Google is apparently cracking down on a popular site that converts the music from YouTube videos into MP3s. (Credit: YouTube) YouTube-MP3.org has received a letter from Google, YouTube’s parent company, notifying the site operators that converting videos this way violates YouTube’s terms of service, according to the blog TorrentFreak, which said it has seen the...Read More
For many people, phones have become an important way to navigate the world, and mobile maps are at the core of the journey. They are often the critical element in commerce, socializing and search. So far, Google has reigned supreme in the mobile map world, with its maps on every iPhone sold so far —...Read More
Apple unveils its new Maps app at the WWDC 2012 keynote. Photo: Jon Phillips/Wired Apple’s iOS Maps app is woefully behind the times. In fact, plenty of third-party iOS apps offer features you won’t find in the Maps app built into iPhones and iPads. Even more damaging for Apple: The Maps app built into Android...Read More
June 14 is Flag Day, a national holiday celebrating the Stars and Stripes since 1949. But don’t ask Google about it. The search giant is known for its colorful, interactive logos for everything from the 78th birthday of the inventor of the Moog synthesizer to Earth Day to the anniversary of Pac-Man. But for Flag...Read More
This story originally appeared on CBSNews.com’s sister site, CNET.com. Google is facing renewed privacy scrutiny in Britain, as a U.K. regulator reopens its investigation into how the Web giant’s Street View program gathered personal data. The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office announced today that it was motivated to reopen its probe, after information provided in an...Read More
Flyover view from Apple looks impressive, but is it useful? (Credit: Apple, Inc.) I attended Google‘s mapping press conference last week and, today, attended Apple‘s World Wide Developer’s Conference, where I witnessed a demo of Apple’s new map app for the iPhone and iPad. Although I haven’t looked at them side-by-side, the demos were pretty similar....Read More
Don’t expect a new iPhone, analysts say. Instead, look for new software and hardware rollouts when Apple meets with 5,000 developers, the folks who create the apps and software for Apple products. The big development at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference will be new map and photo-sharing features for the iOS operating system that...Read More
Apple is expected to reveal its homegrown replacement for the Google Maps application, built into iOS 6, as the highlights of the Worldwide Developers Conference opening Monday. Attendees are also likely to get a peek at that next-generation iOS, which will reportedly launch in the fall for select devices, including a brand new iPhone handset....Read More
By AMIR EFRATI Google Inc. unveiled an expansion of its Google Maps and Google Earth services, upping the ante ahead of an anticipated new mapping service from rival Apple Inc. The search giant said Wednesday it would start showing three-dimensional images for entire metropolitan areas in Google Earth. Up to this point, the service had...Read More
In the space of 24 hours, Google has acquired two decently-sized Silicon Valley startups. On Monday the search giant announced that it had purchased the instant messaging firm Meebo. And today there’s another purchase: it has acquired Quickoffice, a company that makes mobile productivity apps for Android and Apple’s iOS. Google hasn’t released the financial...Read More
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