Purchase price of Israeli-based reportedly $1 b

New user-interface goes into beta over next few weeks, full launch to come at end of summer

GeoGuessr may be the most addictive game on the web. Will Coldwell loses himself in it

An atlas drawn in 1593, complete with mythical creatures, could fetch more than £500,000

User on photo sharing site imgur claimed strange creature was result of time-lapse photos put together

In travel, the boundary between legitimate business practice and fraud has always been blurred. In the days of price-fixing, some airlines connived with agents, back-dating tickets to generate lower fares and fill planes.

Jobless levels hit a record high

You can now add your favourite café, gym or park path to Google Maps, as the search engine giant today invited people to contribute to the service.

Tech giant Google has launched a new service offering panoramic views of the most beautiful spots in the Grand Canyon.

Very few North Koreans enjoy an internet connection and those who do are forbidden access to Google, but the web search giant is giving the rest of the world its first glimpse of the framework of the secretive Communist state.

Google has denied accusations that one of its Street View cars struck and injured a donkey in Botswana. The California-based company was forced to respond after a Google Street View image of what some claimed was an injured beast was widely shared online.

Denial comes after Twitter users posted images from Google Maps of what appears to be a dead donkey lying in a road

Taking a tour of celebrity homes is so last century. What the discerning movie buff does now is pay homage at the location of their favourite scene. And the website FILMography has made it all the more joyous with a collection of images that matches modern-day New York with stills from movies as diverse as The Dark Knight Rises, Leon and Annie Hall.

Google has released a maps app for the iPhone after Apple's own version was widely criticised for its mistakes.