newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/Ty71OxyQKKc&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":400,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Google is testing a feature that puts Google Suggestions on steroids. Why? Because Google will automatically give users live, updating search results as users type each letter of their search. It’s hectic and sort of creepy. [Ousbey via TechCrunch]
Microsoft has announced an entirely new software platform for personal navigation devices, Windows Embedded NavReady 2009. Whereas companies generally program proprietary software for GPS units, Microsoft is now offering software for the hardware—similar to what Windows is to the PC. Featuring maps based upon Live Search along with Bluetooth, MSN Direct and SideShow functionality, the software could bring a lot of PC connectivity options to otherwise autonomous GPSs, as well as increase the number of companies willing to compete in the hardware side of the navigation market.
