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Google fined in France for Street View, no penalty from FTC

Published on: 24th March, 2011

The investigation related to data collection from Google’s Street View fleet has been completed. The Federal Trade Commission announced in a letter sent to Google that the enquiry had ended and the company would not be subject to any penalty. However, in France, the CNIL, which is the privacy protection authority, has decided to fine [...]

Google Maps version 5.0 live on Android Market, with 3D and offline maps

Published on: 23rd December, 2010

Together with the Nexus S launch, Google posted the promised Google Maps 5.0 on Android Market. The application presented some days ago has 3D as a central feature and can show 3D building models at close-up zoom levels. Owners of the phones can use multi-touch gestures to zoom and spin the views in manual mode [...]

AdMob and Google Maps leaders leaving Google

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Two major staff leaves have been announced by Google, as the company will lose two of its important leaders. Omar Hamoui, AdMob CEO, is leaving for personal reasons. The departure was considered amicable and contributing to the mobile revenue of $1 billion across iOS, Android and other platforms that Google serves with ads. Niren Hiro, [...]

Nike+ GPS to give Nike+iPod experience with no adapters needed

Published on: 9th September, 2010

In a Labor Day twist, Nike has posted a special stand-alone version of its application Nike+iPod. Nike+ GPS can be found in the App Store and costs $2. It uses a built-in accelerometer and location finding of an Apple device, which could be an iPhone’s GPS or even an iPod touch player. The goal is [...]

Garmin scares drivers who use free smartphone GPS

Published on: 14th July, 2010

The GPS maker Garmin has tried to scare European travellers who used smartphone navigation by saying it would be very expensive. It also claimed that services provided free of charge like, for example, Google Maps Navigation, would actually be more expensive due to costly international data fees that are needed to maintain the maps updated. [...]

Airline data company ITA bought by Google, airline maps hinted

Published on: 10th July, 2010

Google has announced the buyout of the airline data company ITA and has paid $700 million. Marissa Mayer, vice president of search, characterized the move as a help to increase competition related to searching for information connected with air travel. She acknowledged the company has bought ITA to develop search tools regarding flights. The deal [...]

Android 1.6 for Samsung’s Behold II, from T-Mobile

Published on: 27th June, 2010

Android 1.6 has been recently released by T-Mobile for Samsung Behold II smartphones; the software can currently be obtained through an over-the-air update. Users now have the possibility to use Google Maps Navigation, Voice Search, Swype keyboard, a quick search box and other important improvements. This release comes a month after T-Mobile declared that the [...]

New addition to Google Maps – bike directions

Published on: 14th March, 2010

Google has added biking directions to Google Maps. This largely requested feature allows navigation using not only bike trails but also marks and uses roads already known as being bike-friendly. It includes both roads with bike lanes and those that are simply recommended for cyclists. Maps even consider hills or roads with heavy car traffic [...]

More Details for Google Maps Navigation

Published on: 1st November, 2009

The beta edition of Google Maps Navigation, the internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance, is part of Google Maps for mobile and is available for phones with Android 2.0, like the Motorola Droid. Google Maps Navigation adds features that normally exist in dedicated GPS units, such as the bird’s eye (satellite) view and spoken [...]