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U2 YouTube Live Streaming: Millions Of Fans Watching Globally

The live stream of the U2 360 concert that took place via YouTube yesterday has attracted the attention of million fans who watched the stream all over the world, and thousands of fans who simultaneously Tweeted...

Loch Ness Monster Caught on Google Earth: Plesiosaur Proof?

The famed Loch Ness Monster has been found! Well, maybe; Jason Cooke was browsing satellite images of the earth using everyone's favourite omnipotent eye in the sky, Google Earth, when he spotted what could...

NASA, Google Earth Display Astronauts' Best Earth Photos

Ever dreamed of being an astronaut so you could look back at the planet and enjoy the view? NASA and Google Earth have teamed to make it easier for everyone to see striking Earth photographs taken by astronauts from the International Space Station and space shuttle.By...

Google Earth Used to Locate Lost City of Atlantis

For those of you out there who still don't believe Google is Big Brother take a look at the latest "discovery" made using Google Earth technology.  First police are arresting drug traffickers with Google Earth...

Treasure Hunter Uses Google Earth to Find Lost Booty

Nathan Smith, a treasure hunter, has used Google Earth technology to find the site of what he believes is a ship full of lost booty. Unfortunately, the sunken treasure that Smith believes he's found is still...

Heart-shaped island found on Google Earth

A heart-shaped island in the Adriatic has become a hit on Google Earth for Valentine's Day.  The uninhabited island is only 130,000 square yards and is called Galesnjak. The onwer didn't even know how perfectly...

Google Earth Used by Swiss Police to Bust Marijuana Field Owners

Googe Earth was used by Swiss police to identify a 2-acre marijuana field in the northeastern canton of Thurgau and led to the arrest 16 people, Thursday.   The Google Earth marijuana bust resulted in...

Prado Museum, Google Earth to offer high resolution snapshots

The Prado Museum in Spain has joined forces with Google Earth with the intention of offering the public the opportunity to zoom in on a number of the galleries finest pieces.  In true Google Earth fashion, one...

Google Earth a Boon to Terrorists?

"According to a Mumbai crime branch official, the ten terrorists had not come to Mumbai before this to conduct any 'recce' and they had learnt about the locations with the help of Google Earth. -...

Google Earth will feature undersea landscapes

Google Earth will be adding a new feature - undersea landscapes. These will include the habitats of threatened species that everyone with the program will be able to look at and explore.The new project will...

Soviet tree slogans visible on Google Earth

Google Earth has picked up messages - Soviet slogans planted as trees in the 60's and 70's. The slogan's have only been visible to pilots and space travelers until now. What messages one wonders would our...

Nine Inch Nails Tracks Downloads of 'The Slip' via Google Earth

This is the first time I've seen this done.  Pretty cool.  Fan geo-location."Over 1.4 million unique users have downloaded the free Nine Inch Nails album The Slip, according to the band, since they...

Google Earth and the Campaign to Wipe Israel Off the Map

Andre Oboler is a social media expert and  Ph.D. in computer science from Lancaster University, UK and  a Post-Doc in Political Science at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is currently a Legacy Heritage Fellow at NGO Monitor in Jerusalem and edits...

Google begins to blur faces in Street View

In response to privacy concerns, Google has developed a face-blurring technology for its Street View service."The technology uses a computer algorithm to scour Google's image database for faces, then blurs...

Russian military base found on the border with Estoni

Even that there has not been armed conflict after the second independence of Estonia, the  troubles at Estonia - Russia border are not disappearing for a while. "If you look at the Google Earth map and follow the route A-212 to the west of the Russian town Pskov, you can...

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