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Article | 16/05/2013 Hands on: New Google Maps make maps interesting again
We may not have a new version of Android to drool over, but at least we've got more feature-filled, better-looking maps. At its Google I/O keynote, th...
Article | 15/05/2013 Google previews upcoming Maps features
Google is adding a new level of personalization and a cleaner interface to its popular Maps product.
Article | 8/05/2013 Google Maps' new facelift will slay the sidebar, exalt the map
Google Maps is rumored to get a UI overhaul next week. According to the Google Operating System blog (an unofficial Google blog), the new interface wi...
Article | 7/05/2013 2013 Ford Mustang balances high tech with muscle-car 'tude
Putting too much tech in classic American muscle seems almost blasphemous. These cars are for driving, not tweeting and texting, after all. But Ford b...
Article | 14/03/2013 Apple brings Flyover, 3D buildings, Turn-by-turn navigation improvements to Maps, updates Apple Store app
Apple has been quietly updating its Maps app as it works hard to keep CEO Tim Cook's promise to improve the widely criticised service, and has also up...
Article | 13/02/2013 Apple Maps blamed for potentially dangerous Australian bushfire app inaccuracies
Apple has been blamed for the potentially dangerous flaws found in the FireReady bushfire information iOS app.
Article | 18/12/2012 Is Apple planning to buy TomTom to help fix iOS 6 Maps?
Apple could be planning to buy maps maker TomTom to help fix its mapping service.
Article | 13/12/2012 Report: Australian law enforcement issues warning about Google Maps
Police officers in Colac, Australia are warning that relying on Google Maps may be endangering motorists in their jurisdiction, according to a report ...
Article | 13/12/2012 Google Maps arrives in App Store
Google's new Maps app for iPhone arrived in the App Store late Wednesday, in a move likely to please users disappointed with Apple Maps in iOS 6. Whil...
Article | 4/12/2012 Dick's new management slashing prices for one day only
Australian electronics retailer Dick Smith is holding a pre-Christmas, one day only sale on Wednesday 5 December, in what the company describes as an ...
Article | 26/11/2012 Ride-along in Nokia's mapping car
Anyone with a smartphone is used to navigating the world with a mapping app, but how is all that data collected? I had a chance to find out with Nokia...
Article | 22/11/2012 Google adds indoor maps for iPhone, iPad and other Web users
Google has added indoor floor plans to the Web version of its Maps service, allowing any device with a browser to show the way in airports, rail stati...
Article | 20/11/2012 Grabbing a ride in Nokia's mapping car
If you're like me, you're well used to navigating the world with a GPS mapping app on your smartphone. But have you ever given a thought to the work t...
Article | 20/11/2012 Hands on with Nokia's Here Maps for iOS
Nokia's new Here Maps for iPhone and iPad launched in the App Store Monday, the latest offering in the flood of navigation apps trying to take advanta...
Article | 14/11/2012 Nokia 'Here' Maps App for iOS heading to iTunes Store
Nokia is planning to release an iOS app of its Maps service in the next couple of weeks
Article | 10/10/2012 Apple Maps accidentally reveals highly sensitive Taiwanese radar installation
Taiwanese defense officials will ask Apple to blur satellite imagery of a previously unknown radar facility meant to provide early warning in case of ...
Article | 4/10/2012 Google Maps Street View now available in Safari on iOS
Good news for Dora the Explorer and other map fans: Google Maps now, for the first time, offers Street View when you access the service from Safari on...
Article | 24/09/2012 Tweets run 2 to 1 for Google over Apple in iOS 6 map mess
Consumers ranked Google Maps better than Apple's new homegrown mapping technology by more than 2 to 1 on Twitter, a social media analytics company ...
Article | 23/09/2012 Troubled Apple Maps app sparks attack ad from Google's Motorola
Motorola Mobility, a division of Google, has created an ad that mocks the troubled Apple Maps application in iOS 6.
Article | 21/09/2012 A selection of Aussie iOS 6 Map stuff ups
Is Apple's Maps application in iOS 6 as bad as everybody says? Let's find out?

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