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more about #teleatlas dragon:ONE: In-car satellite TV never made sense - why waste $1300 and $20-30 a month on something you ever only use at most 30-40 minutes a day - and then only o... more » Bigbadbikernerd: There's a similar situation with a town listed as "Ioka, IA" near where I live. It's on Google maps, but there is literally one house there. #gizmodo... more » trs: What the hell kind if mac fan website posts a video that can't be viewed on an iPhone? #gizmodoremainders more » Odin: Google is like a slow lumbering behemoth. You may think you can keep it in your sights but you get this unsettling feeling it's speeding up. You take ... more » cattrain: Uhh... If you go to maps.google.com, from the default position, it says "© 2009 Google Map data ©2009 LeadDog Consulting, Google, Tele Atlas, INEGI,... more » JoeKhurr: Google has app's to get on the internet with a phone, and yet I'm sitting in the campus library on my laptop. Google makes app's for music players, ye... more » circa86: Very good write up. But there is a HUGE difference with this and companies like Microsoft. Google isn't really after the competition, and the only t... more » WMyers: Google is probably going to get slapped by the EU over this if they aren't excruciatingly careful. Their "competitors" in the map space are European,... more » okeribok: How will google make money from the free maps app? Just by making people use Android, or by some evil scheme, like rerouting your trip through the nea... more » krownd: and after all the other companies go out of business, google will be last one standing... world domination! and then they decide to charge all their... more » ripfire: "I was always afraid of spiders growing up, not because of the eight legs or the umpteen eyes, but because of the way they kill their prey." You mean... more » bustedchain: There is a term for this type of technology that literally means "upsetting the balance of power" and means "paradigm changing".... Google has a rec... more » :negated:: Why innovate and stay competitive when you can just get the US and/or EU to investigate Google on grounds of monopolization and get them mired in year... more » RW-One: While TomTom likely will feel this as bad as Garmin, as a pilot, Garmin also has aviation GPS systems that I don't think Google will be replacing anyt... more » GuyWithDogs: I know this sounds trollish, and I'm not a troll, but ... I wonder what the reaction would have been if Microsoft had announced the free nav app this... more » HJTravels: Ok so Google is the new Walmart. Surprise. What did you think was going to happen when people have too much money not to take over the world. #google more » Canoehead: In Peter Hamilton's Misspent Youth, we get to see a society in which copyrights have been essentially destroyed by the 'net and unlimited storage. Un... more » heltoupee: Welcome to capitalism, you commie. If I can deliver the same product as you can legally, but do it more cheaply, I deserve to drive you out of the ma... more » Joshua Boucher: Perhaps this fear prompted taking down the link to the Chrome OS beta download this morning? #google more » chareverie: Garmin and TomTom aren't done for; a rapid decline in shares over what's not even a day doesn't indicate that these companies are going to be left as ... 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 » -
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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 » -
#lightningreview
Garmin Nuvi 880 Voice-Controlled GPS Lightning Review
The Gadget: One of Garmin's flagship Nuvis, the 880 responds to commands from your voice, triggered by a little remote control you attach to your steering wheel. More » -

