Google launches Street View, and check out EveryScape’s magic carpet
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Google’s latest move on maps is impressive, and knocks out Microsoft’s latest effort to spruce up its maps with 3D imagery.
Separately, scared out of the shadows is a Waltham, Mass. start-up, Everyscape, which has a similar offering, but its twist is that it lets you cruise streets, landmarks and even enter buildings. It has a demo of Union Square, in San Francisco, and says a full lunch is planned for fall. It has a high… Continue Reading
Google licenses Stanford robotic car technology for 3D maps
Google has licensed the sensing technology developed by a team of Stanford University students that enabled Stanley, a robotic car, to win a 131 mile race through the Mojave Desert last year.
The Mercury News’ Elise Ackerman reports that Google will use the sensing technology — which lets the car map out the terrain in front of it so that it can steer and change gears without a person at the wheel — to map… Continue Reading
Roundup: Netvibes2Go, Ooma, Wesabe, Second Life voice, Google traffic, more
Here’s the latest action:
Netvibes offers Netvibes2go — Netvibes, the company that has gotten buzz with its cool personalized home page service, is offering a mobile version called Netvibes2Go. It lets you access all your info — contained in useful modules, including email, calendar, to-do list and any RSS feed — while you’re on the go. To get it, you have to configure your Netvibes account on a PC first (creating a new tab, called “mobile” and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Winter IPO party?, Google improves directions, Zoho Wiki & more
Latest Silicon Valley round-up:
IPO window opening? — Lots of companies filing to go public lately. In just the past couple of days, there’s WiMax company Clearwire (see our story), game company Glu Mobile (see story), WiFi company Aruba (see story) and now rumors of software company Netsuite preparing one.
Redback Networks comes long way — This San Jose company went big, and then bankrupt in 2003. Now we learn the company, which manages 50 million broadband connections,… Continue Reading