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Google Maps is a free web-based mapping service that began in 2005. Over the years, Google has added many features including its extensive use of JavaScript code, satellite imagery, live traffic feeds, terrain features, and other popular destinations and landmarks.

The biggest feature for Google Maps is its easy-to-use API (Application Programming Interface) that allows users to customize their own maps to possibly embed on their own websites.

Another popular application is Google Maps for Mobile, which allows users to run on mobile phones to quickly find directions as well as their location based on either an Internet connection or a built-in GPS receiver.

As of May 13, 2006, Hitwise tracks Google Maps a distant third in Travel Maps market share behind leader MapQuest and runner-up Yahoo! Maps.

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  • Real Madrid says coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season


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    MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season. Visit link: Real Madrid says coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season
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  • Taiwan vows to protect Filipinos from attacks


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    Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after hearing reports of attacks targeting them. “We have instructed all prosecutorial and law-enforcement agencies to step up ...
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  • Li Keqiang visits New Delhi and vows to end disputes on border with India


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    China and India agreed yesterday to launch a fresh round of talks to settle their long-running border disputes. They also pledged to draw up a roadmap to reach a “dynamic balance” in trade between the two emerging economic powers. We need to improve the border mechanisms…and make them more efficient Li Keqiang, ...
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  • South Korea’s complaint about US use of term ‘Sea of Japan’ is dismissed


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    Academics and the Japanese government have dismissed the complaint by South Korea’s defence ministry about US Forces Korea referring to the body of water between the Korean peninsula and Japan as the “Sea of Japan”. Read more from the original source: South Korea’s complaint about US use of term ‘Sea of ...
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  • Drug trafficking charges for US Virgin Islands environment officer


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    Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the US Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat. Read more here: Drug trafficking charges for US Virgin Islands environment officer
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  • Beware of pitfalls in buying property


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    Signing a contract to buy a property (a flat, an office block or whatever) marks a point of no return. You have passed from the zone of negotiations to that of binding commitment. At least that is the idea. Once you sign the contract it should be all over bar the shouting. In principle, it only remains for the seller ...
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  • Divorced Briton confesses to killing his children in France


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    A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed to killing his two young children by slitting their throats near the eastern French city of Lyons. The bodies of a five-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday afternoon in the man’s apartment in Saint-Priest, a ...
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  • Cyclone Mahasen a ‘dress rehearsal’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims


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    Myanmar’s victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon season weeks away. Myanmar’s Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people – mainly Rohingya Muslims – ...
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  • Google adds Latitude to Google+ for Android, kills it for Maps


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    Google has updated their G+ Android app today, and in doing so added one more feature to a growing list of things that will require you to use their social network to access.…
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  • Iraqi officials say car bomb in Shiite area of Baghdad kills at least 13 civilians


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    BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say car bomb in Shiite area of Baghdad kills at least 13 civilians. Here is the original post: Iraqi officials say car bomb in Shiite area of Baghdad kills at least 13 civilians
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  • Cambodia factory accident injures 23


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    A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, ...
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  • Google Testing Ads In New Google Maps, Pushes AdWords Location Extensions


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    If you needed another reason to get your location extensions set up in AdWords, Google has announced its testing new ads in the new Google Maps. AdWords search ads set with location extensions can appear directly below the search box and on the map itself. Ads without location extensions can appear... Please visit... ...
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  • Google Testing Ads In New Google Maps, Pushes AdWords Location Extensions


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    If you needed another reason to get your location extensions set up in AdWords, Google has announced its testing new ads in the new Google Maps. AdWords search ads set with location extensions can appear directly below the search box and on the map itself. Ads without location extensions can appear... Please visit ...
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  • Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion; to remain separately run


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    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion; to remain separately run. Original post: Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion; to remain separately run
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  • UnderWater Google Maps Will Be Here Soon


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    Recently rumored news is that we will be getting under water maps by Google. Google recently teamed up with Catlin Seaview Survey for this big great project. Google is working on mapping the Great Barrier Reef and now it has up to six locations overall currently in the works. Which means that 6 of the locations will ...
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  • College: A Lesson in Inequality


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    Rather than bridging economic disparities between students, higher education seems to be widening them; although Google’s new customizable maps sound like a great idea, they filter out a lot of useful information; and although some would like to blame the collapse of the middle class on the Internet, truth is it was ...
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  • Unemployment rate steady at 3.5pc for second month


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    Hong Kong’s unemployment rate in April was 3.5 per cent – same as the level in March, government figures released on Monday showed. Increases in the unemployment rate in April were mainly observed in retail, manufacturing, and accommodation and food services sectors, the Census and Statistics Department said, ...
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  • Google Maps goes underwater, here’s how that’s possible


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    Google Maps is a go-to source for finding just about anything. The service is so well designed and built, you can go just about anywhere, virtually. Curious if that new restaurant has enough seating for your party of ten? Go inside the establishment via Maps! Everything from street views of local neighborhoods to ...
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  • New Google Maps UI Calls For Shifts In SEO Tactics


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    Last week at the Google I/O developer conference, a newly redesigned Google Maps design was introduced. While a number of online commentators have virtually gushed about the new interfacing from an end user perspective, there may be a less-than-rosy view for many local businesses. Thus far, the new... Please visit ...
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  • New Google Maps UI Calls For Shifts In SEO Tactics


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    Last week at the Google I/O developer conference, a newly redesigned Google Maps design was introduced. While a number of online commentators have virtually gushed about the new interfacing from an end user perspective, there may be a less-than-rosy view for many local businesses. Thus far, the new... Please visit... ...
    5 days ago

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