's pretty useful for cityfolk like us -- and we're also stoked that line-in audio is now supported in the SDK, giving devs the ability to create voice recorders and other interesting audio apps. Of course, there's no word on when 2.2 will actually arrive, but until then we suppose we'll live with regular, non-data-augmented streets. Lots of screenshots of the new features at the read link.

[Via MacRumors]

Google Maps for Mobile Gets Street View and Walking Directions

by Sean Cooper, posted Sep 19th 2008 at 8:52AM

Google Maps for mobile just stepped up in the feature department with Google's inclusion of Street View in its newest version. In case you've been hiding under a rock -- or live in almost any other country aside from the US -- Street View offers up a storefront take on your world rather than the traditional top down look you see with common maps. The new version also includes walking directions which will ignore pesky one-way streets and the like. While the list of supported handsets is missing, we do see BlackBerry listed and Java-enabled phones, too, so do us a kindness, grab it and let us know if it works on yours.

Drunk Guy Passed Out on Curb Shows Up on Google Street View

by Tim Stevens, posted Aug 13th 2008 at 12:02PM

Street View Launches Down Under; Drunken Aussies Protest

Google Street View has certainly made a name for itself in the U.S. by catching some interesting situations, such as people braking into houses, a kid wiping out on his bike, and even a marriage proposal. The service has now launched in Australia and, go figure, is already getting itself in trouble down under, this time catching a drunk passed out on the curb after an all-night bender.

The man, who isn't releasing his identity, went on a crazy night out to drown his sorrows over the loss of a friend. He passed out after getting out of a cab and the Googlemobile happened to drive by as he was still sleeping it off. Thankfully, Google is being good about removing such sights from its sites, and has already banished the offending picture from the Aussie Street View. Something tells us it won't be the last. [From: The Daily Mail]

Google Employee Uses Street View for Marriage Proposal

by Tim Stevens, posted Aug 6th 2008 at 1:17PM

Google Employee Exploits Google Street View for Proposal

We've seen some odd things from Google's Street View, which provides a 360-degree view of the highways and byways through many towns to help you find your way, but we haven't seen any geek marriage proposals yet. It took a Google employee, Michael Weiss-Malik, to pull that off. Weiss-Malik took advantage of a GoogleMobile drive-by to show his undying love for his fiancee, Leslie.

Yes, she was already his fiancee, having accepted an earlier (and far less geeky) proposal. For round two, though, Michael decided to go a little more high-tech, which you can see for yourself here. So, congrats on the engagement Michael -- and we hope Leslie doesn't ever find you doing something shadier via the service. [From: ValleyWag]

"Complete Privacy Does Not Exist," Says Google

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Aug 4th 2008 at 11:32AM

You may remember in April when we reported that the Boring family was suing Google over images of their home appearing in Google Map's Street View. Now, Google has filed its brief with the court that is basically legalese for "you've got to be kidding me."

The main thrust of Google's argument is that "complete privacy does not exist" because of technology. The search giant countered the Boring's claim of invasion of privacy by stating that the family "lives in a residential community in the twenty-first-century United States, where every step upon private property is not deemed by law to be an actionable trespass... Today's satellite-image technology means that even in today's desert, complete privacy does not exist. In any event, Plaintiffs live far from the desert and are far from hermits."

The dismissive and frankly cocky nature of Google's may put some off, but we can't help but agree with them. Photos of the outside of a home hardly constitutes an invasion of privacy, especially if more detailed photos are already available on a public county Web site. [Source: The Smoking Gun]

Hybrid 'Googlemobile' Ticketed!

by Tim Stevens, posted Jun 17th 2008 at 12:23PM

We've seen the Googlemobile before, captured in a window's reflection as it wove its way through the streets capturing images for Google's Street View feature on Google Maps. Since that earlier photo was taken, it seems Google's gone a bit green, ditching that big ugly van and choosing a Prius with a silly tall camera mounted on the roof. Being green doesn't mean necessarily being lawful, however, as this hybrid Googlemobile apparently broke some traffic violation and is about to be on the receiving end of a ticket from a California motorcycle policeman.

CHiPs it ain't, as we're guessing there wasn't a high-speed chase before this picture was taken, but it's an interesting look at the tech that makes Street View possible. [Source: The San Francisco Citizen]

Private Neighborhood Wants Off Google's Street View, Google Complies

by Tim Stevens, posted Jun 2nd 2008 at 9:20AM

There's certainly been no shortage of fallout from Google's Street View feature on the popular Google Maps. The tool, which lets you view photographs of a rapidly growing collection of streets around the country, has caused plenty of controversy over its questionable handling of privacy, with many finding that questionable pictures of themselves or others were captured without their knowledge. Now, a private Minnesota neighborhood has succeeded in having images of its streets removed from the site.

The neighborhood, North Oaks, is completely privately owned. This even includes the streets, meaning that just casually turning in for a quick tour could see you on the wrong side of the law. There are prominent "no trespassing" signs posted at every entrance, and apparently the Googlemobile ignored these and went in anyway. Neighborhood representatives complained, and you are now unable to scope out the neighborhood via Street View any longer.

Victory for privacy advocates everywhere, or an overly insulated community throwing a fit? Either way, it's no real loss; we can't see too many people wanting to visit there. [Source: StarTribune]

Streetviewr Collects Odd Google Streetview Sightings

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Jun 1st 2008 at 1:58PM

We've been tracking odd Google StreetView sightings since day one, and plenty of other sites have gotten in on the action. But all of our lists cant possibly compare to the epic effort going on at Streetviewr which collects and catalogs every glitch, funny picture, or unexplainable shape in Google StreetView. Its catalog of over 2,300 images and counting makes all of our lists obsolete. We make way for the new king of Google Streetview absurdity, Streetviewr. [Source: Streetviewr, Via: Urlesque]

Gallery: StreetViewr

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