Microsoft’s Bing StreetSide service was offering a welcome replacement for Google’s out-of-date Street View imagery in Germany, but now privacy complaints have seen it taken offline. When will somebody realize these complaints have gone too far? Read more »
For those who ever wanted their own Street View car, similar to Google’s camera on wheels used to capture images for Google Maps, there’s now a small robotic version made out of LEGOs. It’s another example of the growing opportunities that connectivity and sensors bring us. Read more »
German citizens can now request that photos of their homes or businesses be blurred to prevent them being identified in Google’s Street View photo service, which is about to launch. Meanwhile, Spain says it is investigating Google’s collection of wireless data via its Street View cars. Read more »
