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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 19, 2011
Google's just unwrapped more three-dimensional buildings in a number of cities worldwide, including London, Paris, Barcelona, Stockholm, Singapore, Lisbon, Boulder (Colo.) and 11 cities in South Afri...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 15, 2011
While I don't do much traveling on European roads myself, I know a lot of people who have to do it daily and just like everywhere else in the World, traffic is always an issue. Luckily for them, Goog...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 08, 2011
Thing 1 - Motorola Droid 3 launches And ... the Droid 3 is officially officialMotorola Droid 3 help videosDroid 3 available now via Verizon telesales Thing 2 - Google Maps goes offline Google Maps 5.7...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
One of the more interesting (if less publicized) additions to Google Maps 5.7 is the ability to download map data locally to your phone. That's a godsend if you're traveling somewhere...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
Google Maps just got a sizable update, with a slew of new features that those of you in major metro areas are going to want to check out. First and foremost is the addition of Transit Navigation.&nbs...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Google has updated the imagery for Street View in 13 of their Street View countries, making for the biggest update of this kind. Images for places in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Netherlands,...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 16, 2011
Another quick update for Google Maps has rolled out today putting it at v5.6.0. The latest update just simply adds the option to rate a restaurant as "Best ever" plus, adds restaurant award...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2011
Google's smack in the middle of its "Inside Search" event in California, but we're already getting hints at what we're getting for Android. The Google Maps Navigation for Mobile webs...
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by Joshua Munoz
Jun 08, 2011
Starting today, users of Google Maps (desktop and mobile versions) will be able to see live transit updates, informing them if their ride is actually going to show up on time. Google's managed to make...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 03, 2011
Google has started a program using short how-to videos to pass along tips and tricks about using Google Places effectively. The videos star Professor Emoji, and will help you rate and review pla...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 25, 2011
We all love the fact that the Nexus S 4G came free of carrier bloatware and foolery, but there are a great many of you who prefer Sprint's branded version of Telenav to Google's navigation. And...
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by Chris Parsons
May 25, 2011
A new Google Maps update is now available. This version -- v5.5.0 has only three changes listed in the changelog but it brings some stuff that users have been asking for all while addressing some priv...
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by Chris Parsons
May 20, 2011
Have you ever tried accessing Google Maps from your mobile browser? If so, you no doubt realized that it didn't exactly give you the desired results -- being that it allowed you to actually use Google...
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by Chris Parsons
May 13, 2011
If you live in Washington, D.C. and make use of the transit system, your trip planning has just got a little easier. Google has updated Google Transit with all of D.C. Metro bus stations, stops and ro...
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by n64kps
May 04, 2011
Google released Maps version 5.4.0 today, bringing about a small list of changes from the previous 5.3.1 update. Well, what's new in this version? Google gives us the abilities to:Vi...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 12, 2011
We'd love to tell you all about this Google Maps v5.3.1 update but -- Google never included a changelog for us this time around. Judging by the e-mails we've received since the update started to roll...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 04, 2011
Google has once again pushed a new update for Google maps. The last version we received from the Android Market was that of v5.2 and now v5.3 is available for all. While most of the update looks to be...
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by Kyle Gibb
Apr 01, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Developers over at InKnowledge have created a native Android SDK for Microsoft's Bing Maps. The SDK allows "developers a choice in terms of map controls" for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2011
If you're not the sort of person who explicitly trusts GPS and mobile navigation, move on. For everyone else, Google's just flipped the switch on a cool little feature for Google Maps Navigation (whic...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Mar 03, 2011
A new Google Maps update has hit the Android Market, bringing the app to Version 5.2. The latest update from the Google Maps team mostly focuses on the social aspect.For those of you that use Google's...
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by Kyle Gibb
Feb 14, 2011
Sure roses are nice and all, but what if you want to give your Valentine something a bit more unique? Well, the Google Maps team has your back as they have released a new service allowing you to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 01, 2011
Google has updated Google Maps for Android to version 5.1 today, bringing big changes to Latitude. Where Latitude once was just a pin on a map, now there are check-ins, to connect a place...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 17, 2010
We're all loving the new version of Google Maps and its vector based graphics, and Google has spent the time to explain exactly what makes them better. There some great detail about vector graph...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2010
Google Maps 5.0 -- that awesome version Andy Rubin showed off a week or so ago -- has been released to the Android Market. With the latest version of Google Maps, you get that very cool 3D tilt featu...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2010
Link for mobile viewingHere's video of Google's Andy Rubin showing off that Tegra 2 Motorola tablet prototype running Android 3.0 Honeycomb and the all-new Google Maps. In a word: WANT! [All Thin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2010
Google Andy Rubin whipped out a prototype tablet tonight at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference. That it's a prototype Motorola tablet running Honeycomb is special enough. But it's what he was do...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2010
We've talked about Google's hotpot before, it's the new feature from Google Maps and places for Android. And, to be honest, it's pretty cool having ratings from people you know and trust built r...
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by Menno
Nov 18, 2010
This is a nice update for our readers down in Australia. As of today, you can use Google Maps to give you free turn by turn navigation on your Android device providing it's running Android...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 15, 2010
Google Maps just got itself a little update to Version 4.7. And as you can see above, you can now rate plates (as in Google Places) to get personalized recommendations, and add a widget to your ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2010
Remember how Google Maps got an update a couple of days ago that brought some changes to search results? Looks like it also got prepped for Gingerbread. What you see above are two phones, both w...
