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May
Street View

Google Unveils Map Of Hurricane Sandy Recovery, New Street View Of 9/11 Memorial And Central Park

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Google has collaborated with the nonprofit Historypin to create an interactive map containing images and videos highlighting the neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The project is entitled Hurricane Sandy: Record, Remember, Rebuild and has used over 300 contributions thus far. The map stretches from New York down to North Carolina and includes pictures of areas before, during, and after the hurricane struck.

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While it's not exactly a groundbreaking event when new locations get Street View, today Google also revealed images of the 9/11 Memorial and New York City's Central Park. Google Maps users can get a ground-level view of the tribute located at the site of the World Trade Center, and the panoramic images are detailed enough to display victims' names engraved along the edges of the North and South pools.

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Oct
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Tomorrow's Google Event Isn't The Only Thing That's Cancelled - D: Dive Into Mobile Postponed

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Hurricane Sandy is just not letting anyone catch a break. In addition to causing the cancelation of Google's Android event, where we were expecting the company to tell us about a whole bunch of fun stuff, it looks like D: Dive Into Mobile is also being postponed.  Among many others, Andy Rubin was scheduled to speak at the event.

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As of right now, All Things D has not said when the event will be rescheduled for. We imagine we won't hear any prospective replacement dates until the hurricane has passed. Of course, as gadget nerds, we're not thrilled that yet another event is being postponed due to the hurricane, but the safety of the attendees is obviously the most important.