eMarketing Trends » stephen newton http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za Verbal Acrobatics & Graphic Gymnastics Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:10:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Google Maps Street View Driving Begins in South Africa http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/2009/09/google-maps-street-view-driving-begins-in-south-africa/ http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/2009/09/google-maps-street-view-driving-begins-in-south-africa/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:23:23 +0000 Melt du Plooy http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/?p=976 Yesterday, Stephen Newton, the Country Manager of Google South Africa, announced that Google will be starting to collect imagery in some of South Africa’s major cities for Google Street View.

With the World Cup fever building, people from around the globe are keen to experience everything that South Africa has to offer, so over the coming months Google will help bring South Africa’s vibrant cityscapes to the world. You can expect to see one of a fleet of Toyota Priuses on the road in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Durban.

So what is Street View?

It is a hugely popular feature of Google Maps that is already available in more than 100 metropolitan areas around the world. It allows users to virtually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through panoramic street-level images. It is also available in Google Earth and on Google Maps for Mobile.

Images collected by the cars in South Africa will be processed and carefully stitched together, a technological process that can take several months. They will be made available at a later date in Street View on Google Maps for South Africa. As with all Street View imagery, Google will apply face-blurring and license plate blurring to all these images to protect people’s privacy. Once images are available, people will be able to report images for removal or additional blurring by clicking on ‘report a problem’ on the bottom left hand corner of the image.

If you’re driving around any of these city’s and happen to spot a Toyota Prius kitted out with our amazing camera technology, then smile broadly!

Toyota Prius kitted out with amazing Google camera technology

Toyota Prius kitted out with amazing Google camera technology

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]]> http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/2009/09/google-maps-street-view-driving-begins-in-south-africa/feed/ 3 Google appoints Stephen Newton to head Google Office in South Africa http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/2009/05/google-appoints-stephen-newton-to-head-google-office-in-south-africa/ http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/2009/05/google-appoints-stephen-newton-to-head-google-office-in-south-africa/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 14:07:43 +0000 Melt du Plooy http://www.emarketingtrends.co.za/?p=744 Google South Africa today announced the appointment of a new country manager to run its local operation in Johannesburg.  Stephen Newton, former Google Head of Analytics & Commerce for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has been named as Google SA country manager.

“Newton brings extensive online experience to his new role, helping to increase the flow of information in South Africa by getting businesses online and helping South Africans benefit from Google’s free online services,” Google said in a press statement.  Before joining Google, Newton was Vice President of Double Click’s Ad Exchange and General Manager of Hitwise UK.

Newton takes over from Stafford Masie who left Google SA at the end of April, and will take up his position on the 1st of July 2009.

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