BufferGoogle has moved closer to being subjected to a thorough investigation of its business practices by both American and EU authorities. The search giant’s admission that it recorded private communications sent over unsecured wireless networks brought an immediate call from … Continue reading
Category Archives: Mapping
Royal Mail harnesses eBay data for advertisers' benefit
BufferRoyal Mail, the UK's publicly-owned postal delivery service, has launched a new initiative promising to make it easier for businesses to improve their targeting of specific geographical areas which are most likely to buy their products. The new Royal Mail … Continue reading
Google Street View facing EU privacy challenge
BufferA working party looking into the use of images of private property on Google's enhanced Street View service has asked the internet giant to shorten the period of time for which it retains images taken by its camera teams for … Continue reading
Google enhances local info for Maps with Place Pages
BufferDedicated local pages containing business listings or details of interesting sights in a particular neighbourhood are now available when you search Google Maps. The project brings together information contained in the maps database with Google business listings and, where available, … Continue reading
Rendeznew: Meeting People Made Easier?
BufferA Hollywood classic, Meet Me in St Louis, is set at the time when it was difficult to sustain a long-distance relationship. It would be hard to commute between St Louis and New York in 1904. There was no Internet … Continue reading
Google Analytics Features in FeedBurner: RSS Views Map Overlay
BufferI was somewhat critical of the changes that occured to FeedBurner since it was completely migrated over to Google. Some features, however, were “tweaked”. There was a chance previously to see the countries and cities that sent visits to the … Continue reading
Google Maps Pull In Photos From Flickr
BufferIn the world of digital/social mapping, Google Maps seem to be the first choice. In the world of photo sharing, however, Yahoo! Flickr has been holding the reins. Now the two come together, thanks to the recent development from Google … Continue reading
