Tag: maps

Donald Trump Is Certainly Winning the Google Search Battle
Google Trends has produced an interactive county-by-county map of the most-searched Republican Presidential candidates – and it's monochromatic. That dark red represents Donald...
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Google Reminds You It’s Tracking Your Every Move with Creepy, Somewhat Useful New Maps Feature
Here's the thing: We all know that Google knows everything about us – and of course that includes where you are and where you've been. But seeing all of that tracking in a neat...
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Google Map Maker Reopens, Tries to Prevent Pissing Androids
After a series of questionable (but kind of funny) edits, Google shut down its map editing tool Map Maker in May while it "made the moderation system more robust." Today, Google...
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Uber Makes a Big Mapping Play, Hires 100 Bing Engineers
Uber is continuing its quest for maps self reliance, and is set to acquire a chunk of Bing's mapping assets. Both Microsoft and Uber confirmed the deal to...
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Uber Steals Another Google Exec
Uber has poached another Googler. According to a report from...
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Apple Buys Yet Another Navigation Company
It appears that Apple has made yet another acquisition in the location services area, snapping up a small GPS startup called Coherent Navigation. The purchase,...
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Uber Looks to Build Its Own Navigation, Buys Mapping Company deCarta
Uber has bought mapping company deCarta, acquiring its tech and its people. An Uber spokesperson confirmed the acquisiti...
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Police Admit the Waze Hate Is Kinda Sorta About Speeding Tickets
Law enforcement organizations like the National Sheriffs' Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the LAPD have spent the last week expressing concerns over Waze, a Google-...
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Police Think Google’s Waze App Could Get Them Killed
Crowdsourced traffic app Waze lets users input a lot of information about the roads they travel – accidents, construction zones, icy roads, etc. It also lets users tell each other...
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Google Maps App Gets Design Revamp
With the release of the latest version of Android, Lollipop, Google has been launching big updates for its major apps. In recent days, we've seen announcements about the...
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Apple Reportedly Using A Lot More Data Sources For Maps
It looks like Apple has been busy quietly expanding the number of partners it uses for data for Apple Maps. Greg Sterling at Screenwerk...
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Google Maps App Gets A Bunch Of New Features
Google announced some new features for its Google Maps app on Android and iOS, including lane guidance, the ability to save a map for offline use, new restaurant, bar and hotel fil...
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Baseball Fandom Map Based on Facebook Likes Looks Pretty Accurate
Facebook is great for a lot of things, and it's also really bad for a lot of things. If you hate babies, stay away. If you just had your heart broken, stay away. If you don't want...
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Yahoo Launches Indoor Maps In Latest Search Effort
Yahoo announced that it is now offering indoor maps for some places. The feature comes as the result of a partnership with Nokia, utilizing its Here service. Yahoo has released...
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Checking Maps While Driving Not Part of Cellphone Ban, Rules California Court
A California appeals court has ruled that consulting Google Maps on your cellphone is not the same thing as talking or texting on said phone, and therefore does not fall under the...
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