Topic: Google Maps

Google Games

With all of the Google Maps mash-ups being made, it was just a matter of time until someone created games. The link being shared lately is for Goggles, a simple flight simulator that uses satellite photographs to create ...READ»

Google Android Demoed on HTC Dream Smartphone

Folks at Google's [NASDAQ: GOOG] I/O conference in San Francisco today saw the most detailed demonstration of its Android smartphone operating system to date. Running on the rumored HTC Dream phone, Android was shown using its basic ...READ»

Google Android Demoed on HTC Dream Smartphone

Running on the rumored HTC Dream phone, Android was shown using its basic applications, and even navigating Google Maps with hand-tilting via the device's internal accelerometer.READ»

When 'Mad Men' Meets Augmented Reality

I have my doubts about Google's new plan to better target advertising to meet our transient interests. As yet another manifestation of the idea of only showing us the ads we want to see, when we want to see them, it will inevitably ...READ»

Claiming Your Google Local Ad

Google Local is yet another way of marketing your website online. When someone searches for your business’ products or services in your local area through Google Maps, your Google Local ad is what appears.READ»

Google Android Demoed on HTC Dream Smartphone

Running on the rumored HTC Dream phone, Android was shown using its basic applications, and even navigating Google Maps with hand-tilting via the device's internal accelerometer.READ»

Android vs. iPhone: Which Has the Better Google Maps?

Yesterday, Google announced, via the Google Mobile Blog, a host of updates to Google Maps for its Android operating system, bringing some features up to par with Maps for the iPhone while bringing some all-new features to the table ...READ»

The Developer

Tina Unterlaender, 30 Acting Management Supervisor, AKQA Mobile AKQA Mobile has built notable branded apps for Target and Gap.   "If brands want to talk to their consumers, they have to be where ...READ»

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Tracking the Tree

November 17th Gordy Grove, an independent owner operator for National Van Lines, left Seattle hauling the 65-foot Pacific Silver Fir tree that will be displayed at our nation's capitol this holiday season. Thanks to Global Locating ...READ»

How to Make Yourself and Others Happier

Why do companies make it so hard to say thank you to the right people?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»

IJustMadeLove.com: Tell the World Where You've Had Sex, Via Google Maps

Sitting down for lunch at your favorite park bench? Better think twice.READ»

A Screen Where Everyone Knows Your Name

Social mapping technology grows up a bit.READ»

Technology: Road Tripping with Google Maps

I began a summer road trip with my daughters yesterday; driving cross-country to deliver a car to a friend, show the girls the country and see the sites. Well planned for the trip, I have loaded the Toyota Prius with loads of ...READ»

New Mobile Tools

Over the past few months I have been playing with a lot of the new GPS enabled mobile apps. There has been a shift (finally) from ported applications (applications written for the web and ported to mobile) and true mobile designed ...READ»

Navigon's Mobile Navigator iPhone App Beats TomTom to Market

One of the most eagerly-awaited functions of the recent iPhone 3.0 firmware upgrade was the addition of proper turn-by-turn navigation. The first big-name effort has hit iTunes today: Navigon's MobileNavigator.READ»

Just Around The Corner: The First 3D Map

Fast Interview: Earthmine co-founder John Ristevski talks about competing with Google and the first consumer applications for this space-age technology.READ»

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Google Gone Bad?

Is it going to their head? Google has been sued for stealing a French company's news stories and photos. They've apparently been accused of a similar act previously. Has their recent success made this company into a steamrolling ...READ»

Sony Ericsson Announces Quad-Band Mobile Modems

Sony Ericsson [NYSE: SNE] is making its first foray into the USB modem market with two internet dongles, the MD400 and MD400g. Each of the diminutive modems features a folding antenna and a retractable USB plug to reduce the ...READ»

Google Embeds Bigger Ads Into Smartphones

If you use Google AdSense to monetize your site, you'll now be able to run large, fancy ads when people visit your site from an iPhone, Pre, or another large-screen smartphone. According to TechCrunch, the new JavaScript ad modules ...READ»

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»

Mine the Map

Yesterday I was watching Oprah, and they interrupted the show with the news about the Toronto plane crash. When they decided to display where the airport was, I was surprised to see them use Google Maps. It seems that the Map has ...READ»

Location, Location, Location

Lost in the woods? In the burbs? A raft of new GPS devices can help.READ»

London 2012 Olympics Map Points to the Future of Cartography

One challenge faced by any city ramping up its local services in advance of hosting the Olympics: You can't put any old company's logo out there for the world to see unless they've inked a hefty sponsorship deal and/or been ...READ»

Where is Swine Flu? [Google Map Mashup]

Outbreaks of swine flu have been identified in Mexico, the United States and Europe, according to the World Health Organization. The super-virus--an amalgamation of strains that circulate in pigs, humans and birds--is known as H1N1, ...READ»