google maps
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Spotify Pulls Plug on Car View Feature, Offers Users No Alternative
If you got in your car and suddenly found that Spotify’s Car View feature had mysteriously disappeared, I’m sorry to say that no, it’s not a bug. Spotify actually announced — although “whispered” would be more accurate — that it was killing Car View more than a month ago, but it looks like it hadn’t…
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Google Maps Adds Wildfire Layer to Help You Find the One Place That’s Not Burning
Here’s an ominous sign of the times: Alongside other more mundane data like traffic, satellite, transit maps, and tree cover, fire will now be one of the top layers in Google Maps
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A Determined Hacker Has Brought Google Maps to the NES
Almost a decade before the world finally realised how tedious April Fool’s Day pranks are, Google revealed a farcical 8-bit port of Google Maps for the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System. The prank was quickly forgotten, but not by one maker, who, nine years later, has made the NES version of Google Maps a reality.
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Google Maps Provided Users With a ‘Potentially Fatal’ Hiking Trail on This Mountain
A few years ago, instead of leading my best friend and I through a lovely and picturesque Spanish mountain trail, Google Maps took us to an isolated field with some cows. While I learned then not trust the internet when it comes to nature, it appears that an increasing number of visitors to the Scottish…