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Apples_to_Oranges: It's beautiful... more »
BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: What ever happened with that project of incorporating live video streams into a map application. Was that Google? Anyone know what I'm referring to? more »
Noobs-R-Us: What if the places sucks? I bet that sticker would come off their window fast! more »
Hearthatvoiceagain: more »
OCEntertainment: I could see this being handy for coupons or something, perhaps. They mention restaurant reviews are "coming", which could be handy if you were walking... more »
PyrateKitteh: "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." Apparently they know better than the rest of the world how to find a place on a m... more »
jdale: Hasn't Apple already found a way to differentiate Google Maps on the iPhone from Google Maps on Android phones? You know, by rejecting Latitude? more »
Aetius: "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." AKA uh-oh no Google Maps. We gotta slap together some map thingie. more »
MarcusMaximus: "that Apple's sticking with Google for map data, and simply looking to add new and unique powers to its Maps application, to differentiate it from Goo... more »
met2art: Google Maps adds GPS navigation for all Android users. #tips #Android #GoogleMaps #GPS more »
weatherman: It's only a matter of time before some NRA-funded congressman gets on the floor of the House to argue for decreasing gun controls because "studies hav... more »
dry-roasted-peanuts: Now I have The Last Guy soundtrack in my head... more »
Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Nice! Google Maps needs more Sim City disaster modes to appease our hunger for post apocalyptic scenarios. It's like 2012 without the crappy part. more »
Kaiser-Machead: We'd just end up electing them into office and complain that they don't understand the significance of healthcare. more »
Nathan Obbards: Now only if they had one that let you assess the safety of your house from zombie attacks. more »
Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars: Buggery. I just went through the trouble of flashing it onto my phone last weekend. more »
txfisher001: I've got a Hero, and although no Google Navigation yet, they are pushing out a firmware update that fixes several bugs.... more »
EBone: Just a quick Android question - will older phones like the G1 and MyTouch ever get the 2.0 OS pushed to them, or are they stuck with 1.6? more »
PhineasJW: Reason #36 I chose Android over the alternatives. Can't wait. Thank you XDA. #googlemapsnavigationg1 more »
fdisk: Awesome! I just installed it and it works like a charm! Can't wait to take it for a spin tomorrow :) EDIT: BTW the instructions above did NOT help me... more »

#google

Google to Help NYC Sell 90,000 Photos by Digitizing Them
Apparently New York City has over 90,000 vintage photos on 35-millimeter film which they would love to sell. And Google might just help them with that. More »
#googleearth

Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth's Eight-Screened Flight Simulator
Google's 20% time policy, source of untold obscure Linux drivers, single-use utilities and ridiculous Gmail features, occasionally spawns something truly amazing—like the eight-screened Liquid Galaxy, which lets you step inside of Google Earth. It's Google Earth: The Ride. More »
#google

In the Future, We All Will Be Google-Approved
Furthering its advances into our physical realm, Google today announced a plan to display window decals in over 100,000 businesses that will designate them as the Google's "Favorite Places." More details, a demonstrational video and Big Brother fearmongering below. More »
#speculation

More Evidence Apple's Looking Beyond Google for iPhone Maps?
A few months ago, Apple bought their own mapmaker, Placebase, which seemingly opened the possibility of non-Google-y maps. Now, they're looking for an iPhone maps engineer to "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." More »
#games

Zombie Outbreak Simulator: Sim City Plus Google Maps Plus the Undead
The RTS web game Zombie Outbreak Simulator plops you down into a Google Maps-provided area of DC swarming with zombies. The outbreak's details are up to you: How many civilians? Are they armed? It's a killer timewaster (GET IT?). More »
#android

Google Maps Navigation Hits the G1, MyTouch, All Other 1.6 Handsets
Google Maps Navigation, even if it's not perfect, was one of the juiciest features of Android 2.0. Today, Google's finally set it free: It's now available for any phone with Android 1.6 Donut, including the G1 and MyTouch 3G. More »
#googlemapsnavigation

How To Hack Google Maps Navigation Onto Your G1
It's basically a ritual now: Fresh feature debuts on new Android phone; hack-happy G1 owners see new feature, develop seething jealousy; said owners work tirelessly to steal new feature. Last week, Google Maps Navigation hit the Droid. Today, the G1. More »
#maps

Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
The Pandemic That Was Going to Kill Us All But Didn't is still alive, lurking to take you in a one-way trip across the Styx. Or a two-way trip to Snotland. Google Maps points the way to the nearest vaccine. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Google and the Phantom Town of Argleton...10 Years of Steve Jobs' Apple Product Unveilings...AT&T's Foray Into In-Car Satellite TV Goes Miserably Wrong...Robots Will Soon Learn How to Smell Fear More »
#googlemaps

Giant Urban Cursor Tracks Its Movements in Google Maps
If the Urban Cursor—a giant cursor that captures its movements in Google Maps using GPS—worked in real life, I would use it to minimize Afghanistan, maximize Sweden, and drag and drop some parts of Madrid to the trashcan. More »
#comment

Google and the Deadly Power of Data
Today, as soon as Google showed off its beta GPS navigator, the stocks of Garmin, TomTom and other companies in that industry fell into the toilet. It's hard to compete with free Google apps, but that's not why they're screwed... More »
#stocks

It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer
Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget]
#apple

Apple Buys Their Very Own Maps Company (See Ya, Google Maps?)
The Apple/Google divorce continues to come into focus: Apple quietly bought Placebase, a mapping service company, back in July. Apple doesn't buy companies it's not going to use. Meaning, Apple's getting into making their own maps. Peace out, Google. More »
#google

Google Maps' Giant Game of Monopoly Begins Tomorrow
No, that's not a snarky business headline. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board. It's called Monopoly City Streets. More »
#traffic

Google Maps Crowdsources Traffic by Measuring Your Miserable Commute
When used on phones with GPS (including the Pre and MyTouch 3G, though not the iPhone), Google Maps crowdsources huge batches of data on how fast you're travelling on a particular street, thus measuring traffic for fellow drivers. More »
#windowsmobileapps

The Month In Windows Mobile Apps: Fancy Browsing, Telephone Magic, and an App Store
You name it, we've got it: Sexy search tools! Google Voice! Upstart app stores! Maps, with stuff on them! Radio! Emulators, from the future! Fresh new browsers! It's all in a ~~day's~~ month's work for Windows Mobile. More »
#streetview

Hungry Google Street View Driver Directs You To Local KFC
Google Street View sees the Almighty, fights crime, and even does self-portraits. It's a busy, relentless lifestyle. I guess what I'm getting at is... dude gets hungry once in a while, and you're coming along for the ride. More »
#google

It's Google's World, and You Only Live In It
Soon you may start seeing real Google Maps markers everywhere across the world: Google has asked a whole bunch of famous people—like the chef Ferran Adria, artist Maya Lin, or puppeteer Al Gore—to share their favorite spots. More »
#google

Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome and Firefox
If you are running Chrome 2.0+ or FireFox 3.5+ you will notice a dot in the upper left corner of Google Maps that should, theoretically, be able to locate your position using the W3C Geolocation API. More »
#android

Google Offers Updated Maps Features Through Android Market
Google updated their integral Maps Android app with some pretty sweet new features, including voice search, public transit and walking directions, and a beefed-up Latitude. It's great to see them pushing updates as they're ready, without waiting for carriers. [Google]
#streetview

Google Street View Gets Smarter Navigation, 3D Effects
Street View has given us a near-endless supply of shenanigans, but it's always been awkward to actually use. Now, Google has implemented semi-3D "Smart Navigation," which makes your virtual walking and/or stalking a lot easier, and way, way cooler. More »
#mothersday

Google Streetview Guy Takes A Walk With Mom On Mother's Day
Awwwwwwww. Google is just so gosh darn cute sometimes. Like today. They have the little yellow Google Streetview guy walking around with his mom. Happy Mother's Day! More »
#art

Manhattan Mapped Without a Horizon
It's rare that we get excited over maps, but this idea by graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt Webb would be great for GPSs, combining 3D, first person and overhead views into one übermap. More »
#apocalypsenow

Follow the Swine Flu Pandemic in Real Time With Google Maps

The current Swine Flu pandemic headlines read like those flashing through the intro sequence of a post-apocalyptical movie. Now you can see the cases spreading in real time—as the WHO declares them—in Google Maps. Updated More »
#googlemaps

The Accidental Typography of Google Maps
Google Maps is many things: It's a rabble-rouser; a penis repository; a rare physics phenomenon; not to mention a library of deer carnage and terrifying Americana. Now, with this guy's help, it's also a type foundry. More »
#google

UK Cameraman Turns The Tables On Google Street View Car During Argument
It looks like Google is continuing to make friends in the UK—only this time it's the driver of the Street View car that was outraged. More »
#dealzmodohack

Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
Symbian is the planet's most popular smartphone OS—everywhere except the US, that is. It's also arguably the most boring. In this last, most urgent installment of the cellphone revitalization series, we alleviate your Symbian shame. More »
#google

Buckinghamshire, UK Says 'GTFO' to Google Street View Via Mob
Due to a string of recent burglaries, residents of Buckinghamshire had been on the lookout for any suspicious vehicles nearby—so naturally, the Google Street View car was welcomed to the neighborhood with an old-fashioned mob. More »
#peeparty

Google Street View Captures Dudes Peeing Together in the Middle of a Busy Highway
Google's captured people peeing in the street before before, but never multiple people peeing together in the middle of a busy highway. And I think I see some pixels of penis, even (possibly NSFW): More »
#googlestreetview

What It's Like to Drive the Google Street View Van
This is what it's like driving the Google Street View van across the Golden Gate Bridge. Seems a bit choppy: More »
#pranks

Teenager's 60-Foot Roof Wang Backfires, Rich Parents Dole Out "Punishment"
Inspired by all of the classy art on Google Maps, 18-year old Rory McInnes decided to create a 60-foot phallic masterpiece on the roof of his parents' stately English manor. More »
#streetnoview

Nothing to See Here, Please Drive Thru
It must be a sad thing when Google thinks your city is not even worth taking the covers off the cameras mounted in a Street View car. More »
#rumor

Peek Emailer Spotted Running a Very Fuzzy Maps App
Spotted in the wild, this Peek appears to be running a maps app. Whether it's a creative hack or a sign of things to come, the Peek might soon do more than just one thing. More »
#imageoftheday

What Is This?
What the hell is this? Neurons firing up inside a brain? An installation with several Tesla coils? A weird electrical storm phenomenon? A color-inverted photo of an spiders orgy? A new nano-technology organic-based processor? More »
#navigation

Turn-By-Turn Voice Navigation Comes to Jailbroken iPhones
Six months after the App Store was launched, the iPhone app gray market lives on: turn-by-turn navigation has come to jailbroken iPhones in the form of xGPS. UPDATED More »
#googlepowers

Google Maps Street View Car Discovers Hole in Space-Time Continuum
Google Maps was once again displaying its otherworldly powers today after one of its street cars tore a hole in space itself. Perhaps the ability to do so was bestowed upon it by god? Update. More »
#photoshopcontest

Create Some Unlikely Things You'd See in Google Street View
We're always finding strange things in Google Street View. But there are some things that, chances are, we'll never, ever see using the service. Let's change that. More »
#googleearth

Google Earth Head Responds to Allegations of Aiding Terrorists
Sure, Google Earth's satellite view of the world is expected to keep secretive governments nervous, but when both Hamas militants in Gaza and Pakistan-based terrorists have reportedly endorsed Google Earth, director John Hanke must respond. More »
#googlestreetview

Google Street View Completes Tour of Real America With Dude Carrying Rifle
Google's really trying to get in touch with their inner red state lately, aren't they? [Google Maps via The Smoking Gun via Valleywag]
#google

Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps
Here's a sad one: the Google Maps car took out a baby deer, and it recorded the entire process for all Google Maps users to see. For shame, Google Maps car! More »

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