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Articles tagged “google”

Online Travel

Aussies can finally use Map Maker to add details to their Google Maps

Joining 200 countries where Map Maker has already launched, Australia can now add its local flavor -- from resorts to hiking trails -- to a list of contributions to be approved by Google.

Online Travel

Google apologizes for not deleting the Street View personal data it promised to delete

Google's willingness to be forthcoming shouldn't be confused with transparency. There's no reason it would have spent the time necessary writing the programs to allow it to capture this data if it did not intend to do something with the data.

Online Travel

EU presses Google on far-reaching settlement, including mobile

The EU isn't buying Google's claims that preferencing its own products improves the user experience. U.S. regulatory authorities are lagging in their probes.

Online Travel

Bing and Google maps both improve detail and add more high-def renderings

How wonderful is it that the tech heavyweights are having an arms race to provide users with the best free maps the world has ever seen?

Media and PR

Yahoo taps Google Local’s leader Marissa Mayer for CEO after clandestine search

Google's loss of Marissa Mayer, who choreographed the Zagat acquisition, to Yahoo won't slow big plans for the the Zagat integration into Google search.

Online Travel

Maps are getting seriously sexy: Amazon enters the game with an acquisition

The battle for local intelligence has broken into open warfare with the three biggest digital consumer brands stockpiling massive mapping weapons to. Use against one another.

Airlines

Zagat airport restaurant ratings could be coming to Google

Expect a lot more airport, airline, airport restaurant and hotel coverage from Zagat as its content begins to permeate Google search.