From January 2012, owners of websites with Google Map links will be charged for the Google Maps API service if they exceed the imposed limit – more than 25, 000 map ‘hits’ per day. Google Maps are used by many websites, in particular, those from the travel industry, who link customers to a view of Read News…

It has been announced on the Google blog , that you can now download maps on to your Android device. This new feature will enable you to have access to maps and directions without a data connection. The new feature launched is courtesy of Google Labs which is now currently available for Android users who Read News…

A ruling from the information commissioner has cleared Google over the controversial alleged capture of data from unprotected private wireless, or Wi-Fi, networks. The allegations surfaced following the release of Google StreetView, which allows browsers to not only view maps of the UK, but also zoom down to ‘StreetView’ and view photograph images of roads Read News…

Google Maps has been updated! No longer is it simply a search tool for location and directions! Google Maps is branching out in to property searches. This is a very useful tool if you are looking to buy or rent a new property in a specific area. Appropriately titled ‘Properties’, Google maps will identify every Read News…

Google has entered the travel market after acquiring flight information company ITA Software.  ITA provides software that organises fares, flight journey times that are used by all airlines, travel agents etc and most comparison sites. Google has that that there may be plans to extend the scope of it to enable users to search directly Read News…

I’m sure by now most people are aware of Google’s Street View and its association with Google Maps and the service it offers. Google has been travelling the world capturing images of thousands and thousands streets and supplying them for users to view. This hasn’t gone without its fair share of issues with privacy being Read News…

Earlier this month, the search firm admitted that it had collected information people had sent over unencrypted wi-fi networks for the last three years. The german authority had requested that the data collected be handed back, giving them a deadline of the 26th May 2010. However, this request was not met. Dr Johannes Caspar, the Read News…

For the last two years Google’s has been roaming the globe collecting images for its Street View feature on Google Maps. During this process Google also collected bits of user’s online activity via wireless networks. Google stated that this information was collected ‘inadvertently’ in short bursts as the cars passed through the area and that Read News…