There has been increased debate over Google’s latest “site specific” search feature. The new service was introduced to help us users shortcut our search into specific contents within sites. For example (refer to screen capture above), if I want to look for a certain news article from the New York Times, all I have to do is Google up NY Times and a new search box will appear under the first result (which is always the homepage of the searched item ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a public advisory pertaining especially to Google regarding Google Maps. The DOD made it clear that the roving photographic vehicles Google uses for the “Street View” panoramic images are not allowed to enter U.S. military bases. Street View is one of the features of Google Maps that Google introduced last year. The Street View is a 360 degree panoramic point of view photo of a selected street. You can zoom in and out and rotate the ... Read More