Beijing: A Chinese man kidnapped 23 years ago at the age of five and sold to a family 1,500 km from his home, has been reunited with his family again, all thanks to Google Maps.
28-year-old Luo Gang from southwest China's Sichuan province, abducted and taken to Fujian province 23 years ago, has finally found his way home after spending years trying to work out where he came from, the South China Morning Post reported.
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05:15 PM, May 18, 2013
San Francisco: Google used its annual conference for software developers, Google I/O, to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online games, maps, search, music and photos and are meant to help the company cement its role in people's technological lives. Here's a look at some of the announcements made at Wednesday's keynote at Google I/O. Music streaming: All Access will blend songs you have already...
08:38 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: BJP MP Tarun Vijay on Wednesday again accused Google of violating India's mapping laws by showing vital military installations with annotations and asked the government to take steps to access the data the company possessed. Vijay, who raised the issue in a special mention in the Rajya Sabha, called upon the central government to probe the issue. Vijay said the recce of any area was the key to...
04:54 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Google Mapathon event case, in which the US internet giant allegedly violated Indian mapping laws, has been sent to the home ministry with the recommendation of a probe by the CBI cyber crime cell, said BJP MP Tarun Vijay. "Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has informed that the case against Google India for violating Indian mapping laws has been recommended to be investigated by the cyber crime...
10:58 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: As Delhi Police investigates whether Google violated rules in holding a competition that asked users to add information about their local areas for its online map, the US Internet company on Saturday said it had responded to queries raised by Survey of India more than 10 days back and hasn't heard from it yet. "The Survey of India contacted Google regarding the Mapathon contest on March 22, and...
06:35 PM, Apr 06, 2013
The government should book Google for "violating" India's defence regulations on maps and force the company to surrender its "illegally stored" data to the Surveyor General of India, BJP MP Tarun Vijay says. ...
02:30 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The mountains on Google Maps include Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus and Everest Base Camp. ...
06:02 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Google launched its indoor maps feature in Singapore Tuesday, making the city state the second country in Asia to have it. ...
05:27 PM, Feb 19, 2013
With the view to further improve Google Maps for India, Google has announced India's first ever mapping competition - Mapathon 2013 - which starts on February 12 and culminates on March 25, 2013. ...
03:09 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Google Inc.'s map with more details of North Korea has gone live. Google Maps shows details of North Korea, including streets, parks, monuments and train stops in the capital of Pyongyang. ...
01:25 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The chasm between Google and Microsoft seems to have grown a little wider, and it seems Google has cut off Windows Phone users from Google Maps completely. Windows Phone users are complaining that trying to visit the web version of Google Maps redirected them instead to Google's homepage. ...
04:02 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Rape statistics from National Crime Records Bureau's Crime in India 2011 report plotted on an interactive map of India. ...
04:55 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Google, the global internet service giant, is soon going to start operations on its data center based in Asia. ...
04:14 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Scientists have created the first ever map of how the brain organises the thousands of images that come flooding in through our eyes every day. ...
12:14 PM, Dec 26, 2012
The app has surpassed 10 million downloads so far, according to Google SVP of Commerce and Local Jeff Huber. ...
05:17 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Apple Inc is in early discussions with Foursquare Labs Inc to integrate local data into the company's mapping application, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the talks. ...
11:30 AM, Dec 18, 2012
Google still reigns superior over Apple Maps in depth and information and will no doubt be welcomed back by its fans. ...
03:55 PM, Dec 15, 2012
The new tools in the free Google Maps iPhone app include turn-by-turn directions. ...
01:35 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Several motorists were stuck in a snake-infested, desert without food and water while using their Apple Maps for directions. ...
07:17 AM, Dec 11, 2012
