(NC) -- Do you ever feel a bit apprehensive about leaving the comfort of home for the uncertain terrain of the great outdoors? Trips to national parks and historic sites, for instance, often make us wonder how challenging the trails will be, or if the kids will be...
Visiting Northern Manitoba to see wild polar bears can be a once in a lifetime experience, but for those who can't make it to Churchill, Google has brought the polar bears to you. Frontiers North Adventures teamed up with Polar Bears International to help bring...
Canada's parks can now be explored in an all new light through a partnership with Google and their Street View feature. Parks Canada and the technology giant have launched a collection of panoramic images from more than 50 national historic sites and national parks...
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) can now be viewed in 3D on Google Earth. One of the few Canadian 3D models on the software, the museum joins Toronto’s Rogers Centre and buildings used for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. “We are very excited to see...
View Larger Map Google Maps has turned on 45-degree imagery in 51 cities, including Winnipeg. On its website Friday, Google said its quest to "create the most comprehensive and accurate map of the world is ongoing, but we’re happy to take a pause and share some...
The Google Street View car has been spotted on the streets of Winnipeg once again. The car, which has several cameras mounted on it, snaps photos of its surroundings. The photos are then uploaded to Google and stitched together for its highly-popular "Google Street...
By Brian Schultz Just like Google's Street View, businesses in several Canadian cities are now having the inside of their locations photographed for the search engine giant. To help businesses attract more customers, Google is providing panorama images from inside...
A lot of talk this week regarding social media has been centred around Google+. The new social network, that's regarded as Facebook's competition, has made some headway in its short period of time, but to Twitter's disadvantage, not Facebook's. According to newly...
A man from Rosa, Manitoba is suing Internet giant Google over privacy concerns. Tyler Wereha alleges Google breached his privacy when they automatically set up a social profile on his behalf as part of its Google Buzz service. Wereha says a popup box appeared when he...
By David Klassen Now that Yahoo has released its Year in Review to highlight the most popular searches of 2010, Google has put together a compilation of their own. Some of Google's top searches overlapped with Yahoo's list in areas, as the iPad, Justin Bieber, Lady...
By Brian Schultz The masterminds at Google are once again experimenting with vehicle technology and have developed a fleet of cars that drive themselves in traffic. Watch: The vehicles have been tested on the busy streets of California for the last several months and...
Google has rolled out the ability for Gmail users to make free telephone calls directly from their inbox. "Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of the year and calls to other countries will be billed at our very low rates," Google said on...
