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Get Location-Aware Google Maps on Your Palm Centro
The mobile version of Google Maps has been "location aware" since last November, meaning it could pinpoint your location using either your phone's built-in GPS or cell-tower triangulation. Alas, Palm Centro users couldn't enjoy the location love; they had to input their positions manually (the horror!). As...
Tags: Rick Broida, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, GPS, Advertising & Promotion, Location, Google Maps, Palm Inc., Mobile, Aware, Google Inc.
Blog posts 2008-06-24
Get Mass-Transit Directions with Google Maps for Mobile
Want to get from point A to point B using convenient, inexpensive public transportation? Fire up the latest version of Google Maps for Mobile, which provides bus and/or train routes right on your phone. Version 2.2 provides transit directions for over 50 North American cities, from Ann...
Tags: Rick Broida, Marketing, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile, Google Maps, Google Inc., Phone
Blog posts 2008-06-09
Google Maps for Mobile Gets Better at Finding Businesses
I've long been a fan of Google Maps for Mobile, but always wished it could give me directions to a local business if I entered just the business name as the destination. Well, my prayers have been answered: Google Maps for Mobile now supports business names when looking up directions....
Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Google Maps, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-01-07
Google Street View On Nokia S60 And Windows Mobile; Adds Text Messaging To Gmail Chat
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made Street View accessible on a wider range of phones, its mobile team said in its blog. After photographing France, Italy, Spain and Australia, the internet giant has made its application Google Maps for mobile version 2.3 with Street View accessible on the Nokia (NYSE:...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Google Maps, Text Messaging, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, E-mail Providers, Marketing, Internet, Companies, Google, Technologies, LBS/GPS Navigation/Maps, Dianne See Morrison
External links 2008-12-11

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Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps
IDG News Service - Microsoft is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. The new Bing Maps service uses Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology to provide a smoother way to...
Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Maps, Microsoft Silverlight, Bing Maps
News items 2009-12-02
Google Chrome Beta 4.0 Sports Bookmark Sync
Google Nov. 2 rolled out a beta of Chrome 4.0 with the much-requested bookmark sync tool  to enable Chrome's 30 million-plus users to keep their favorite Web pages up to date across multiple computing devices. The idea is fairly obvious these days; most users have computers they use at home...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome
News items 2009-11-03
GPS device maps show their age
The GPS chip in this phone transmits speed and location data to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who are using algorithms that will provide the driver with up-to-the-minute traffic information.(Credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNET News)User-generated data may be the answer to the GPS navigation industry's problem of outdated maps...
Tags: user
News items 2009-09-02
Google's free navigation app could drive out premium services
Google's rumored free turn-by-turn navigation app is a reality--the web services giant confirmed the launch of Google Maps Navigation Beta for its new Android 2.0 operating system, issued in conjunction with Motorola's forthcoming Droid smartphone. According to Google, the mobile app boasts all the familiar bells and...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps
News items 2009-10-28
Best Buy to Install Google Mobile App, But Not For Droid, IPhone
Beginning Nov. 9, sales associates for Best Buy Mobile will install Google Mobile App on all BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, or Nokia S60 smartphones through the Walk Out Working program, a free in-store smartphone setup. The deal makes Best Buy the first retailer in the U.S. to distribute Google Mobile...
Tags: Google Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc.
News items 2009-11-07
Google's Going Google Ad Campaign Expands in U.S., Ventures Overseas
Google is bringing its Going Google advertising initiative for Google Apps, bringing its collaboration software message to train stations, airports, and print and online publications in the U.S., as well as in Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Singapore and the U.K. The expansion of Going Google comes days after Google CEO...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps
News items 2009-10-18
Check Google Maps?(address of Google Inc. and Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing being confused)(Brief article)
Byline: Bill Shea Nearly identical Birmingham street addresses for Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing and Google Inc.'s new office space have been confusing visitors and deliveries. Brogan is at 325 S. Old Woodward. Google is at 325 N. Byline: Bill...
Tags: Google Inc.
Research articles 2007-05-21
Microsoft's Memo To The Troops On The Verizon And Dell Search Deals (MSFT)
Microsoft MSFT is crowing a bit over the twin search deals CEO Steve Ballmer announced yesterday at CES: One with Verizon VZ to power search on mobile phones, another with Dell DELL to be the default search engine on new PCs. ATD's Kara Swisher got her hands on a copy...
News items 2009-08-07
Google Bids for Yelp's Online Local Ad Communities
By Douglas MacMillan Google's low-cost online ads have singlehandedly revolutionized the way big brands spread marketing messages across the Web. But the company has had a harder time luring ad dollars from local businesses and mom-and-pop shops. The search giant is in talks to pay more than $500 million to...
Tags: Google Inc.
News items 2009-12-18
Google Ends Test Of Local Listing Ads
Two months after beginning tests of local listing ads aimed at small businesses, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has ended the experiment. The company says that it will no longer accept new sign-ups and that existing ads that are being run will be pulled in mid-December. Google had pitched the service...
Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Advertising, Local, Companies, Google, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-12-03
Miyamoto: Wii 2 will be smaller and cheaper
Following Nintendo's announcement of a limited edition black Wii console for Christmas 2009, the company's creative powerhouse Shigeru Miyamoto has indicated that the successor to the Wii is set to have similar functionality, but be even smaller and cheaper. The father of Mario and Zelda commented on the...
Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii
News items 2009-10-23
Motorola CLIQ available in stores and online today from T-Mobile USA
Motorola CLIQ for T-Mobile USA In case you forgot, the Motorola CLIQ for T-Mobile USA is available to everybody both online and in stores as of today for $199.99.  The official press release that went out is available below. T-Mobile USA Launches Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR In Stores Beginning Today...
Tags: T-Mobile, Motorola Inc.
News items 2009-11-02
Motorola Droid Hits Verizon on November 6th for $200 [Motorola]
It'd have been difficult to leak Motorola's new Android piece any harder—we've already seen the hardware, the software, and even a review—but now we know for sure sure: It's coming to Verizon on the 6th, for $200. First off, Verizon's just confirmed that Droid is a family of phones, and...
Tags: Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Google Maps, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless
News items 2009-10-28
LIVE: Macworld Keynote Presentation (AAPL)
With Steve Jobs on the sidelines, expectations were low for today's Macworld keynote. And Apple didn't surprise anyone. Marketing exec Phil Schiller showed off an updated MacBook Pro, announced some changes to iTunes, and unveiled new versions of the company's iLife and iWork software. But nothing new or terribly exciting,...
News items 2009-08-07
Viral View: Social Technographics: Are you keeping up with your online audience?
They create a Facebook group and upload a video every now and then. This approach generally leads to mediocre results. Instead, a better way to go about it is starting out with your target audience in mind. Companies should find out what online activities their target audience engages in and...
Tags: Video, Home Depot Inc.
News items 2009-11-05
AT&T brings lawsuit against Verizon over 'Map' ad campaign
By Brian GarnerPublished: 07:00 PM EST AT&T has filed a lawsuit over Verizon's "There's a Map for That" advertising campaign, claiming Verizon is misrepresenting AT&T's coverage areas.The suit seeks a temporary restraining order and a injunction to stop Verizon from "disseminating misleading coverage maps" of AT&T's areas of cellular and...
Tags: Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Advertisement, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.
News items 2009-11-03
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