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3:30AM Chris Jacob | Think of this week’s round of announcements as Android’s débutante ball. She’s gone from a lovable ragamuffin to a mature OS that’s ready for the spotlight. With Android 2.0, Motorola Droid and Google Maps Navigation, she stole our hearts. More »
Week In Review—The Second Coming Of Android
3:30AM Chris Jacob | Think of this week’s round of announcements as Android’s débutante ball. She’s gone from a lovable ragamuffin to a mature OS that’s ready for the spotlight. With Android 2.0, Motorola Droid and Google Maps Navigation, she stole our hearts. More » 
GPS
11:16AM Wilson Rothman | As you know, Google’s freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what’s great—and what’s surprisingly bad—about it. More »
Google Navigator For Android Review: Far From Perfect
11:16AM Wilson Rothman | As you know, Google’s freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what’s great—and what’s surprisingly bad—about it. More »
Robots
12:00PM Sean Fallon | Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard — but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More »
MIT’s AIDA Robot Will Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver
12:00PM Sean Fallon | Actually, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) won’t be riding in the backseat, it’s mounted right on the dashboard — but it will make comments on how you drive. It also reacts to your emotional state and helps you navigate. More »
GPS
Microsoft Pulling The Plug On MSN Direct In 2012
8:15AM Sean Fallon | While it’s probably not the first casualty of the Google GPS navigation bombshell, the fact remains — Microsoft is pulling the plug on their MSN Direct service on January 1st, 2012. More »
Software
Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Butt-Kicking, Turn-By-Turn App
1:00AM Brian Lam | Google’s free turn-by-turn navigation for Maps is the news this morning and even in Beta, they got a lot right. It has Google Maps tech, like street and satellite view and search-driven voice controls. Here’s what you need to know. More »
Software
Is Google Secretly Working On A Free Mobile Navigation App?
7:52AM Rosa Golijan | There’s a lot of speculation about Google working on and preparing to release a mobile navigation app. For free. The logic’s there and the pieces fit, but we still lack solid proof. More »
Gadgets
RC Girls Would Be A Nerd’s Dream Come True
5:20AM Sean Fallon | At the Kajimoto Laboratory, engineers have developed a helmet that can be used to guide the visually impaired by tugging their ears. It seems that this guy dreams of a day when it could be used to tug something else. 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 »
GPS
9:00AM Sean Fallon | Japan’s Ubiquitous Entertainment have developed a prototype device called ARider that allows cyclists to navigate via their iPhone 3GS using a heads up display. Of course, the whole setup seems a bit precarious for you and your precious phone. More »
ARider Turns iPhone Into Heads-Up GPS Display For Cyclists
9:00AM Sean Fallon | Japan’s Ubiquitous Entertainment have developed a prototype device called ARider that allows cyclists to navigate via their iPhone 3GS using a heads up display. Of course, the whole setup seems a bit precarious for you and your precious phone. More »
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