Articles tagged “google”

Geopolitics play a large role in mapping worldwide, but this relatively small case is an example of the factors including safety, pride, and accuracy that are involved in such instances.

Interesting conundrum in this social media age: do you value the social accounts separately in an M&A/sale valuation? Are accounts and its followers separate, and that means can be decoupled and sold?

This is a clear win for the Frommer name and what the brand means to the people who made it the best-selling series in the U.S. and one of the most visited destination websites. But it also raises more concerns about Google's stubborn commitment to its Google+ product despite the clear lack of user interest.

Google Street View’s first trip to the Canadian Arctic and its images of the ghost town left by Japan’s 2011 earthquake are evidence of Google’s goal to put every inch of the earth online.

It’s only a matter of time before live updates are available for all public transit, but it could be longer than expected with many cities’ not yet able to process or share that level of data.

Japan’s Ropits is designed for short distances and urban driving making it less of a competitor to Google and more of a solution for cities' with subpar transport infrastructure.

Despite the march to mobile, many travelers still turn to traditional print guidebooks for upcoming travels, which has several people wondering if Google’s move is too short-sighted.

Thus the turmoil in guidebook world continues. The impending closure of Frommer's print division has been likely since the August sale to Google, but this is the first clear sign that the series will not continue in its current form.

Google is in no hurry to meet anyone else's timetables in the development of Google Flight Search, as today's European launch attests.

It would be fascinating to know what Google CEO Larry Paige really thinks about the company's efforts in "travel." A change at the top in Maps could always point the compass in new directions.