Google has rebuilt Maps from ‘ground up,’ with iPad version coming this summer

One big key to the revamp is that Google Maps is based on vector imagery and delivered via WebGL.

This Google office has a real fireman’s pole, slide, cattle walkway, and more (gallery)

Nap rooms are so 2000s. Massage rooms are a dime a dozen. And the in-office gym has been around since at least the 90s. So if you want to up the ante, attract the best talent, and have the most brag-worthy office in the world, you need more.

Google starts April Fools’ early with Google Maps ‘Treasure’ layer, ‘closing’ of YouTube

Google has gotten into the spirit of April Fools' a bit early with its new "Treasure Map" layer in Google Maps and a video suggesting YouTube will close tomorrow.

Google Street View adds Kilimanjaro, Everest, & more so you can explore digital peaks

Google has added some of the most famous mountains in the world -- including Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua -- to what you can view on Google Street View.

Google maps & commerce are getting a divorce; Huber joins Brin at Google X

Ch-ch-ch-changes! But this one's not so strange, with mapping staff going to the search team and commerce staff going to the ads team. But what in the world is SVP Jeff Huber up to?

The 21 ways Google makes money from mobile (infographic)

Google had its first $50 billion year in 2012. With its massive investments in mobile, someday it might make that much just on the little plastic and metal devices we carry in our pockets. Here's how.

‘The Secret Door’ uses Google Maps street view to remind us that everything is amazing (and we barely notice)

Everything is amazing and no one notices, comedian Louis CK told Conan O'Brien not too long ago. That's what is cool about The Secret Door, a passageway to just about anywhere on the face of the earth.

Only one company can solve Apple’s mapping woes quickly (and it’s not Waze)

The Apple acquisition rumor this week was Waze, the crowdsourced mapping and traffic app. The only problem? Waze would only slow Apple down. There is a company, however, that could help Apple almost immediately.

Google Maps & Places come to Kia cars in 2013

Kia Motors has signed a new agreement with Google that will bring the search giant's Maps and Places web services to its in-dash navigation system, the auto maker announced today.

Apple’s wrong turn leads Google Maps on iPhone to 10M downloads in 2 days

Surprising no one, Google Maps for the iPhone is insanely popular.

No Google Maps on Kindle Fire? No problem: Skobbler launches OpenStreetMap-based ForeverMap 2

What a shock: Google Maps is not going to be available on Amazon's Kindle Fire. Instead, Skobbler is launching ForeverMap2 on Kindle Fire -- and Nook - to take its place.

Google Maps mobile lead: We had to crawl before we could walk in app design (interview)

To learn more about how Google approached building the long-awaited app, we chatted with Daniel Graf, the director of Google Maps for mobile.

Google Maps rapidly rockets to the top of the iPhone App Store

Google Maps for iOS may be only a few hours old, but it's already topping the charts of the iPhone App Store

Google Maps now live on the Apple app store (and it’s better than ever)

As rumored earlier tonight, Google Maps is now available on the iOS app store. It's completely revamped and, from my early experience, better than ever.

Google’s former advanced project group leader — and astronaut — creating new crowdsourced 3-D maps

I guess it's only appropriate that a company started by a Navy Seal and a marine is now run by an astronaut.