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February 10, 2010

Google Gets Social With New “Google Buzz”

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Today, February 9th, 2010, Google has yet another release for us(Android Users) that extends the abilities of your Android Device and Gmail account. This free service is called Google Buzz and is essentially another social networking medium. With Google Wave not making much headway, the introduction of Google Buzz to all Google Accounts combined with [...]

December 15, 2009

How To Properly Use Google Maps: A Satirical Narrative

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With all of the new Lab features included in the latest version of Google Maps(3.3.1), it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed. You may ask yourself, “How could the terrain layer possibly assist me in getting me where I’m going?”, “How does knowing what’s nearby help me when I know where I’m going?”, and most importantly, [...]

October 1, 2009

New Mobile Search Features from Google

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Google rolled out a couple of handy new features on its mobile-optimized site late yesterday, making it easier to access search results on your phone that you generated previously on your desktop or laptop.
The first is Local Search for Mobile. When you visit Google on your phone and tap the Local tab, you’ll now find [...]

February 4, 2009

Google Latitude Shows, Shares Location

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Google might have recently killed off a few projects these last couple of weeks, but they’re still unveiling new ones all the time. Today sees the announcement of Latitude, the location broadcasting service that combines Google Maps with GPS and cell phone triangulation.
Want to know where your wife is so you can start dinner? This [...]

June 30, 2008

TomTom’s Tele Atlas On Android

Tele Atlas, a Dutch Digital Map maker has signed a 5 year deal with Google which will see its maps been included in cellphones based on Android including other Google services. We think this deal will do good things for the big G as they venture deeper into the mobile arena where they could, just [...]

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