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Google Street View documents more abandoned cities in Fukushima, Japan which are still suffering from the aftermath of the March, 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Google, Bing & NORAD have launched their annual tradition of tracking Santa Claus- here's how you can track Saint Nick online & on your phone this Chrsitmas

One of Ireland's national treasures, the 1,200 year old Book of Kells, as been digitised for the iPad for the first time. We were at the app's launch

Tablet makers want us to consume more than we create. In a recession hit economy, when budgets are tight, this undermines the creative potential that desktops provide.

If you're outside one of the launch countries should you import a Nexus 7? Yes says our writer but don't expect to get everything the ads promise.

Google may reveal a revolutionary new Google Maps feature next week, an invitation-only event referencing "the next dimension of Google Maps" would have you believe.

Google Maps has released an update this week that includes 45° imagery of 26 new cities and locations in Europe and the United States, including Dublin City.

Google released further updates to its Google Earth & Google Maps services, showing the reconstruction in post-earthquake/tsunami Japan.

Google Ireland has paid a fine of €450 after one of its Street View cars parked illegally on Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. The internet giant made the contribution to the court "poor box" to avoid a conviction under Ireland's Road Traffic Act.

Google Street View has arrived in South Korea for the first time, with explorable street-level imagery available for Korea's two largest cities; Busan and Seoul.

NASA has released two stunning images of the world's newest, and as yet unnamed, island - located in the Red Sea near Yemen.

Over 100 years after Virginia O'Hanlon asked the New York Sun "Does Santa Exist?" People are still asking the same question but this time it's Siri that's providing the answers.

Google has taken its leading Mapping service indoors and is now allowing the public to create floor plans for public buildings. The company says that the Android-only indoor maps will be about as accurate as their outdoor equivalent and the system will even be able to judge which floor you’re on.

"NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m....

NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite has begun to fall to Earth; if you are curious then you can download these apps.

Somewhere in the world, in a plot of ground less than two meters squared, there hides €50,000. And it's your if you can find it in the Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth.

The Google Earth and Google Maps team published an imagery update earlier today which, as usual, contains some really interesting sites. Ireland is not featured is this update, but large parts of Scotland and England, among others, are.

A Counter-Strike: Source modder has recreated the Abbottābad compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by elite US Navy Seals on May 1. The playable level, fy_abbottabad, painstakingly recreates the terrorist leader's Pakistani hideout allowing gamers to battle each other online in the structure.

Google have today released an advanced preview imagery update encompassing parts of Abbottābad, Pakistan where Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden was killed during a co-ordinated and deadly assault by American Navy SEALs and CIA paramilitary forces. The update, which Google describes as "of particular interest", is only available as an advanced preview KML file viewable in Google Earth, and will be included in Google's next scheduled imagery update.

The Google LatLong team have released an imagery update which is available now in Google Earth and Google Maps. The update is extensive and includes high resolution aerial imagery updates for Australia, Japan, Scotland, Wales and the US, and satellite imagery updates for eighty-five countries, including large parts of Ireland.