Google Maps Navigation launched for Android 1.6
Google has announced the launch of Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 platform.
Google Maps Navigation is already available for Android 2.0.
It was launched along with the Motorola Droid smartphone which became the first in the market to be powered by Android 2.0 edition.
Google spoke about [...]
TomTom car kit works only with Apple iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS
TomTom has revealed that the current version of their car kit for the iPhone is only compatible with Apple iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.
There is no support for the first generation iPhone and iPod Touch.
The company said that the problem is with [...]
Loopt Mix for Apple iPhone: Find people around you
Loopt Mix is a new mobile app now available on the Apple App Store.
It works with the iPhone. You can use this application to find other users of the same application who are near you at any given time.
Here are some of the features [...]
Opera Browser now with Geolocation support!
The developers behind the Opera Browser are on a roll.
They are already working on the Opera 10 release which is going to be a huge update for the Opera users.
They also recently launched an edition that came with support for Opera Turbo technology.
Opera has now released a [...]
USA Today launches its iPhone application
USA Today has become the latest news media company to make available its own Apple iPhone application.
It works on both iPhones and iPod Touch.
It is available as a free download from the Apple App Store.
USA Today said that subscribers can use this application to access articles from News, Money, [...]
Google App on Apple iPhone to allow voice based searching
Google’s search application on the Apple iPhone would soon let the user conduct searches using voice.
The app would take voice based data from the user which would be sent to Google servers.
The message would be converted into text which would then be sent to Google search [...]
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TweakerSoft today introduces AroundMe 1.0, their new application for the iPhone. Via GPS, AroundMe quickly acquires the users location and allows them to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket, Theatre and Taxi. The selected listing is then displayed on a Map and plots the route to the [...]
Google Android App Contest Winners Announced
Google has announced the winners of the contest for the developers of applications on their Android mobile platform.
Incidentally, all of the winning applications made use of GPS functionality in some way or the other.
There are applications like cab4me which integrates with Google Maps and using GPS to order a cab [...]
Over the past two years, Ubermind has taken the digital photography world by storm; consistently delivering the highest quality Aperture export plug-ins available. Now, it’s set to change the map once again with the release of its first edit plug-in for Aperture: Maperture.
Seattle, Washington – Over the past two years, Ubermind has taken the digital [...]
Microsoft MSN Direct now support GPS
Software giant Microsoft has now made available an API that enables the web services to send location information to GPS navigation devices.
This helps in expanding the services offered by their MSN Direct division.
The company said that this API allows Web sites to send local information to GPS units either wirelessly [...]
