Google Debuts Mobile GPS App for Android 2.0
PDAstreet
Google today served up more Éclair sweetness with Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 -- a mobile GPS app with 3-D views, turn-by-turn guidance and automatic rerouting. Still in beta, the app was "built from the ground up to take advanta...
Google Maps Takes Another Crack At Real Estate
WebProNews
Google makes it's money on the efforts of others. Often they use information that is outdated and incorrect. They also hold back payments illegally to support the future of Google. I'm not talking about click fraud, I'm talking about no fra...
Google Baffled by Ghost Town That Only Exists Online
Softpedia
Maybe the Holloween spirit hasn't completely worn off or maybe Google is adding a new 'feature,' but it looks like Google Maps is now listing ghost towns that show up as real places, but that don't actually exist. UK users are reporting the...
Hackers descend on Sydney's GooglePlex for mashup jam
Securecomputing.net.au
Google hosts weekend code-fest to explore the use of government data. Google Australia plans to incorporate data released by the Government 2.0 Taskforce as part of an 'open access' initiative into its Google Maps platform. Taskforce member...
DROID headed to Germany as Motorola MILESTONE (update: Italy too, no ...
engadget
Update 2 : As noted by a few readers, Milestone will ship with MOTONAV turn-by-turn directions, not Google's Maps Navigation . [Via Boy Genius Report , Thanks Vincenzo, Peter B.]
Google Is Dead Serious About Chrome
Seekingalpha.com
You are currently following Erick Schonfeld Nevertheless, Google is signaling with this award (which was previously won by the teams which created Gmail, Google Maps, and AdSense) and this figure that it is dead serious about Chrome. A few ...
Google Maps invents town
Tech Watch
According to Google Maps, the town of Argleton nestles just south of Ormskirk in Lancashire. In reality, however, it doesn’t exist at all. Where it’s marked on the search giant’s map service is actually an expanse of fields. Apparently the ...
Google unveils new competitive threat to online real estate listings
Bloggingstocks.com
Real estate listing and valuation site Zillow.com may be the next competitor up to bat, as Google Maps unveiled yet another "enhancement" that will show real estate listings inside Google Maps. It seems Google's venerable mapping website (a...
Australia ... according to Google Maps
Age
A search for 333 George St, Sydney shows a relocation of a famous landmark. The story about a "fake" town in the UK that appears in Google Maps has prompted readers to point out the mapping tool's quirky handling of Australian places and la...
No iPhone killer, but Droid has lots to like
San Francisco Chronicle
The highlight of this operating system upgrade is the inclusion of Google Maps Navigation, a free turn-by-turn direction service that works pretty well. Because it's Internet-connected, the service can also pull up live traffic, nearby sear...
Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone
Grand Island Independent
Google Maps Navigation is easy to use and helped me out on a late-night ice cream run _ I put the Droid in my pocket, turned up the volume and followed its female-robot-voice instructions while riding my motorcycle across town. I was glad t...
Is Google Maps Navigation a satnav killer?
Independent
Could the satnav – the saviour of many a long car journey – about to be consigned to the dustbin of history, alongside Betamax tapes and HD-DVDs? After enjoying years of seemingly unassailable popularity with gadget fans and travelling sale...
Ride-On now on Google Transit
Greater Greater Washington
Ride-On directions from Rockville to Silver Spring. Montgomery County's Ride-On bus service has joined Google Transit . That means someone searching for an address or business in Montgomery County using Google Maps can now get directions by...
