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It seems that Google has now rolled out a new Google Maps feature, searching for a city, a country or a ZIP Code will return a map with the contour of that city or country highlighted. Google has been testing this feature with some users for a few weeks at least, it was spotted in December by some.
The move makes se... |
21 January 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Verizon and Motorola went official with the long rumored Motorola DROID 4 smartphone, suggesting that it would be launched in the not too distant future.
No official details on when the smartphone will be released have been unveiled, nor the price tag that the device might feature, though rumored... |
12 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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When iCloud debuts on October 12, Apple will be launching a new service called Find My Friends, which lets you share your location with people who are important to you, as well as to find them.“Meet up with friends at an outdoor concert. Keep track of the family during a day on the ski slopes. Or see when your ... |
6 October 2011
10:25 GMT |
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A new version of an upgrade tool designed to streamline the migration to Microsoft’s latest technologies has been released. Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 is available for download from the Redmond company, free of charge, just as it was the case with its predecessors. The Toolkit is capa... |
18 January 2011
10:08 GMT |
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Having a service like Google Maps at your fingertips, free of charge and easily accessible from anywhere in the world is truly extraordinary. eMaps is a simple application that provides some of the most useful Google Maps features on your desktop, in a clean and user friendly environment.Although being able to access... |
29 December 2010
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The weather report represents a constant in our lives while news about storms and earthquakes frequently make the headlines. Still we don't always fully realize the magnitude of these phenomena. MVWorldviewer is able to put things into perspective by displaying a real time representation of the Earth.Although al... |
13 October 2010
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It seems that one of the steps the developers at Firaxis have taken in order to make the upcoming Civilization V as friendly to mods as possible will be to allow all those interested to import maps that have been developed for versions of Civilization IV, the previous turn based strategy title in the long running ser... |
29 June 2010
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3D digital mapping company Intermap Technologies has issued a new version of its AccuTerra application for iPhone and iPod touch. Immediately available for download from the iTunes App Store, the updated app includes the first detailed map download from the AccuTerra map store, and is currently free. Providing quick... |
18 December 2009
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We all need maps. Even if we are lost in traffic, in the middle of nowhere, or when exploring a new area, it's very important that we have one near us. With the advancement of technology, we can have one even on our phone, or other mobile device, so that we never get lost in traffic. But maps were more than sim... |
17 December 2009
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As noted a bit earlier today, Apple is looking to hire a “proactive” and “hardworking” software engineer to join its iPhone and iPod touch Maps team. The opening is for a full-time iPhone Software Engineer in Santa Clara Valley, Cupertino, California. The Job description has been published in ... |
30 November 2009
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Ever since ancient times, people have been trying to express their thoughts and feelings in various ways, and one of the most important is writing. But time passed by, technology evolved and soon we found out that computers could help us express our thoughts more than we even imagine. And this how came the idea to cr... |
16 September 2009
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With Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft is taking to the next level its efforts to streamline migration planning as well as deployment that debuted with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. In this context, customers can access solution accelerators from the software giant designed to catalyze the embr... |
6 July 2009
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Xeric Design has released EarthDesk 5.0, an update to its real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. Version 5.0 is entirely Cocoa-based, and adds support for the current version of OS X Leopard as well as the next iteration of the OS, Snow Leopard. Many new features and enhancements are also to be had with the new ... |
30 June 2009
09:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is tailoring its solution accelerators for the forthcoming versions of Windows client and server operating systems. An illustrative example in this regard is the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit. Version 4.0 of MAP has been designed to play nice with both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The M... |
5 May 2009
12:46 GMT |
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Microsoft is introducing a similar strategy for Windows 7 as it did for Windows Vista when it comes down to offering customers resources designed to streamline the adoption process. With the next iteration of the Windows client having debuted into public Beta at the beginning of January 2009, the Redmond company has ... |
6 February 2009
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I think most of those who call themselves gamers know this word or at least know someone who knows it. For those of you who have no idea what DotA means I will try to make a brief presentation. DotA is a map created for Warcraft 3, but based on the Aeon of Strife map for Starcraft. It is basically a RTS map, but it&r... |
8 January 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Nokia, the largest handset manufacturer in the world, and Lonely Planet, the famous travel guidebook publisher, have just announced the availability of Lonely Planet for Nokia Maps 2.0. From now on, Nokia users who love to travel can get Lonely Planet city guides for more than 100 destinations. The guides are inte... |
19 August 2008
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For the past few days, reports about the cyber attack on Georgia, which disrupted the government sites and other .ge domains, have flooded the news websites and blogs all over the world. New reactions emerged, as security researcher Gadi Evron thinks the attacks could be carried out by kids, while Google denies delet... |
13 August 2008
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AT&T has proudly announced that it's the first mobile operator in the US to offer a GPS-based service to its subscribers who travel abroad. More exactly, the largest North American carrier has gone global with the AT&T Navigator software, which now offers coverage for more than 20 countries. AT&T Navigator Glob... |
23 July 2008
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For a high school student, Geography may seem a difficult subject due to the large amount of information that needs to be assimilated. Unlike many, I actually liked studying Geography and the main reason was probably the fact that I found a logical way to memorize the names and locations of all the countries, cities ... |
30 June 2008
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The Mountain View-based company released an updated version of Google Earth a few days ago, a new edition of the downloadable mapping tool which is supposed to correct several glitches spotted in the 4.3 beta version rolled out some weeks ago. As you probably remember, Google has recently released Google Earth 4.3 be... |
5 May 2008
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Today, the Mountain View-based company Google has rolled out what seems to be one of the most important releases of Google Earth, namely the 4.3 version. Although it shouldn't be regarded as a major update (Google Earth 5 should, though), this new edition comes with multiple important improvements.As mentioned e... |
16 April 2008
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Modern people can't live without advertising, and advertising definitely can't "live" without people, that's why we'll see various new ways of advertising in the future, ways intended to bring advertisers closer to consumers. Relevantis, a US-based advertising technologies developer, announ... |
25 February 2008
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Nokia announced today, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the release of the new 2.0 Beta version of the popular Nokia Maps application. The 2.0 version takes mapping and navigation experiences to a new level by improving its pedestrian navigation, offering satellite images, adding multimedia city guides and ... |
11 February 2008
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Microsoft has accompanied Windows Vista to the market with a comprehensive package of products designed to support the upgrading and migration from older versions of the Windows operating system, to the latest client available. In this context, while home users running XP had the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisorat their... |
28 January 2008
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Sports maps have been popping up every once in a while, but none has been as good and as detailed as this one is: SoccerMap.net is the best I've seen so far when it comes down to a single sport, and one of the most popular as well. There's nothing missing from it, it's virtually an encyclopedia updated... |
25 January 2008
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The commonest maps are those containing data on the relief. Thematic maps focus on a specific topic, like temperature or rainfall. To be valid, maps are permanently revised, to reflect changes that may occur, like newly built roads or building demolitions. These details are essential for defining borders, from small ... |
22 January 2008
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I was just looking at some of the maps the people interested in the presidential elections have created and I could not help but be amazed at their ingenuity. Following in the footsteps of their politically oriented fellow Google Maps users, the fans of the Lost series have set up a map to welcome the fourth season,... |
16 January 2008
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"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - Neil Armstrong said that when he first set foot on the moon, and it's something we should say right now (OK, maybe if we overreact it a little). The thing is that Epic has just announced that the first ever user created content for a gaming console... |
21 December 2007
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It's not like it's iPhone's birthday, but in February next year the Apple phone will have a little present: its own external GPS module; and also: the GPS device that will "match" the Google maps application, which is already in works. Even more, the real prototype is available.The much expected iPhon... |
17 December 2007
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Never a dull day with Yahoo! Announcing and releasing yesterday two new services at once, a social network (KickStart) and a platform service (FireEagle), it decided to keep something for later. Later in the day that is: in Korea, Yahoo! announced the beginning a Korean - language map service that is distinct from En... |
6 November 2007
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We are accustomed to the official maps, which represent each country directly connected to its surface. That is a real map of the planet. But what if we tried to draw a map which would be directly proportional to the population size of each country?The result is an extremely 'swollen' China or India, a rela... |
3 November 2007
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Yesterday, the Mountain View company rolled out a new unexpected update for the downloadable mapping tool Google Earth but it avoided presenting the updated locations in order to involve the fans of the application into some kind of contest. That's why the company's officials published a blog post yesterday... |
25 October 2007
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Following the recent Google Earth update rolled out a few days ago, the fans of the application started discovering new hidden functions of the program, which were not revealed by Google. In fact, this seems to become a Google strategy because the Mountain View company avoided publishing the release notes in order to... |
12 October 2007
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Nokia announced new versions of Nokia Maps and Nokia Map Loader, applications that were downloaded more than 1 million times each since their launching back in February. Michael Halbherr, a Nokia official, spoke about the new features of Nokia Maps at the Canalys Navigation forum in Barcelona. As of today, the new v... |
11 September 2007
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Google Earth tends to become more powerful day by day. Every week, the Mountain View company introduces new features, functions or other goodies that make Google Earth more powerful. A few weeks ago, the search giant implemented Sky in Google Earth, a revolutionary function that provides one click access to impressiv... |
31 August 2007
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Google Earth 4.2 was released a few days ago but the parent company Google didn't publish any change log to reveal the improvements of the latest version of the application. That's why the Internet users and the fans of the downloadable mapping tool are digging into the program in order to find new things a... |
28 August 2007
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Columbus may have been proud to discover the New World in 1492, but we clearly know that he was not the first European to have stepped on American land. 500 years before, a group of blond Scandinavians had done it. It happened during the Viking era, when these sailors-warriors were roaming northern Africa, eastern Eu... |
9 August 2007
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Some time ago, it was rumored that Google is interested in developing a new version of Google Earth, the mapping tool that could assault the enterprise market. Today, it seems like those speculations are somehow true because several details about a potential Google Earth Enterprise were revealed on the Internet. Acco... |
26 July 2007
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loopt announced that its social mapping service is going to launch with mobile operator Sprint in the coming weeks. The loopt service will allow Sprint customers to share their location with friends, send proximity-based messages and view location-based photos and content on the go using the GPS capabilities of selec... |
17 July 2007
10:18 GMT |
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The revolutionary mapping tool Google Earth is more and more used with a different goal than the original one that encouraged users to view satellite maps and other imagery with the entire world. According to USA Today, Mary Ann Hitt, executive director of non-profit Appalachian Voices, sustained that numerous organi... |
8 June 2007
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Google finally acquired Panoramio, a company that was the search giant's partner for a long time, providing high-resolution photos for Google Earth. The Spain based website has a huge database of pictures from all around the world, offering information about the geographical location where they were captured. As... |
31 May 2007
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Google Maps, the web-based service that allows users to view maps and satellite imagery, received one more update to improve its functionality. As you know, the product is able to provide driving directions but sometimes, the suggestions are not very useful to some users. For example, a scooter rider cannot drive ont... |
24 May 2007
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The battle between Google and Yahoo is known to the entire world because the two Internet giants are challenging one another in numerous domains. I think all of you admit that Google owns the best search engine in the virtual world, while Yahoo is struggling to compete with the search giant using its own search techn... |
17 May 2007
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The Mountain View-based company was quite fast and managed to update Google Earth and Google Maps quickly to provide the users alternative routes for San Francisco and Oakland. As you might know, a considerable part of an Oakland road was damaged after it collapsed under a huge fire caused by an explosion. Because mo... |
3 May 2007
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A Chinese student living in the US, has managed to get himself arrested. Nothing spectacular so far - most of you are probably thinking that this has something to do with guns or drugs. Not even close! The vigilant law enforcers nailed him for a gaming-related "felony", Counter-Strike to be more exact, as Joystiq rep... |
2 May 2007
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Australia is probably one of the largest countries that were by-passed in the Google expansion, but this land will become an important part of the company soon. Some time ago, the search giant started the Australian conquest with Google Maps and Google Earth by adding several high-quality photos with Sydney and other... |
1 May 2007
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Matt Mackall has recently released at the Embedded Linux Conference, a set of patches that improves the way memory usage information is made available. The memory usage process on Linux is complicated and it deals with many direct or indirect factors. The most commonly used tool to get a memory usage report is the p... |
25 April 2007
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Ever since the Stone Age people started to create maps. The main purpose of map-making was to be aware of your location taking into account, in ancient times, various geographical features. The first world map was made around 600BC in Babylonia called Imago Mundi. Starting with the great discoverers, the technology a... |
14 April 2007
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Google owns two of the most popular products on the Internet, Maps and Earth, allowing users to view satellite maps and other imagery with the entire world. Because it shows every corner of the world, the search giant blurred or even removed certain locations to avoid a malicious use of the photos. Although Google re... |
13 April 2007
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