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Users can nominate their favorite places to be photographed for Street View on Google Maps

From large cities like New York and Tokyo, to small towns like Madison, NJ and Dursley, England, a growing number of places around the world have become explorable in 3D with Google Earth.

Nothing makes website owners happier than loyal, repeat users, but it can often be difficult to find them. Now, a study by online ad network Chitika suggests that the two best sources may be Facebook and Digg.

Despite Google's vigorous efforts to convince them otherwise, the Department of Justice recognizes that there are significant problems with terms of the proposed settlement, which is consistent with the concerns voiced with the Court by hundreds and hundreds of other parties.

Department Encourages the Parties to Continue Their Ongoing Discussions to Address Class Action, Copyright and Antitrust Concerns in the Proposed Settlement

ReCAPTCHA Inc., a spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department, has been acquired by Google Inc. The Pittsburgh company developed online puzzles that serve the dual purpose of protecting Web sites and digitizing printed text.

Tattoo embodies three core principles of HTC Sense: Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.

The nüvi 1690 with nüLink! has the most comprehensive set of POI search capabilities offered by any PND thanks to the implementation of Google local search and white page telephone listings.

BT Business and Google today announced an agreement to offer digital marketing services to small businesses. The alliance will involve BT Business becoming a Google AdWords™ Authorised Reseller.

Ricardo Reyes, Director of Communications for YouTube, will join leading electric vehicle manufacturer.

Apple® announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006.

Nokia and AIS today announced their collaboration to offer the Nokia Messaging push-email service for AIS subscribers. The deal makes AIS the first operator in Thailand to offer Nokia Messaging, which supports all leading consumer email solutions, such as Ovi Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail as well as local email service providers.

The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has joined the association's board of directors. Eric Davis, head of anti-malvertising, will hold Google's board of director seat.

Facebook today announced that it has agreed to acquire FriendFeed, the innovative service for sharing online.

Sony is today delivering on its promise of making digital readers and eBooks accessible and affordable for consumers with the introduction of two new Readers.

T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the national retail availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile® myTouch™ 3G with Google™.

On2 Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ONT) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire On2, a leading developer of video compression technology.

MOTODEV Enables Application Development for Future Motorola Mobile Devices

Forty years ago today, on July 20, 1969, the world watched as the crew of Apollo 11 took the first human steps on the surface of the Moon. In celebration of this historic occasion, Google is launching Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas of the Moon, viewable with Google Earth 5.0.

ABSOLUT VODKA has launched Drinkspiration by ABSOLUT, a sophisticated drink application combining the latest mobile technology with GPS, Twitter and Facebook. Drinkspiration by ABSOLUT is an interactive encyclopaedia of recipes that helps you find and share personalized drink recommendations based on spirit, taste, weather, time of day, bar vibe, sound volume, real-time drink trends and much more.