This version of London's iconic tube map looks just like the official PDF of the transport network — but in fact it is created entirely from HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Read More >>

Although this year's Google I/O is all about developers and tools, Google unveiled a lot for the users too. No sign of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, just a 4.3 Jelly Bean update, but everything from search, chat, gaming, Maps, Music, and Google+ got a feature-filled refresh. We even got a bloat-free Samsung Galaxy S4 "Google Edition" to call our own. Here's everything Google fired out into the ether last night. Read More >>

Amongst the the deluge of new stuff Google announced today, there was a rather large update to Maps. We took a good look at it earlier, but we just spent some time putting our hands all over it. The verdict? You're in for a treat. Read More >>

Although not much has changed with Google Maps mobile services, the desktop app just got redesigned from the ground up in what is, essentially, the biggest overhaul since Maps' initial launch almost eight years ago. More specifically, though, Google wants to give you your very own map "built for you." Read More >>

Google has some new stuff coming up for Maps for Android. Details aren't super detailed right now, and of course we'll believe some of this when we see it, but the claims are pretty incredible. Read More >>

Ahead of Google's I/O event this evening, details of a bunch of new Maps features have leaked. Read More >>

In the past few seconds, someone from Canada edited the Wikipedia page for The Hangover Part III while another person in Fresno, California tweaked the page for Armenian cuisine. It keeps on going. The world is constantly editing Wikipedia, whether it be for a 'List of Playstation 2 games' or 'Status of same-sex marriage' or 'Airbnb', we're all crowdsourcing our smartness. And you can watch where the world is getting smarter in realtime. Read More >>

Think you know your geography? Think you know what a country looks like? What if you were dropped in the middle of nowhere and had to figure out where you were? That's what GeoGuessr is. It's an insanely fun game that gives you an image from Google Street View and asks you to point out where you are on Earth. It's pretty hard. Read More >>

East Asia is a crowded place. The crazy-cramped architecture of locales like Hong Kong gives you an idea. But this image posted to Reddit by valeriepieris puts that population consolidation in a whole new light. And for the most part, it seems pretty accurate. Read More >>

You might not think of him very often, but you know the Google Maps pegman quite well. Every time you zoom down into a new, strange locale, he's there, pointing the way. But where did he come from? Buzzfeed FWD dug into the history, and it turns out there's a lot more of it than you'd think. Read More >>

Astronauts' stays on the International Space Station generally last for around 6 months or more, so it makes sense that they'd start getting hit with a little nostalgia for the motherland they're so casually encircling. How nostalgic, you ask? Very: 1,129,177 photos worth, to be exact. Rocket scientist Nathan Bergey had the ingenious idea to turn these ISS snapshots into the ultimate space scrapbook—by plotting the coordinates of every single image taken from space. Read More >>

Google is offering users a new way of building maps, opening up its mapping tools for public use. You're able to edit existing data, or add your own routes, tacking unreported footpaths into Google's database, populating places of interest, filling in building detail and more. Read More >>

So this is great. Google might have the smartest new gesture we've seen in a while: a smart, simple way to zoom in and out with one hand. Just double tap the screen with your thumb—anywhere on the screen is fine—and on the second tap, hold your finger down. Now slide your finger up and down. Zooming! Read More >>

An Argentinian map pack for ever-popular online shooter Counter-Strike lets locals fight to liberate the islands from British rule, letting the Argies play as the police as dumping the Brits in the role of terrorists. Read More >>

That round London tube map was pretty damn good. Now how about a version of the Underground map from an alternate universe where 8-bit graphics and Mario level cartography somehow became the cultural norm? It's the Super Mario Bros. 3 Zone 1 Tube Map! Read More >>