In the outskirts of Rawalpindi, a Pakistani city less than 10 miles southwest of Islamabad, is what appears to be a park in the shape of an Android robot peeing on an Apple logo. 
 
 At least, that's what shows up if you look up Rawalpindi in Google Maps. 
 
 The park is not actually there -- it's an illustration. 
 
 It's not clear how long the image has been there. When you look at "satellite view," you'll see a few residential roads, a bit of green space and some hills -- nothing that looks remotely like an Android peeing on an apple. 
 
 It was discovered Friday by Ahmad Babar, a former Samsung employee living in Lahore, Pakistan. 
 
 On Facebook (FB, Tech30), Babar posted that he came across the Android image while looking for a place in Rawalpindi. 
 
 Google said the image was not created by an employee. The company has a group of vetted contributors who add to the Maps tool in order to keep Google Maps up to date, and one of those contributors drew the image. 
 
 "The vast majority of users who edit our maps provide great contributions, such as mapping places that have never been mapped before," said Caroline Matthews, a spokeswoman for Google. "We're sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we're working to remove it quickly." 
 
 Google (GOOGL, Tech30) is no stranger to so-called Easter eggs -- hidden treasures in its products. Just try typing "tilt," "do a barrel roll," "recursion," "anagram," "once in a blue moon," or "answer to life the universe and everything" into Google's search engine. 
 
 In Google Images, type "Atari breakout." Google Translate has Pirate, Elmer Fudd, Klingon and Pig Latin options. 
 
 There are literally dozens of Google Maps Easter eggs in addition to the Android peeing on an Apple (AAPL, Tech30) logo, including a tie-dyed Street View character in Berkeley, California and a "royal carriage" transportation option when asking for directions to Windsor Castle. 
 
 A spokeswoman for Apple did not respond to requests for comment. 

 When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page. 

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 Racism exists everywhere on the Internet, and apparently Google Maps is no exception. 
 
 The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that if you surf to Google Maps, focus it on a map of Washington, D.C. and type "n------ house" into the search bar, the map takes you to the White House. It also associates that search with Nairobi, Kenya. 
 
 "Some inappropriate results are surfacing in Google Maps that should not be, and we apologize for any offense this may have caused," a Google spokeswoman said. "Our teams are working to fix this issue quickly." As of this writing, Google hasn't removed the results from its service. 
 
 It's unclear how this happened. People can suggest changes to Google Maps with its Map Maker software, which the company offers to users to help it keep maps up to date. But because of a number of recent acts of vandalism, the search giant earlier this month decided to suspend use of the software while it makes the moderation features "more robust." Google said it would give an update to the status of the software by May 27, a little more than a week from now. 
 
 Last week, people discovered a portion of a map in Pakistan was manipulated to show an Android robot -- the mascot for Google's mobile operating system -- urinating on an Apple logo, all depicted with the map's various landmark coloring features. Another prankster labeled the White House as NSA leaker Edward Snowden's lair. 
 
 Google Maps isn't the only product to draw this type of attention. Google's other products have been used as the platforms for pranks and political protest as well. In 2003, after then-Sen. Rick Santorum made some anti-gay comments, sex blogger Dan Savage held a contest to see who could create the best fictional definition for the word "Santorum." The sexually explicit definition rose to the top of Google searches. 

 Google maps sensation: Android logo caught urinating over. After the shocking discovery of the mascot for Google’s mobile operating system, Android, urinating on the Apple logo on Google map, the technology giant said it was trying to remove the offensive image. Users on Friday had discovered the image in Rawalpindi. “We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly,” Google’s Mara Harris told the Washington Post. 
 
 Google Maps is dependent on a feature called Map Maker that helps users update it globally. This enables the company make use of local knowledge to stay updated with the ever-changing infrastructure. 
 
 These submissions are then thoroughly reviewed by other users and a team that moderates the same. 
 
 However, the offensive image had been added to a base terrain information, to which users do not have access. 
 
 It was not certain for how long had the images been up, while a spokesperson of the company said were are working to remove them. 
 
 “We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent and handle bad edits,” Harris said, adding that The vast majority of users who edit Google Maps provide “great contributions.” 
 
 This was not the first time Google Maps had been used by pranksters as just last week, someone added a listing for “Edwards Snow Den” in the White House – apparently a reference to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, in the news for pulling the curtain back on government surveillance programs. 
 
 Moreover, one Massachusetts man tried to use Google Maps as part of his quest to get a local island named after the rapper Busta Rhymes for years. 
 
 It is not restricted to this fact but the openness of Google Maps have more serious consequences. 
 
 Furthermore, a security researcher namely Brian Seely was able to intercept and record calls which for designated for the FBI and Secret Service simply by changing the number listed for some office locations in the product, Valley Wag reported last year. 
 
 An Android robot is peeing on an Apple logo in Google Maps 
 
 In the outskirts of Rawalpindi, a Pakistani city less than 10 miles southwest of Islamabad, is what appears to be a park in the shape of an Android robot peeing on an Apple logo. 
 
 At least, that’s what shows up if you look up Rawalpindi in Google Maps. 
 
 The park is not actually there — it’s an illustration. 
 
 It’s not clear how long the image has been there. When you look at “satellite view,” you’ll see a few residential roads, a bit of green space and some hills — nothing that looks remotely like an Android peeing on an apple. 
 
 It was discovered Friday by Ahmad Babar, a former Samsung employee living in Lahore, Pakistan. 
 
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 On Facebook (FB, Tech30), Babar posted that he came across the Android image while looking for a place in Rawalpindi. 
 
 Google said the image was not created by an employee. The company has a group of vetted contributors who add to the Maps tool in order to keep Google Maps up to date, and one of those contributors drew the image. 
 
 “The vast majority of users who edit our maps provide great contributions, such as mapping places that have never been mapped before,” said Caroline Matthews, a spokeswoman for Google. “We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly.” 
 
 Google (GOOGL, Tech30) is no stranger to so-called Easter eggs — hidden treasures in its products. Just try typing “tilt,” “do a barrel roll,” “recursion,” “anagram,” “once in a blue moon,” or “answer to life the universe and everything” into Google’s search engine. 
 
 In Google Images, type “Atari breakout.” Google Translate has Pirate, Elmer Fudd, Klingon and Pig Latin options. 
 
 There are literally dozens of Google Maps Easter eggs in addition to the Android peeing on an Apple (AAPL, Tech30) logo, including a tie-dyed Street View character in Berkeley, California and a “royal carriage” transportation option when asking for directions to Windsor Castle. 
 
 A spokeswoman for Apple did not respond to requests for comment. 
 
 Android logo caught urinating over Apple logo on Google Maps 
 
 I awoke this morning to an e-mail from a reader called Siva. 
 
 It read: “Can you please search these coordinates on Google Maps and write a blog post on it? 33°30’55.8″N 73°03’40.7″E.” 
 
 I like to oblige readers — when they’re polite, at least. I was perplexed, though, as to why Siva would want me to write about Google Maps coordinates. Then I saw his headline: “Google Maps Android pissing on Apple.” 
 
 I went to the said coordinates,which led me to Rawalpindi in Pakistan, and there it was: an Android bot logo cheerily releasing its urine over an Apple logo. 
 
 And there it still is, as I write. 
 
 I contacted Google to ask what had happened. A company spokeswoman told me: “The vast majority of users who edit our maps provide great contributions, such as mapping places that have never been mapped before, or adding new business openings or address changes. We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content. We’re working to remove it quickly. We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent and handle bad edits.” 
 
 Because my mind has been addled by copious years of yearning and disappointment, I also asked the spokeswoman whether this wasn’t some waggish Google celebration of the Apple Watch launch. I detected a giggle on the other side of the e-mail. 
 
 No, this seems like a rogue individual who believes in witty self-expression. Or, at least, his own version of witty self-expression. 
 
 I cannot imagine that Apple will retaliate. Cupertino is too busy making sure that only chi-chi boutiques have Apple Watches today. 
 
 Still, if all texts from Android phones fail to appear on iPhones for the next few days, you’ll know why.
– Just last month Google Maps had to scramble to eliminate an image that showed an Android robot peeing on the Apple logo. Now it's got an even worse problem: remedying an issue that brings up the White House when certain racial slurs are punched in, the Washington Post reports. Head over to Maps, zoom all the way out to the global mode, and type in different variations of the N-word next to "house" or "king," and President Obama's abode shows up as one of the top two or three choices. Although White House results were still showing up as of the time of this post, a Google rep tells the Guardian, "Some inappropriate results are surfacing in Google Maps that should not be, and we apologize for any offense this may have caused. Our teams are working to fix this issue quickly." A Twitter user notes that results can differ depending on location, the Huffington Post reports. As Google tries to figure out how this happened—the company has a vetted contributor pool in addition to regular staff, the Herald Recorder has previously noted—it has temporarily suspended the software users can tap into to make map edits, CNET reports; the company expects to give an update on that status by May 27. "We are temporarily disabling editing on Map Maker starting today while we continue to work towards making the moderation system more robust," a product manager says, per the Post. (Google got busted late last year for showing a woman's cleavage in Street View mode.)