When this grueling race began in 1903, the 20,000-franc prize ($4,000
in today's dollars) wasn't enough to entice entrants, and its
organizers had to also offer a five-franc daily allowance. Fast-forward
a century: The top prize is ...READ»
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has given an interview to the Guardian in which he claims that 160,000 Android mobile devices are being activated each day. That's up 60% in a month. Schmidt also claimed that because Android is free, it ...READ»
Finding restaurants. Mapping hiking trails. Geo-tagging photos. Playing
location-based social-media games. Tracking lost pets. What don't we
use GPS for these days? It's hard to believe that just a decade ago the
military-designed ...READ»
The new 2011 Ford Super Duty will be on display at Don Chalmers Ford March 26th in an event offering barbeque and ice cream. The event is free and open to the public.READ»
The new 2011 Ford Super Duty will be on display at Don Chalmers Ford March 26th in an event offering barbeque and ice cream. The event is free and open to the public.READ»
The new 2011 Ford Super Duty will be on display at Don Chalmers Ford March 26th in an event offering barbeque and ice cream. The event is free and open to the public.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»
Fuel efficiency is an elusive thing. If you have a hybrid or EV, efficiency is easy enough to achieve, but otherwise it's difficult to gauge (unless you're a professional driver). Ford's MyFord Touch system, set to launch on the ...READ»
Waldo could never hide these days. "There's all this openness now, thanks to location-aware apps and mobile devices," says Brady Forrest, chairman of Where 2.0, which will host industry leaders in San Jose to discuss everything from ...READ»
Last month, the Garmin Connect team, a 15-strong band of software engineers, product managers and the like, were asked by the firm to relocate from San Francisco to Kansas. And, since they weren't particularly chuffed by the idea of ...READ»
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system casts a long shadow over a whole line of upcoming devices that will use Windows Mobile 6.5, an older OS that now looks extremely jaded.READ»
Google is charting new territory in the virtual world of advertising. The company wants to plaster the digital billboards that pop up in Google Maps street view with real-time promos for products. Rather than generate a street view ...READ»
The Garmin 60CSx is really a transportable handheld gadget you'll need. It is a multi-use GPS handset suited for many endeavors where it can act as an electronic compass and biometric altimeter.
There are also lots of ...READ»
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»
Dell recently announced it'll make a GPS add-on for its Mini 10 netbook. While your mileage may vary on the value of this idea, I'm making my mark here: This is one of the dumbest gadget ideas ever.
I can see the inherent value ...READ»
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»
It should come as no surprise to smartphone users, but a customer satisfaction survey recently performed by JD Power has smartphones scoring higher than their limited-tech dumbphone siblings. And, of course, Apple's cellphone is the ...READ»
Google Android will receive its first major upgrade soon, so to build enthusiasm for the upgrade, Google let slip a sneap peak of the developer kit for version 1.5, codenamed "Cupcake." If you haven't gotten excited about ...READ»
News that Garmin and Asus were teaming up to produce the other type of convergence smartphone--marrying serious navigation power with a cellphone--only hit the other week, but the alliance has just stumped up with news on its first ...READ»
