Apple has rolled out its “Look Around” feature of Apple Maps into three more U.S. cities, with street level views of Boston, Philly, and Washington, D.C…
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Apple Maps: What’s new in iOS 13
Apple introduced updates to many of the built-in iOS apps in iOS 13, and Maps is no exception…
Apple Maps’ new ‘Look Around’ feature is way smoother than Google Maps’ Street View
Apple revealed that there would be a new Look Around feature in Apple Maps at iOS 13…
How Apple is making Maps much, much better
Look Around is a fantastic feature that delivers smooth as silk transitions between different areas, unlike Google’s really rather clunky Street View….
Why Google owes the European Union $5 billion
After the better part of three years’ investigation, the European Union has announced…
Mapping startup hires Apple computer vision expert
Mapillary, a Malmö, Sweden-based map technology startup, has hired a computer vision expert…
Facebook’s surveillance machine
Facebook’s business model involves having people go to the site for social interaction, only to be quietly subjected to an enormous level of surveillance…
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg AWOL from Facebook’s damage control session
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain…
U.S. FTC reportedly probing Facebook’s abuse of personal data as UK summons Zuckerberg for questioning
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users…
Yet another Facebook debacle means it’s time for an Apple social network
The emerging Cambridge Analytica/Facebook affair…
The problem isn’t Cambridge Analytica: It’s Facebook
Cambridge Analytica garnered headlines across the world on Friday as Facebook formally suspended the company…
Eric Schmidt to step down as the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc.
Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors…
Use a VPN to protect your internet privacy
Worried about your ISP? Is someone on your coffee shop’s Wi-Fi? A virtual private network (VPN) can help protect your privacy…
At the start of the Trump era, Apple spent more on lobbying than ever, but outspent 2.5 times by Google
Since the election of President Donald Trump, Apple’s been been cultivating some good old fashioned Washington influence….
Protecting against possible ISP snooping by using a VPN and https
The Obama Administration created a new set of restrictions on Internet service providers…
Why Congress’s rejection of proposed FCC data rules will not affect your privacy in the slightest
Congress was right to disapprove them…
Privacy 101: Why you need a VPN
Earlier this week, the Republican-led Congress voted to repeal FCC rules that blocked ISPs…
Under President Trump, Obama ally Google may face policy setbacks, including roll back of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
During Obama’s presidency, more than 250 people moved between jobs at Google or related firms and the federal government, national political campaigns and Congress…
Google’s Eric Schmidt wore staff badge at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Inc., was spotted at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party last Tuesday wearing a staff badge…
WikiLeaks emails show extremely close relationship between Clinton campaign and Google’s Eric Schmidt
The emails between Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and campaign manager Robby Mook show that Schmidt met with Podesta…
Apple’s mystery vans are making 3D road maps for Apple Car
Some new data-gathering vehicles are roaming the streets of San Francisco…
Eric Schmidt-backed startup stealthily working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House
An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt has become a major technology vendor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign…
Apple: We’re driving vehicles around the world to collect data for Apple Maps
Apple has confirmed our April report that the company is driving vehicles…
Apple Maps will become available cross-platform via the Web, job listing reveals
While Apple Maps is currently restricted to dedicated apps on iOS and OS X…
Apple’s vans are collecting next-gen Maps data, grabbing Street View storefronts and 3D images
Three years after Apple launched its own iOS Maps app to replace Google…
Apple’s sensor-covered minivans invade Texas
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Apple’s modified minivans…
Apple mystery van spotted in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
A MacDailyNews reader has spotted another Apple mystery van…
Video reveals close-up look of Apple’s mystery van project
More detail on Apple’s camera-equipped minivans…
Apple mystery van spotted in San Diego
Another Apple mystery van has been spotted in San Diego…
Apple trying ‘very hard’ to nab Tesla engineers as mystery van sightings proliferate
According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple has made a major push…
Apple testing mysterious camera-equipped vehicles
The California DMV confirmed that the vehicle was leased to Apple…
U.S. Supreme Court ruling leaves Google open to lawsuits over Street View secretly collected personal data
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Google Inc…
Apple’s 3D recording patent could bring user-generated ‘street views’ to Maps
Apple was awarded a patent this week for a concept that could allow users…
U.S. patent application reveals Apple is working on ‘Street View’ mapping technology
An Apple patent application discovered on Thursday suggests that the company is…
Google fined $7 million over Street View privacy breaches
Google has agreed to pay $7 million as a result of an investigation brought…
What’s wrong with Apple’s new Maps app in iOS 6
Apple’s new Maps in iOS 6 certainly has some significant flaws, but…
Google outfoxes U.S. FCC
In a clear example of overreaching, a few years ago…
Google Street View cars grabbed locations of cellphones, computers
Google’s Street View cars collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices…