Navigation, thanks to a bunch of innovations, is about to get futuristic in a way Star Trek's Mr. Chekov would be impressed with ... and Google isn't necessarily along for the ride.READ»
Researchers have come up with software that results in centimeter accuracy in height data for GPS equipment. Sounds like a simple trick, but it could have big side effects.READ»
A new prototype device allows the visually impaired to more easily walk the streets using sonar-like technology to create an impromptu spatial picture. READ»
Social.com is for sale, and since opening bids start at $5 million it could easily surpass Sex.com's $13 million price. But here's the catch: URLs themselves may not be long for this virtual world. READ»
Apple is rumored to be adding a host of new features to its iPhone and iPad OS to make it a better rival to Android, just as new stats confirm Android is "winning" the smartphone war. What comes next?READ»
The dust-up over Apple and Google's location tracking leaves out an important group of people: those who want to be tracked. In the near future, many of us will want our smartphones tracking 24/7/365.READ»
Nokia and a long list of car and consumer electronics firms just agreed to form the Car Connectivity Consortium--a global effort to harmonize the electronic magic that will power your future car, and which would fill K.I.T.T. with envy.READ»
The iPad 2 is getting all sorts of praise, but something interesting is emerging: Are its light weight, large screen, and twin cameras perfectly positioned to make the iPad an Augmented Reality giant?READ»
China's reported to have finalized its own stealth fighter prototype, tested in taxi runs last week. Simultaneously, Japan is rumored to be mulling its own GPS solution, to mitigate over-reliance on American tech. This is East meets West, technology style.READ»
Destinations lets you send traffic and navigation info to your car from your mobile phone, and even pre-warns you about your departure time and ETA based on what it knows about traffic. Your car is now as smart as a real co-driver.READ»
One of Android's biggest strengths, free turn-by-turn navigation, is coming to the iPhone. Update: We've had an official denial from Google--looks like the report was premature.READ»
New research by Comscore has underlined something we always knew, but perhaps we weren't expecting to be so significant: Cellphone satellite navigation use in Europe is rocketing skywards at an amazing pace, at the expense of ...READ»
You may have digital chills when pondering how much data Google collects about you, but the legislators in the E.U. are having serious spine-quakes, and are trying to regulate. An unexpected side-effect may be the death of E.U. ...READ»
Here's evidence that Microsoft isn't just up for challenging Google in the usual Web-search business, but in other Google areas too: Like Maps. Bing's just demonstrated some upcoming tweaks, and they'll make Google nervous. ...READ»
It's hard not to be excited about Augmented Reality since it's a dream sci-fi tech that's actually real and growing before our eyes--led in part by the AR Browser Layar, which has just been updated. Its new powers show the future of ...READ»
Probably not good news if you've just fallen off the wagon: Stella Artois has just leaped aboard the augmented reality advertising app bandwagon, and it's almost certainly the way beverage ads will go in the future, mainly through ...READ»
Last week we introduced you to AIDA (the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent)--get used to her if you can. MIT and Audi are hoping that this robot, or one that looks even more like Pixar's EVE, may be gracing your car's dashboard to ...READ»
