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This is the first war that will be covered on TikTok by super-empowered individuals armed only with smartphones, so acts of brutality will be documented and broadcast worldwide without any editors or filters. On the first day of the war, we saw invading Russian tank units unexpectedly being exposed by Google maps, because Google wanted to alert drivers that the Russian armor was causing traffic jams. 
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The Internet and globalization have challenged the myth of individuality (we are all one in 7 billion), while making connecting with others easier than ever. Normcore is a blank slate and open mind—it’s a look designed to play well with others. One fashion magazine has gone so far as to use Google street view maps to zoom in on ordinary-looking citizens in a bland middle-America communities to define this look.
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When Apple released its latest upgrade in September, discontinuing its long association with Google maps in favor of its own substandard version, the outcry was loud and fierce. Apple has righted this wrong, and a new, free version of Google maps is now available for your iPhone from the App Store.
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Traveling without easy access to wi-fi is problematic. Google has a new tool that allows users to be in a place without Internet access — whether on a sidewalk in New York City or a back road in Tuscany — and pull up a map that lets them get directions and use turn-by-turn voice navigation, as well as search for places (art galleries, restaurants, hotels, museums) and see details including hours, phone numbers and reviews.
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Google Maps Street View has provided a man in Portland, Ore. with what may be the last photograph of his deceased grandmother.
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