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Google escalates the competition in map services
Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times,
May, 16, 2013
Google's revision of its map service comes less than a year after Apple removed Google Maps from the iPhone and replaced it with its own version.
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CBI may probe Google Mapathon case
Indo-Asian News Service,
Apr, 22, 2013
The case against Google India for violating Indian mapping laws has been recommended to be investigated by the cyber crime cell of the CBI.
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Google Maps helping Lithuania taxman find dodgers
Associated Press,
Apr, 10, 2013
Lithuanian tax authorities say they have uncovered more than 100 possible tax dodgers using Google Maps Street View.
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BJP MP wants Google booked for violating India's mapping regulations
Indo-Asian News Service,
Mar, 25, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party MP said Google had broken the statutory norms by running a Map India campaign without permission.
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Google Maps draw BJP ire for listing key facilities
Indo-Asian News Service,
Mar, 20, 2013
the maps could be used by terrorists as Google Earth provides free Internet satellite pictures with no control to prevent misuse or limit access to sensitive places.
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Google Maps adds view from Mt. Everest, other peaks
Agence France-Presse,
Mar, 19, 2013
Googlers who made the ascents took the pictures with tripod-mounted digital camera equipped with a fisheye lens to capture 360-degree views.
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More change at Google as Maps-Commerce chief gets new role
Reuters,
Mar, 15, 2013
The Maps/Geo group will be folded into Google's search division, formally called Knowledge and led by Senior Vice President Alan Eustace.
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Google Maps for iOS now supports local search, address lookup for Google contacts
Anupam Saxena,
Mar, 06, 2013
Google has updated its Google Maps app for iOS bringing integration with local search information and support for address lookup for Google contacts.
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Google launches indoor maps feature in Singapore
Indo-Asian News Service,
Feb, 19, 2013
Android phone users will be able to use the online mapping system to help themselves find their way inside shopping malls and large buildings.
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Google files multiple patent lawsuits against BT
Reuters,
Feb, 14, 2013
Google said BT violates its patents that cover technology such as networking and making phone calls over the Internet.
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Google invites India to help create better Maps with Mapathon 2013
Anupam Saxena,
Feb, 07, 2013
Google has announced Mapathon 2013, a mapping competition in India, with an aim to create better maps for the country.
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Google Maps' new target: Secretive North Korea
Choe Sang-Hun and Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times,
Jan, 30, 2013
North Korea may be the world's most shrouded country, but on Tuesday Google Maps lifted the veil just a little.
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Google unveils detailed North Korea map showing 'monuments, parks, and gulags'
Agence France-Presse,
Jan, 29, 2013
Google has rolled out a detailed map of the isolated state that even labels some of its remote and infamous gulags.
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Google to animal lovers: No, our Street View car didn't knock over a donkey
Agence France-Presse,
Jan, 17, 2013
The picture, gave the impression that a Google Maps car had run over a donkey on a dirt road while gathering Street View images.
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Google gains from creating apps for the opposition
Nick Wingfield and Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times,
Jan, 15, 2013
Google has become one of the most prolific and popular developers of apps for the iPhone, in effect helping its competitor make more appealing products.
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