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On track to add 300 jobs, spread over five areas of work ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Santa paid a visit to Google in Zurich 12 December, the day the company’s Zeitgeist, or “trending” list as defined by Google searches, was released. The present he had in his sack was widespread praise for a product the Zurich [...]
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss cyclists have it easier this summer, with plenty of easy-to-borrow or rent urban bikes, special deals like Valaisroule‘s four hours of free bicycles, and 3D Google Map that show the terrain. Try selecting the bike icon, then 3D for a map that gives you directions from Verbier to Martigny – prepare [...]
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Faces too easy to see and car license numbers too clearly visible: Google Maps street views have crossed a legal line in Switzerland just two days after springing views of Geneva and other cities on the world. The Swiss data protection and privacy commissioner, Hanspeter Thuer, Friday 21 August told Google [...]
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Google maps, the application from internet giant Google, just released a new version of its maps application that includes street views, seamless 360° views of the centre of most Swiss cities. Taken by vans that cruised around the city centre taking countless photographs, the project has caused concern around the world [...]
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