Google Maps Gains Enhanced Street-Level Detail in Four Major Cities

Google Maps has quietly been updated to include significantly more detailed street-level information in a handful of key cities around the world. Upon zooming in, Google's maps for Central London, Tokyo, San Francisco, and New York now benefit from shapes and widths that match the scale of roads more accurately. Meanwhile, enhanced graphical representations of sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian islands, and street-side flora have also been added, which should help users who rely on the maps...
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Varicose veins that form a GPS trajectory / Au diable la varice!

THE ORIGINAL? Yandex Maps – 2019 “Drive less, walk more” Click the image to enlarge Source : EPICA AWARDS Silver Agency : independent (Turkey) LESS ORIGINAL Uni-Sport / Under Armour – 2020 “To reach the destination PERFECT LEGS, cycle one hour a day” Click the image to enlarge Source : Agency : Wave Propaganda (Brazil) [Author: Joe La Pompe]
Tags: Maps, Miscellaneous, Advertising, Sports, Events, Turkey, Brazil, Gps, Tracking, Google Maps, Routes, Print & Outdoor, Joe La Pompe, Mixed sources, Trajectory, Varicose Veins

Meet the SoundCloud Rappers of Colorado in 'Crestone' Doc Trailer

"There's not a point where we're not reinventing ourselves." Utopia has unveiled a trailer for an indie doc titled Crestone, made by filmmaker Marnie Ellen Hertzler. This premiered at the True/False Documentary Film Festival last year, and stopped by a number of other fests, arriving on VOD in February. In the desert of Crestone, Colorado (on Google Maps), a group of SoundCloud rappers live in solitude, growing weed and making music for the internet. When an old friend arrives to make a movi...
Tags: Movies, Colorado, Trailer, Documentaries, Google Maps, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Deakin, To Watch, Crestone, Crestone Colorado, Marnie Ellen Hertzler, Crestone Doc Trailer

Virginia Citizens Defense League Statement on Lobby Day 2021, January 18th 2021

document.createElement('video'); https://vcdl.org/resources/Media/VCDL_LD2021_v2.mp4 Virginia – -(AmmoLand.com)- Some have wondered if Lobby Day would be canceled or changed due to the events at the U.S. Capitol back on January 6, 2021. The answer is no. Lobby Day is on track for this Monday, January 18. Lobby Day in 2021 is like all our other previous Lobby Days – we are peacefully lobbying to protect our rights, we are not protesting anything. There are times and places for protests, bu...
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REVIEW: The $60,000 Polestar 2 luxury EV solves the worst part about driving a Tesla

2021 Polestar 2. Kristen Lee/Business Insider The Polestar 2 is the first all-electric car from Polestar, a new brand from Volvo and Geely. It competes against the Tesla Model 3, Jaguar I-Pace, and Audi e-Tron. Prices start at $59,900. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The future-is-now characteristics are the same. The same big infotainment screen, the same minimalist interior, the same zip when the right pedal goes down. Take away my sight, and I'd be tempted to guess I...
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How to track someone on Google Maps after they share their location with you

You can track a contact's location on Google Maps with that person's permission. Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images You can track someone on Google Maps who is sharing their location with you by opening the "Location sharing" menu and tapping the contact's name. You can track a friend, co-worker or family member on Google Maps, but that person needs to enable location tracking for you specifically.  To stop tracking someone, ask the person to turn off location ...
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You Can Now Stalk Yourself With Google Maps' 2020 Timeline Update

It’s no secret that Google, as well as other big tech companies, know a lot about you. Probably a lot more than you think they do. And while in general that’s really creepy, sometimes it can briefly produce cool results, before going back to being creepy. Case in point: You can start off the year by stalking yourself…Read more...
Tags: Travel, Google, Science, Location Tracking, Google Maps

2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 5 (Contracts, E-Commerce, Defamation, Censorship, & More)

Contracts * Kidstar v. Facebook, Inc.,  2020 WL 4382279 (D.N.J. July 31, 2020). The plaintiff sued Facebook because he lost access to photos in his account. assuming, arguendo, that Plaintiff opened a Facebook account in 2004, the 2009 User Agreement became the governing document upon his registration in 2009 until 2017, when the 2017 User Agreement became the governing document upon his creation of a subsequent Facebook account… Plaintiff had reasonably conspicuous notice of Facebook’s contract...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Law, California, Washington, Ebay, Court, Bloomberg, E-commerce, Thailand, United States, Fairfield, Silicon Valley, Dmca, Google Maps, Crossfit

How to use Google Assistant driving mode in Google Maps to control your phone with your voice while on the road

You can use Google Assistant in Google Maps to enable voice controls. skaman306/Getty Images Google Assistant driving mode in Google Maps lets you make calls, send texts, and play music using your voice while driving. To use Google Assistant driving mode in Google Maps, enable it in your phone's Google app, and then start using Google Maps' usual driving navigation feature. Google Assistant driving mode is only available on Android phones in the US, and you have to be speaking English to u...
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Google Maps' Moat is Evaporating (slashdot)

An anonymous reader shares an analysis: See, Google Maps is not just an app on your phone. It's also a suite of developer tools that power countless other applications that are used by millions of people every day. And that part of the business is known as the Google Maps Platform (but most of the time I hear it referred to as the Google Maps API). In 2018, Google inexplicably decided to self-sabotage their enterprise maps business by raising their prices ~1,400% overnight. The only time in my l...
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Google Maps' Moat is Evaporating

An anonymous reader shares an analysis: See, Google Maps is not just an app on your phone. It's also a suite of developer tools that power countless other applications that are used by millions of people every day. And that part of the business is known as the Google Maps Platform (but most of the time I hear it referred to as the Google Maps API). In 2018, Google inexplicably decided to self-sabotage their enterprise maps business by raising their prices ~1,400% overnight. The only time in my l...
Tags: Google, Tech, House, Google Maps, Mapbox, Google Maps Platform, Competition in Digital Markets

Learn to build no-code apps quickly to simplify your work

With AppSheet from Google Cloud, anyone can build custom applications without having to write code. Whether you’re part of a large organization seeking digital transformation or a small team in need of creative solutions to organize events during a pandemic, there’s no limit to what you can create. Our biggest piece of advice for those getting started? Just start. The best way to learn how to build applications without code is to get into the platform and start experimenting. The more time you s...
Tags: Google, Google Maps, Google Cloud, Jennifer Cadence

How to Stay Productive When Google's Services Go Offline

As much as you might hope your internet connection, games, and services will be there for you when you need them, guess what? Shit breaks. Facebook goes down. Gmail stops delivering. Slack pushes everyone offline and into (blissful) workplace silence. And every time this happens, I think to myself: “Why didn’t I have…Read more...
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Disinformation gets physical: The internet of things as an emerging terrain

From the Workshop on  “News and Information Disorder in the 2020 US Presidential Election.”  Laura DeNardis I can live, and live abundantly, as a digital human being who has never been on Facebook or Instagram. But I can’t live, work, or socialize without the underlying systems of technical architecture and governance that keep the internet operational and connect the cyber-physical w orld around me. The institutions that operate this infrastructure include cloud computing providers, in...
Tags: Facebook, China, Berlin, US, United States, Iot, Google Maps, Squarespace, Knight Foundation, Branding, American University, Guest Blogger, Cross, Yale Information Society Project, COVID, Laura DeNardis

How to hack Android Auto to display custom content

Google's Android Auto application casts content from a smartphone to a car's head unit display. Officially, that content includes navigation (e.g., Google Maps and Waze), media players (e.g., VLC, Spotify), and messaging apps. The application is useful, but it would be even better if you could show a film on your head unit's display or use it as an interface to a custom onboard computer that manages multiple cameras, GPS, and so on.
Tags: Google, Linux, Waze, Google Maps, VLC Spotify

You can order from Burger King on Google Maps, Search, and Pay starting Monday. Here's how.

A Whopper from Burger King. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty Images From Monday, you'll be able to order food from more than 5,000 Burger King restaurants across the US via Google Search, Maps, and Pay. The burger giant introduced the new ordering system in response to changing consumer behavior during the pandemic, it said. Here's how to order a Whopper via Google. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. You'll soon be able to order a Whopper directly via Google.From M...
Tags: Google, Food, US, Trends, Google Search, Features, Fast Food, Retail, Google Maps, Burger King, Forbes, Washington Post Getty, Google Search Maps, Mobile Ordering, Katherine Frey, Google Pay

You can order from Burger King on Google Maps, Search, and Pay from Monday. Here's how.

A Whopper from Burger King. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty Images From Monday, you'll be able to order food from more than 5,000 Burger King restaurants across the US via Google Search, Maps, and Pay. The burger giant introduced the new ordering system in response to changing consumer behavior during the pandemic, it said. Here's how to order a Whopper via Google. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. You'll soon be able to order a Whopper directly via Google.From M...
Tags: Google, Food, US, Trends, Google Search, Features, Fast Food, Retail, Google Maps, Burger King, Forbes, Washington Post Getty, Google Search Maps, Mobile Ordering, Katherine Frey, Google Pay

Google Waives $1.5 Billion DeepMind Loan as AI Costs Mount

Alphabet's Google waived a 1.1 billion-pound loan ($1.5 billion) to DeepMind in 2019 after the U.K.-based artificial intelligence lab continued to ramp up the scale of its research and development. From a report: Revenue jumped 158% in 2019, DeepMind said in a financial filing this week. Sales were 265.5 million pounds, up from 102.8 million pounds a year earlier. Its losses also widened, increasing 1.4% to 476.6 million pounds. DeepMind's parent has agreed to continue funding the company for at...
Tags: Google, Tech, Silicon Valley, Google Maps, Deepmind, Demis Hassabis, Google Ireland

Google expands languages push to serve non-English speakers in India

There are over 600 million internet users in India, but only a fraction of this population is fluent in English. Most online services and much of the content on the web currently, however, are available exclusively in English. This language barrier continues to contribute to a digital divide in the world’s second largest internet market that has limited hundreds of millions of users’ rendition of the world wide web to a select few websites and services. So it comes as no surprise that American t...
Tags: Google, Apps, Asia, Wikipedia, India, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Sequoia Capital, Google-Maps, Google India, Google Lens, Talukdar, Nidhi Gupta, Jayanth Kolla, Convergence Catalyst, Google Research India

Google expands languages push in India to serve non-English speakers

There are over 600 million internet users in India, but only a fraction of this population is fluent in English. Most online services and much of the content on the web currently, however, are available exclusively in English. This language barrier continues to contribute to a digital divide in the world’s second largest internet market that has limited hundreds of millions of users’ rendition of the world wide web to a select few websites and services. So it comes as no surprise that American t...
Tags: Google, Apps, Asia, Wikipedia, India, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Google-Maps, Telugu Google

AWS launches Amazon Location, a new mapping service for developers

AWS today announced the preview of Amazon Location, a new service for developers who want to add location-based features to their web-based and mobile applications. Based on mapping data from Esri and HERE Technologies, the service provides all of the basic mapping and point-of-interest data you would expect from a mapping service, including built-in tracking and geofencing features. It does not offer a routing feature, though. “We want to make it easier and more cost-effective for you to add...
Tags: Google, Amazon, TC, Cloud, Developer, Tech, Information, Software, Computing, Aws, Amazon Web Services, Google-Maps, Esri, Cloud Infrastructure, Jeff Barr, Amazon Location

A 'significant number' of Gmail users are having problems in Google's second service disruption in 2 days

Alexey Boldin/Shutterstock A 'significant subset of users' experienced issues with Gmail on Tuesday, according to Google. Although users can access Gmail, Google said, they are seeing error messages, lags and 'unexpected behavior.'  On Tuesday evening, Downdetector received over 16,000 reports that users were having problems with Gmail.  The service issue is Google's second in two days. Yesterday, an outage took out Youtube, Gmail, and Google Maps for about an hour.  Visit Business Inside...
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Google’s Android Auto finally has a third-party app for navigation

Good news for Android Auto users who hate Google derived maps — third-party navigation apps are now available! For most of its life, Android Auto only offered full support for Google Maps or Waze for navigation. Other mapping apps would work, but they were restricted to the phone interface. However, with news that offline mapping app Sygic has launched a beta build on Android Auto this week, users now have another option. I’m sure this matters to someone out there, although I’ve never had issues...
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Create a festive song with Blob Opera

Still looking for that perfect present? Why not gift a festive song? Blob Opera is a new machine learning experiment by artist David Li that lets you create your own festive song inspired by Opera on Google Arts & Culture.Guide the pitch and vowel sound of our four festive blobs who stand ready to transform your musical ideas (no matter how good or bad) into beautiful harmonies. Record your creation and share it with family & friends, especially the person who already seems to have everything — ...
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Three Awesome Apps for Your Next Ride

Apps to Improve Your Ride Let’s be honest, we’ve all been out on the bike just to be caught in the rain or worse, a speed trap. With these apps, you can ensure those are yesterday’s problems. You have probably heard of these apps, but check out some of the features that you may have missed!  Are you getting the most out of your apps? Let’s find out Google Maps This app is one of the world’s most popular apps coming in at over 1 Billion active users per month. Chances are if you’re reading ...
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Google is starting to come back online after a major hour-long outage

Alexey Boldin/Shutterstock Google services were hit by a global outage on Monday morning. Per Downdetector, the outage affected YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, and more, and began at roughly 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Google's Workplace Status Dashboard confirmed every single one of its products was hit by the outage. Users started to report the services coming back online roughly an hour later. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Google was hit by a major outage on Monday morni...
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Google services are back online after a major hour-long outage that hit YouTube, Gmail, and Google Maps

Alexey Boldin/Shutterstock Google services were hit by a global outage on Monday morning. Per Downdetector, the outage affected YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, and more, and began at roughly 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Google's Workplace Status Dashboard confirmed every single one of its products was hit by the outage. Users started to report the services coming back online roughly an hour later. At 8:07 a.m., Google tweeted that the outage was "all clear" — but some users said they were still u...
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In the News: Americans are Starting Businesses at Record Pace

Although the news might seem like it is all doom and gloom, the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans says otherwise. According to a study from LendingTree, business applications across the U.S. in 2020 has surpassed the number of last year’s total by mid-October. LendingTree reports new business applications have already surpassed the 3.4 million mark of 2019, with almost three months still left in the year. What is more, in the first 13 weeks of 2020, an average of close to 74,000 businesses ap...
Tags: Google, US, Sales, Google Maps, Lendingtree, Bluehost, TechSmith, Small Business Owners, Small Business News, Waymark, Soundstripe, Waymark Partner, BlueVenn More, Shopify Data Customers Want Free, Employer Identification Numbers EINs, Bluehost Identifies Top

Erin Clift, CMO of Waze

In this Marketing Over Coffee: Learn about Marketing Via Navigation, Advertising, Partnerships, and more! Direct Link to File Brought to you by our sponsors: Blueshift and LinkedIn The path to Waze – media, content, technology Why it all comes back to psychology 8:15 Blueshift is making it easier than ever for marketers to use AI themselves to grow their business. Blueshift’s SmartHub CDP uses patented AI to drive timely, relevant experiences across every channel, all while saving ma...
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Google Introduces New Features for Small Business on Maps and Search

Your online small business profile now must provide a whole host of information. And you have to make this information available quickly and accurately. Google is making this possible by bringing messaging capabilities and customer insights on Google Maps and Search. This new feature is the second part of an effort by Google to simplify the way businesses update their information. In May of this year, the company made it possible to update your Business Profile directly from Maps and Search. Th...
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