Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Odd News

Google tricycle snaps views on Penn's campus

Jun. 19, 2009
Coming soon to a campus near you _ the Google tricycle. A pedicab-like vehicle with an 8-foot-high camera is rolling around the walkways at the University of Pennsylvania to collect 360-degree views for the "Street View" feature of Google Maps. The Mountain...
Related Stories from UPI.com

Google introduces 'Google Wave' messaging

SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 (UPI) -- Internet giant Google blurred the lines between e-mail and instant messaging Thursday, introducing "Google Wave" at a San Francisco conference.

Google's Street View banned in Greece

ATHENS, Greece, May 12 (UPI) -- Google's plan to expand its Google Maps service has been blocked in Greece at least temporarily by a data protection agency, Greek officials said.

Google, Norad team tracking Santa

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Google says it is teaming with the North American Aerospace Defense Command to allow Google Maps and Google Earth users to track Santa Claus's flight.

Canadians using Google for obvious sites

TORONTO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The top two Google Internet searches Canadians made last year were for the obviously named Facebook and Youtube sites, Google reported Wednesday.

Google's mobile maps leaves iPhones out

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Internet search engine giant Google says its new version of Google Maps will help U.S. pedestrians envision where they might be going.

Palestinian militants using Google Earth

GAZA, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Fatah-allied Palestinian militants have said they are using the Google Earth program to help plan attacks on the Israeli military and other targets.

NASA joins Google in mapping the moon

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has joined with Google Inc. in producing new higher-resolution lunar imagery and maps.

Intuit, Google form marketing alliance

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Google Inc. and Intuit Inc., two U.S. high-tech companies, have agreed to build various Google services into most QuickBooks 2007 products. The alliance will let small businesses use QuickBooks to market themselves online by listing their businesses on Go

Google Maps combines with Google Local

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Google Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., says it has combined its Google Maps service with Google Local, moving both out of beta, or testing, status.

Google launches instant-messaging program

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Google launched Wednesday an application that allows its e-mail users to instant messaging one another for free.
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler