With six updates in six months, Google Maps for Android has acquired a wealth of new features. Google is focused with every update to give us better ways to find places nearby. In the latest updates, added the navigation for cyclists . With the update of Google Maps Mobile 4.4, introduced an even more easy to find locations: a special icon “Places” or [...]
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MapQuest beta version of the map to promote new services ask for a more flexible way
AOL’s online mapping service MapQuest on Tuesday began testing a new map service, the new service features similar with Google Maps. Form a very long time, MapQuest has been the online map market leader, to provide users with online mapping service, but in 2008, Google came with Google Maps online map service in the marke. [...]
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Google the proud sponsor of 2010 National Geographic Bee
Google feels proud in declaring itself as a sponsor of the 2010 National Geographic Bee competition and wishes a good luck to all the finalists. Last year also more than 4 million students across the United States have competed in local geography bees in which the students answered quite complex geographic questions and showed their [...]
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Investigations about Google “Street View”
The Authority for the Protection of Personal Data has launched an investigation to determine the lawfulness and fairness of the processing of personal data under the service “Street View” on Google. In the United States, Representatives Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote to the Federal Trade Commission requesting an investigation into the data [...]
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How to install the Google Earth Plug-in without administrative rights?
Google has now updated Google Maps on Android with some very good features. It also includes the biking directions . Actually these directions were added to the desktop Google Maps few months back If you want to read in depth about this you can catch the details on the “Android News Blog” or the “official [...]
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“EarthView” immersion is impressive
Google Maps and Google Earth hold hands together and the result is called the “Google Earth View”. Google Maps now incorporates three-dimensional maps; Google has announced the official update on Google Maps. In order to use the new service, users must download and install supplement for browsers called Earth View. After installing the new option, [...]
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4 reasons why Google would buy Yelp
The news about Google being engaged in talks to buy website providing reviews for Local business, Yelp is getting hot. There is no official announcement from either Google or Yelp about the deal but various sources have confirmed information about the ongoing negotiation to New York Times. Market analysts view the deal as Google’s intention [...]
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Is Apple breaking away from Google Maps?
Is Apple really going to ditch Google Map service? Although no statement has yet been put forward from Apple’ side but joining few dispersed pieces of puzzles Computerworld blog post redirects all of towards this question. Apple purchased Placebase two months ago making not much hype about the deal but the report from Computerworld blog [...]