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Google Maps’ Street View celebrates 15 years with historical imagery on mobile, new camera and more – TechCrunch

Google Maps’ Street View celebrates 15 years with historical imagery on mobile, new camera and more – TechCrunch

Google Maps’ Street View feature was created 15 years ago, and since then, has added more than 220 billion Street View images from over 100 countries and territories. Many of us have taken advantage of its capabilities, especially scoping out unknown locations before heading there in person. To celebrate the anniversary, the company announced upgrades today, including a feature on its iOS and Android apps that will display historical Street View imagery right on… Source link

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Google’s new Street View camera is more portable (and looks weirdly cute)

Google’s new Street View camera is more portable (and looks weirdly cute)

Yet while these cameras have made it possible for Google to capture many far-flung places, they tend to be bulky, heavy, and require a bunch of computing power that has to be added on inside Street View cars. On Tuesday, Google unveiled a new Street View camera it thinks will make it a lot easier to take pictures of the world, particularly in remote spots such as small islands and mountain tops. The camera weighs 15 pounds (about a tenth the weight of the current camera plus all the… Source link

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All these images were generated by Google’s latest text-to-image AI

All these images were generated by Google’s latest text-to-image AI

There’s a new hot trend in AI: text-to-image generators. Feed these programs any text you like and they’ll generate remarkably accurate pictures that match that description. They can match a range of styles, from oil paintings to CGI renders and even photographs, and — though it sounds cliched — in many ways the only limit is your imagination. To date, the leader in the field has been DALL-E, a program created by commercial AI lab OpenAI (and updated just back in April)…. Source link

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Why you should give Google Analytics 4 a chance

Why you should give Google Analytics 4 a chance

There is a lot of negativity out there when it comes to Google Analytics 4. I get it. It’s a new product that looks, feels and works differently from what we’re all used to in Universal Analytics. And, as many readers would rightly suggest, it’s still missing features. [Disclosure: I used to work for Google and helped build the foundations of Google Analytics 4] All that being said, I’m here to offer an unpopular opinion: GA4 is actually a great tool. Not only that, it’s a lot more… Source link

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Google Maps’ historical Street View imagery comes to mobile

Google Maps’ historical Street View imagery comes to mobile

Google Maps’ Street View feature is getting a couple of upgrades to celebrate the service’s 15th anniversary, the search giant announced today. The first is a new feature coming to its iOS and Android apps that’ll display historical Street View imagery on your phone. The second is a new, more portable camera that Google hopes will make it easier for it to capture Street View imagery in the future. Since 2014, it’s been possible to use Street View to see how a place has changed… Source link

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Google, Samsung get East Texas patent cases moved to California

Google, Samsung get East Texas patent cases moved to California

The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Summary Law firms Related documents Northern California found more convenient than East Texas court Judge’s past experience with the patents did not outweigh other factors (Reuters) – Google LLC, Google’s Waze Mobile Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd convinced a U.S. appeals court Monday to move separate… Source link

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Google Maps Workers Say They Can’t Afford the Trip Back to the Office

Google Maps Workers Say They Can’t Afford the Trip Back to the Office

Google Maps contract employees who are required to return to their office in Washington State recently circulated a petition to keep working from home since some cannot afford their commutes, presenting another challenge to Google’s plan to refill offices and restore campus life. The issue affects more than 200 workers who are employed by the outsourcing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions, which mandated that they work in an office in Bothell five days a week starting on June 6. The… Source link

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Hold my Shiba Inu – TechCrunch

Hold my Shiba Inu – TechCrunch

The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2’s ability to draw/paint/imagine just about anything… but OpenAI isn’t the only one working on something like that. Google Research has rushed to publicize a similar model it’s been working on — which it claims is even better. Imagen (get it?) is a text-to-image diffusion-based generator built on large transformer language models that… okay, let’s slow down and unpack that real… Source link

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