Google Street View extending coverage to off-road spots like StonehengeJuly 14th, 2009 LONDON - Internet road mapping service Google Street View is now starting to cover areas like Stonehenge, which are far away from driving routes. Rickshaw-style tricycles, carrying 3-D cameras, will be used to film several popular off-road spots, including Loch Ness and the Angel of the North, reports the Telegraph.
Google Street View 'tracks down' E.T.!March 26th, 2009 LONDON - E.T. has finally been tracked down - in a picture taken for Google Street View.
Google Street View - Does it breach Your Privacy?April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Google's controversial Street View does not infringe people's privacy, a watchdog has ruled. The service has made pictures of people's homes and cars available to everyone across the web, reports Sky News.
How To Divorce (Muslim's Only) Through TwitterApril 10th, 2009 Despite the All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board’s (AIMWPLB) diktat barring men from declaring talaq (divorce) by SMS, email or over the phone, the medium seems to have become the most popular way by which Muslim men are divorcing women in India. A study on “Marriage and divorce amongst Muslim women in India”, undertaken by Ms Sahiba Hussain, reader, Centre for Dalit and Minorities, Jamia Milia Islamia, highlights that more and more men are giving talaq via SMS and email.
British privacy watchdog clears Google Street View, rejecting complaint by rights groupApril 23rd, 2009 UK privacy watchdog clears Google Street ViewLONDON — Britain's privacy watchdog said Thursday that Google Street View should not be removed or shut down, dismissing concerns that the service was too invasive. Google's Street View program, which carries panoramic, high-quality photographers of street scenes across the world, prompted a brief flurry of media attention when it was rolled out across Britain last month.
The Biggest Benefit of Economic Crisis in USANovember 25th, 2008 The economic crisis may be doing what pastors, family therapists and matrimonial counselors have long struggled to accomplish and yet mostly failed: keeping troubled marriages together. Marriage counselors and divorce lawyers nationwide say more distressed couples are putting off divorce because the cost of splitting up is prohibitive in a time of stagnant salaries, plummeting home values and rising unemployment.
Why Today's Economy is Worse Than DivorceOctober 27th, 2008 An Ex-IIT'ian commented on the current economic scenario:
This is worse than divorce. I have lost more than half my assets and still
have my wife!
How are you faring so far in today's economy?
Intuit forecasts wider 1st-quarter loss, fiscal-year profit below Wall Street viewAugust 20th, 2009 Intuit 1Q loss forecast wider than Street viewMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Personal finance and business software maker Intuit Inc.
Satyam Raju bought lands abroad as well: prosecutionJanuary 22nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Disgraced Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju bought lands not only in India but in other countries also, prosecutors told a court here Friday.
Google Mobile App in Windows Mobile! Collaborative Promotional?February 24th, 2009 Google and Windows, for once have decided to work their ways in to a collaborative approach to technology. Windows mobile is freshly equipped with Google Street View and soon after there is more to cherish! Google Mobile App, a convenient one-stop shop for all popular Google services, has hit Windows mobile platform.
Google.Com Banned in China?August 21st, 2006 A Chinese blogger finds Google.com inaccessible around 60% of the time whereas Google.cn is perfectly accessible. Is it coincidence or intetnional?
Is Google intentionally blocking Google.com in China and providing intermittent access instead of outright banning to prevent backlash from internet community & activists.
5 Things I Don't Like About Google CalendarJanuary 22nd, 2007 I am using Google Calendar, as an experiment, for my projects. I noticed 5 things, between unprintable curses, which make it seriously dysfunctional as an usable product.
German court rules Google must change terms; Google says they're already changedAugust 31st, 2009 German court rules against Google's termsBERLIN — A German court has ruled that Google Inc. must change terms of service that could be interpreted to compromise a user's rights, a decision the consumer advocacy group that brought the suit welcomed Monday as a victory for online transparency.
Google faces class action law suite for selling trademark keywordsMay 19th, 2009 Google's landed into quagmire after facing a class action suite over infringement of trademarks. The search engine major encourages the advertisers to purchase other companies' trademarks as targeted search term.
Is there a method to Google's madness?April 5th, 2005 Is there a broader plan behind latest Google innovations? At first sight some of them seems random addition to the Google family (20% effort or not) and somewhat unrelated to its search focus. Lets scan Google News lately:
Google Maps now has a satellite
Google Ride Finder - Builds on top of Google Maps to show you the live positions of various taxis in your area.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
THis is the funnest thing i have ever heard of… Honestly who would have thought that this would even happen? 10 years ago we didnt even think it was possible for this tech now we are catching cheaters using it.