Google Adds Interior Business Photos to Street View


Updated 10/27/11 12:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Google Street View Interior Business Pictures

In the latest enhancement of the Street View, Google is moving off the street and has started rolling out interior pictures of businesses. You'll not only be able to see the inside of a new boutique in your city, but the service can also be used by restaurants to highlight their best dishes. Businesses in 37 cities and six countries, including the US, can apply to have the Google team take Read more

Google Street View Goes Off-Road


Updated 03/02/11 4:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Google Street View Updates

Google Street View has taken us through our own neighborhoods, down Olympic ski slopes, and even inside art museums. Now, it's taking us where cars can't go using the Trike, a bicycle outfitted with street view equipment to pedal around areas where cars can't go. The Trike has been collecting data since 2009, and Google recently introduced the new images to street view. Castles, gardens, parks, Read more

Google Art Project Takes You Into Museums Around the World


Updated 02/01/11 3:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Google Art Project

Over the past few years, Google Maps and Street View have made huge progress in bringing us to faraway places we might not otherwise get to visit. Now, its new Art Project provides street view-style access to 1,000 pieces of art in 17 different museums around the world. Art is displayed via high resolution photos through Picasa. So hi-res, in fact, that Google refers to the technology as Read more

Are You a Global Geek? Test Your Knowledge!


Updated 10/22/10 3:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Quiz on World Tech News

Thirty percent of the world will be online, and five billion will have cell phone subscriptions by the end of this year. There's a whole world of tech happening off our US shores, but how well do you know the tech habits of the rest of the world? Take this quiz on recent global tech news to see if you're an internationally observant geek! Take the Quiz Read more

Daily Tech: DJ Ruth Flowers Knows Her Mixing Boards


Updated 03/09/10 12:20 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

70-Year-Old DJ Ruth Flowers Spins in France

70-year-old DJ Ruth Flowers knows her way around a mixing board — Urlesque The Power Gig teaches you how to play a real guitar while gaming — Dvice Street View Awards show the best of the UK streets — Switched RGB pendant light pays tribute to color — Unplggd LEGO Star Wars watches coming soon, are awesome — Geekologie Nokia patents self-charging cell phone — Oh Gizmo! Read more

Google Takes Street View to the Hills in Time For the Olympics


Updated 02/16/10 12:12 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Google Mapping Olympic Downhill Ski Courses With Street View

You've used Google Street View to check out your block, your 'hood, and your destinations. Now if you can't be in Whistler for the 2010 Winter Olympics, you can use Street View to check out the downhill slopes that will be home to thousands of skiers for the next few weeks and use the new Olympic-themed Google Map to get an up close and personal look at the games. Armed with street-view enabled Read more

Daily Tech: Dell Polishes Laptops in Bold OPI Colors


Updated 10/07/09 8:01 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 4 comments

Daily Tech: Dell Polishes Laptops in Bold OPI Colors

Dell has partnered with OPI to offer exclusive OPI nail polish colors for laptops through the Dell Design Studio — Engadget Google is launching Street View in 11 Canadian cities — Mashable A new design product is said to block 96 percent of cell radiation emitted from every cell phone — Gizmodo Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin talked to journalists this morning about Google Chrome, Google Read more

Daily Tech: The New iTunes 9 Is Available For Download Today


Updated 09/09/09 3:08 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Daily Tech: The New iTunes 9 Is Available For Download Today

iTunes 9 includes a new interface, application management tools, and media sharing — Engadget A Facebook app for Android handsets surfaces — Gizmodo With Google Voice you can now forward emails and reply to SMS — Lifehacker The cutest video about Google Street View you'll ever watch — Boing Boing Here's how you can use Facebook Chat without having to open FB — Digital Inspiration Keep Read more

Daily Tech: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Eyes Up the PSP Go


Updated 06/07/09 6:54 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Daily Tech: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Eyes Up the PSP Go

Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto was spotted at the Sony booth during E3. — Kotaku Google will soon add a pancake tool to Street View to make it easier to use. — TechCrunch Steve Jobs may be making an appearance at the WWDC next week. — Wall Street Journal Jimmy Fallon is a big fan of the Dave Matthews GPS navigational unit. — Switched Verizon announces the BlackBerry Pearl Flip Read more

Daily Tech: Abandoned Amusement Parks Are Terrifying


Updated 10/31/11 11:20 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Top Tech News on GeekSugar For October 31, 2011

The seven creepiest places on Earth — Cracked Burglars admit to using Google Street View and social media to scope out their targets — Tecca Olivia Wilde will play Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider film — GeekTyrant A Ghostbuster ghost trap replica! Is it too late to change my Halloween costume? — MTVGeek Happy seven billion people, Earth! — Dvice Netflix adds more Disney/ABC programming Read more