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Google Earth and YouTube and You Are There

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Google and Privacy

Google announced recently on the Google Lat Long Blog that Google Earth has a new feature, allowing users to watch YouTube videos that have been geotagged: Now you can find YouTube videos connected to specific locations right in Google Earth. Our new browseable layer of geotagged videos works a lot like our Google Book Search [...]

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Portland, Oregon Reacts to Google Street View’s Glaze

October 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Google and Privacy

An article in The Oregonian documents some of the reactions of Portland, Oregon residents, to Google Street View which just included Portland among the 15 U.S. cities which the service encompasses. To some, Google’s latest service is a novelty for exploring cities without leaving the house. Others consider the images an intrusion, one more high-tech [...]

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Google Street View Reaches Six More U.S. Cities Today

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Google and Privacy

Google Street View has just added six more cities today: Chicago; Philadelphia; Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Ore., and Tucson. The Arizona Republic notes local reaction in Phoenix: For all the privacy concerns Street View has generated, Google users in the Valley say they’re excited about the program being available here. Chrisandria Hornsby, a receptionist at Snell [...]

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