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Design
Giant Urban Cursor Tracks Its Movements In Google Maps
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | If the Urban Cursor — a giant cursor that captures its movements in Google Maps using GPS — worked in real life, I would use it to minimise Afghanistan, maximise Sweden, and drag and drop some parts of Madrid to the rubbish bin. More »
Business
Google And The Deadly Power Of Data
5:30AM Wilson Rothman | Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It’s hard to compete with free Google apps, but that’s not why they’re screwed… More »
Business
It’s Not A Good Day To Be A GPS Manufacturer
4:09AM Adam Frucci | Google’s free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you’re the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget] More »
Business
Apple Buys Their Very Own Maps Company (See Ya, Google Maps)
2:40PM Matt Buchanan | The Apple/Google divorce continues to come into focus: Apple quietly bought Placebase, a mapping service company, back in July. Apple doesn’t buy companies it’s not going to use. Meaning, Apple’s getting into making their own maps. Peace out, Google. More »
Online
3:30PM Nick Broughall | Google today announced live traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and their surrounding areas on Google Maps. It even works with mobile devices! More »
Google Maps Now Offers Live Traffic Info
3:30PM Nick Broughall | Google today announced live traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and their surrounding areas on Google Maps. It even works with mobile devices! More »
Games
11:30PM Mark Wilson | No, that’s not a snarky business headline. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board. It’s called Monopoly City Streets. More »
Google Maps’ Giant Game Of Monopoly Begins Tomorrow
11:30PM Mark Wilson | No, that’s not a snarky business headline. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board. It’s called Monopoly City Streets. More »
GPS
Google Maps Crowdsources Traffic By Measuring Your Commute
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | When used on phones with GPS (including the Pre and MyTouch 3G, though not the iPhone), Google Maps crowdsources huge batches of data on how fast you’re travelling on a particular street, thus measuring traffic for fellow drivers. More »
Software
The Month In Windows Mobile Apps: Fancy Browsing, VoIP Magic, And An App Store
6:00AM John Herrman | You name it, we’ve got it: Sexy search tools! Google Voice! Upstart app stores! Maps, with stuff on them! Radio! Emulators, from the future! Fresh new browsers! It’s all in a day’s month’s work for Windows Mobile. More »
Online
Hungry Google Street View Driver Directs You To Local KFC
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Google Street View see the Almighty, fights crime, and even does self-portraits. It’s a busy, relentless lifestyle. I guess what I’m getting at is… dude gets hungry once in a while, and you’re coming along for the ride. More »
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