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Article | 23/04/2010 Google launches voice navigation app for Android phones
Google has launched a free app for Android-based mobile phones that offers users turn-by-turn voice and visual navigation.
Article | 10/04/2010 Nokia acquires location services vendor MetaCarta
Nokia on Friday said it will acquire MetaCarta, a privately-held company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in finding content for location...
Article | 19/03/2010 Google Maps for Android gets improved user interface
Google has released version 4.1 of Google Maps for Android, adding a constantly-updated map wallpaper, tweaking the way search results are displayed a...
Article | 13/03/2010 Twitter wants to know where you are
Twitter knows where you are -- at least in the U.S.
Article | 15/03/2010 TomTom updates iPhone GPS app, but traffic still a no-go
Australian iPhone users miss out on real-time traffic information and updated maps in TomTom's latest iPhone app update, TomTom Australia 1.3. The upd...
Article | 13/03/2010 Vodafone closes navigation company Wayfinder
Vodafone is closing down Wayfinder Systems, a navigation company the British operator acquired in December 2008. The introduction of free turn-by-turn...
Article | 13/03/2010 Twitter adds location-sharing
Twitter users can now add their current location to their tweets. The micro-blogging service on Thursday activated an optional new feature that appen...
Article | 2/03/2010 Mio device to get WiMax and multimedia support
Mio has equipped its latest navigation device, the Moov V780, with a 7-inch touchscreen, support for HD playback and the option to integrate support f...
Article | 27/02/2010 Google told to ditch Street View images after 6 months
The EU has ordered Google to delete images captured for its Street View service after six months.
Article | 27/02/2010 Google Street View raises privacy concerns...again
It's like deja vu all over again for Google</a> with privacy concerns related to its Street View Maps.
Article | 19/02/2010 Cebit preview: Garmin combines GPS and mobile television
TV mode on the GPS will not work when the driver is on the road
Article | 18/02/2010 Best of the rest from MWC: INQ Chat and Garmin-Asus Nuvifone
We've heard from the likes of Samsung, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, HTC and Google at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, but have you e...
Article | 13/02/2010 Google Maps Labs: A fun new Google tool
Google introduced Maps Labs Friday, a cool new set of innovative add-ons to its popular map service that offers a multitude of new ways to explore pla...
Article | 25/01/2010 Google Maps goes off-road with the Street View Trike
Google today announced the latest addition to Google Maps in the form of the first Street View Trike in the Southern Hemisphere. The trike will captur...
Article | 22/01/2010 Nokia strikes back at Google with free GPS app
Android phones aren't the only handsets that have access to a free, full-featured GPS application. Nokia on Thursday announced that it will make the p...
Article | 22/01/2010 Nokia to offer navigation tools for free
A new version of Nokia's mapping service Ovi Maps will include turn-by-turn voice guidance for walking and driving navigation for free, Nokia said on ...
Article | 22/01/2010 Nokia to offer navigation tools for free
New version of Ovi Maps competes with Google's offerings on Android
Article | 15/01/2010 Google Earth reveals the devastation in Haiti
Google responded to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week by working with satellite imagery company GeoEye to quickly make image...
Article | 7/01/2010 OpenStreetMap attracts 200,000 volunteers
A volunteer-led project to create an open-source map of the entire earth, called OpenStreetMap, has amassed over 200,000 contributors since its incept...
Article | 6/01/2010 Hate your GPS's voice? Garmin lets you record your own
Imagine a GPS device that makes fun of you when you miss a turn. Or one speaks to you with pet names -- names that only those close to you know. Or a ...

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