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Bing Introduces 3-D Photosynth Maps

In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will eventually be knitted into Bing ...READ»

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Google's Turn-by-Turn Nav Sends Garmin, TomTom Stocks Plummeting

We reported yesterday that Google may upset the entire GPS market. Hours later, they did. Personal navigation stocks went into freefall yesterday after Google announced it would bring turn-by-turn navigation to its mobile Google Maps ...READ»

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Should Nav and Map App Makers Fear Google?

Earlier we reported that Google was abandoning Tele-Atlas to begin collecting its own mapping data. Now Forbes is reporting that personal navigation companies are afraid that Google will begin making its own PND software, undercutting ...READ»

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WTF, Google?

Processing billions of queries a day almost guarantees that Google will get some mutations now and then. Today, TechRadar discussed some of the quiddities of Google's Suggest function, but the "WTF, Google?" meme goes much deeper. ...READ»

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Apple's Next Move: Location-Aware Apps for Your Car

Yesterday the Web caught wind that Apple had bought mapping software startup Placebase in July. Several recent patents filed by Cupertino suggest that the iPhone maker is interested in personal navigation. What do they have planned? ...READ»

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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Has Job for 100 Days, Can't Shut Up About It

The one-time Google advertising honcho has been at the helm of AOL for 100 days. What's he done, what's next, and can he save the online giant from irrelevance?READ»

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Coming Soon: Open Green Map's Google Mashups

Next Friday marks the official launch of Open Green Map, a series of interactive Google maps that chart natural, cultural, and green living sites around the world. The maps are already available in preview mode, with 4,000 sites and ...READ»

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Glympse: The Coolest Thing Your Smartphone Can Do

That's not a title I toss out lightly, but Glympse deserves it. Since smartphones first made Google maps mobile, no single application has offered so much practical functionality. Not only that--Glympse might be the only one that ...READ»

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MAPS   |  12 comments

An Ingenious Hybrid Map: Why Didn't Garmin Think of This?

Bold new concepts in mapping don't come along often, but London-based graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt Webb may have invented one, with the "Here and There" map, which blends both a 3-D, first-person view and a bird's-eye view.READ»

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GOOGLE   |  1 comment

Google Maps Incite Racial Unrest in Tokyo

The folks at Google Maps decided it'd be fun if they added a historical map of Tokyo onto the site's existing map and satellite layers. They were wrong. The centuries-old woodblock maps, which are already available online, show ...READ»

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Evolution of a Facebook-Killer

Plenty of people have been wondering about which company might come along and dethrone Facebook. What if the answer is so obvious that you wouldn't notice until all the pieces came together?READ»

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Apple Patents Reveal Its Future in GPS Mobile Apps

Apple's iPhone GPS is a fabulously useful tool: Personally I've used it when lost in the city a few dozen times. But Apple's retaining a tight grip on both its own software and third party applications that use GPS functionality. The iPhone ...READ»

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iMapWeather.com BETA has launched!

iMapWeather™ | Local, National and Global Weather Conditions, Forecasts, Animated Radar and Watches    iMapWeather provides local, national and global current conditions, weather forecasts, watches and ...READ»

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Google Invades Gaming; Outer Space

Adding to its already-formidable AdSense product-line this week, Google [GOOG] announced AdSense for online Flash games. Comscore says that up to 25% of Web surfers worldwide play these games, so Google might be tapping a sizable ...READ»

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