Take a virtual tour of Akihabara, Tokyo, the "electric town", thanks to Google Street View. — Engadget Hulu is improving its selection of high-def content by including new episodes of 24, 30 Rock, Heroes, and The Office, and they'll be ad-free for the time being as well! — CNET ToAnswer is an application that will allow you to ask short questions that will be answered by the Twitter Read more

Remember when I said my goal was to spot the Google Street View cars around town? Old goal! My new goal is to be spotted. My inspirations are these Google employees, who clowned around at the Googleplex (on the clock, I'd bet too) for their very own Street View cameras. I have a small sampling of the madness in the gallery below, but visit Google Blogoscoped to see more of this goofy "photo Read more

Coincidence of coincidences? Remember how I was talking that noise yesterday about wanting to spot a Google Street View car and Earthmine being the next best thing? Well that wasn't the next best thing, but this is: A Google Street View car (Prius, to be responsibly exact) was snapped — while being pulled over! No word on why he was being pulled over, but something tells me that cop had an Read more

It's my personal goal to catch one of Google's Street View vans in action, but this will have to do for now: I caught this Earthmine SUV with the rotating cameras on top instead. I'd never heard of Earthmine, so I snooped around on their website, and almost dismissed them as a Google Street View copycat until I watched the demo. Watch as you're allowed to zoom in and get panoramic views (the Read more

There's no end to the amount of entertainment that Google Maps' Street View provides. I remember when it came out and I thought, cool, I can look at the outside of hotels I'm going to stay in and my house. I didn't dream of the possibilities that could be exploited by a bunch of Google cars until controversy started popping up when it caught some odd and slightly incriminating photos. I can't Read more

I love the fact that Google Street View is so cool yet so controversial. Did anyone seriously think we'd ever get to zoom in on a map to see a 360° panoramic image of streets from all over the world? It's impressive technology to say the least. Although people have had to go to great lengths to have their pictures removed from street view and Europe is already blurring faces and license plates Read more

When Google's Street View launches in Europe, photos will be modified to ensure that faces and license plates are not visible. In hopes of offering more privacy to the people who appear in the images, Google is also considering making the US version completely anonymous. Considering all the controversial images that have been posted on the site, they've certainly got their work cut out for Read more

If you're looking for a good excuse to have some fun with Google Street Views, now is your chance because Google has swapped the regular orange Street View man with a witch. As you navigate your way from street to street, you can conveniently fly around on a broomstick, making Street View that much more fun to use. If this doesn't get geeks excited about Halloween, I don't know what will! Thanks Read more

And boy is it snapping some weird sh*t. Headless bodies. Bodiless pumpkins. Teens with laser-beam eyes. People getting clocked for speeding. And the least surprising: men entering and leaving adult stores and strip clubs (Yawn!) View 6 Photos › maps2 maps1 maps3 maps4 maps5 maps6 Source Read more