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#dontbeevil
Is Google Using Pilfered Maps?
The town of Argleton, England doesn't exist, but you can search its white pages, look for nearby chiropractors and map a jog through town, because "Argleton" is on Google Maps. How'd the phantom town get there? Funny you should ask.
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#games
Most Infuriating Monopoly Yet, for Google Maps
Monopoly is a terrible, depressing board game; as one expert famously said, it's all about "grinding your opponents into dust" while you cackle. But at least the gouging and economic ruin has been confined to cardboard. Until now. More » -
#crime
Did Sicko Phillip Garrido Follow a Google Vehicle?
Attached are pictures of a van that tailed a vehicle shooting pictures for Google Street View. Looks like a stereotypical child rapist van, right? That's the thing: It apparently pulled out from beside the home of rapist-kidnapper Phillip Garrido. More »
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#googlemaps
Google Cameras Probing You More Deeply, Thanks to Adorable Tricycles
Google has deployed its much-anticipated spy-cycles to the streets in Europe, complete with nine cameras and freaking laser beams. This is helping the company get even closer to your windows. More » -
#glitches
Google Thinks All New Yorkers Who Fly Into JFK Speak Arabic
Tonight someone emailed us to point out a truly bizarre glitch in Google Maps — apparently they think that anyone in New York who searches for directions from JFK airport is Arab.
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#videuhoh
Watch a Google Street View Car Hit a Bridge
Apparently Google's drivers sometimes forget they're driving around with pole-mounted cameras on their car roofs. More » -
#googlemaps
Angry Mob Too Rich For Google Street View
It's not just philandering husbands who fear Google Street View's roving cameras; the residents of a wealthy British village have taken to the streets as well. Literally. More » -
#googlemaps
Cheating Husband Said Caught Via Google Street View
A woman, checking out a female friend's house on Google Maps, was surprised to see her husband's Range Rover parked out front, complete with blingy hubcaps, reports The Sun. A divorce is underway.
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#streetview
Google Maps Loves Guns, Hates Bambi
What scrapes will those goofy Street View cars get into next? Google's roving panopticons ran over a baby deer and captured a guy toting a gun on the street. America, you are Google Maps! More » -
#googlemaps
Cheney's Veil Lifted on Vice President's Residence
Hope and change has come to Google Maps. The official residence of the vice president, obscured until Dick Cheney's last days in office and residence, now shines in satellite sunlight. More »
