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Picasa Web Albums (PWA) was an image hosting and sharing web service from Google, often compared to Flickr and similar sites. The service links with Google's photo organizing desktop program Picasa. It was discontinued in May 2016 and succeeded by Google Photos which does not support sharing photo albums on the public world wide web.
Google Map Maker was a map editing service launched by Google in June 2008. [2] In geographies where it is hard to find providers of good map data, user contributions were used to increase map quality. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps only after sufficient review by
Map-related products Google Maps: A mapping service that indexes streets and displays satellite and street-level imagery, providing directions and local business search. Google My Maps: A social custom map making tool based on Google Maps. Google Earth: A virtual 3D globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography, GIS from Google's ...
Google Mapathon was an annual mapathon event organized by Google that invited the public to make improvements to Google Maps, through the Google Map Maker. It was permanently discontinued in 2016 because Google Map Maker was discontinued. [1] The event was held for the first time in 2013 in India, and subsequently in 2014 in Australia.
Geotagging. It's not exactly a long, lost art, but it's certainly not something most folks bother to do after a trip. Avid travelers, hikers and the general outdoorsy crowd have been embracing the ...
On 12 December 2008, Gmail added support for PDF viewing within the browser. [25] On 24 February 2009, Gmail suffered a two and a half hour outage, affecting 100 million accounts. [26] On 7 July 2009, Gmail officially exited its beta status in a move to attract more business use of the service. [27] [28]
Takeout started with exports of only Google Buzz, Google Contacts, Google Profile, Google Streams, and Picasa Albums. [2] The next month, on July 15, 2011, Google added the export of Google +1's to the list after it was frequently requested by Takeout's users. [6] Later in 2011 on September 6, Google added Google Voice to their export service. [7]
On November 2, 2010, Google e‑mailed Gmail users to tell them about the outcome of the lawsuit. [40] As part of its settlement, Google agreed to create an $8.5 million fund to award money to groups that promote privacy education on the web, of which the prosecuting lawyers are requesting 25% ($2,125,000) "plus reimbursement of costs and ...