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When you think of preserving memories, scrapbooks or photo albums might come to mind. But what about Google Maps? In a new, melancholy trend sweeping social media, Gen Z is using the “Street View” ...

You may not think twice about tools like Google Maps or Street View, but they offer more than just convenient directions. They also provide a detailed look at your home—your front door, yard, driveway ...

I use Street View features in Google Maps all the time to navigate new locations. It's an easy way to see your destination before you get there and helps you familiarize yourself with the neighborhood ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...

In lieu of engineers that morning, scrums of reporters buzzed around the garage as Google vice presidents announced how the company’s artificial intelligence system Gemini is integrating into Maps, so ...

Want more privacy? You can easily hide your house on Google Street View. Just know you won't be able to undo it later. I review privacy tools like hardware security ...

Google has given its map users access to many wonderful, bizarre and otherwise impossible to access places, but now it is opening up fictional worlds to exploration ...

Google will remove the standalone Street View app from the app stores, and its service will officially halt on March 21, 2023. 9to5Google first discovered a clue from the app's recent update, ...

Street View has enabled time wasters online since 2007. It provides a glimpse into the ordinary lives of people from all over the world, exposing the mundanity of daily existence. This is an ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and all this week I’m looking at ways to protect yourself, your family, and your money online. Here’s something you might not think about: ...