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Now that any business can create their own Google Street View, where are the best examples? We take a look inside some of the places in Dublin City to see.

Nope, Google's Street View car didn't knock over a donkey in Botswana - and here's the evidence, says the search company.

A German Data Protection office has ordered Facebook to immediately allow users operate the site with pseudonyms saying the its real name policy is unacceptable.

Google's Photo Sphere is set to be Android Jelly Bean's killer app but before too many users get to create their own Street View images here are some of the best from early adopters around the world.

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.

Combining Google Images, Maps, and Street View, you can research your family history in ways never before possible. Here's how.

Google is about to let users enjoy the magnificence of the Great Barrier Reef from the comfort of their own home with the Catlin Seaview Survey. The project is a collaboration between Google, the University of Queensland and the Catlin Group and will act like Google Street View for underwater life.

Google is sending its Street View cars and cameras back to Japan to record 360° views of the devastation caused by the March 11 tsunami.

Streetside, Microsoft's answer to Google Street View, has begun to gather street level imagery in Europe. Microsoft's Streetview service currently only exists in fifty-six US cities.

Google have received their first fine for illegally gathering and storing users’ personal data while using Google Street View vehicles. Google “mistakenly” gathered data from unsecured personal WiFi networks in more than thirty countries, including Ireland - something which was officially admitted to in October 2010.

Last year Google made available 80,000 kilometres of panoramic imagery of Irish streets and roads to access freely in Google Street View. Along with the Google car, Google utilised the Trike to capture difficult, inaccessible areas of special interest. Today we see one such release as images of the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin are introduced, allowing path-by-path exploration of the beautiful plant collection.

As you might have seen with our blanket coverage Google Street View was launched in Ireland today. The actual service will go live on Friday afternoon (although we have discovered a nice trick to allow you to use it before then).

While Google Street View isn't officially available to the public until tomorrow night, we've discovered a really simple trick that allows access before anyone else.

Rumours have been circulating on Twitter in the last few hours that Google will officially launch Street View in the Republic of Ireland today.