The Maps application for iOS 6 has seen many avatars, as well as the laughingstock of Google Maps users – and with good reason. Tim Cook even had to apologize for the poor quality of the map data of this new service. But Apple has the means to drastically improve its offer, and if Apple Maps is still not at the level of competition, the service has undergone many improvements since.
This could still work out. Apple has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal the acquisition of sapling WiFiSLAM, created two years ago by a former Google engineer. This redemption, up to 20 million dollars (a straw to Cupertino) suggests that the manufacturer intends to add a string to the bow of his location application. Continue reading Apple buys WiFiSLAM, mapping specialist domestic→
The holidays are (unfortunately) ended, and the time and now the balance sheet. And today is that Google Maps gives his assessment of the summer with a small graphics. In this graph, Google delivers the most popular searches of the summer in its mapping service.
Thus we learn that the particular camping climbed to first place in the French research on Google Maps and Earth, right on the beach. Similarly, Cap d’Agde is the place most frequently searched on Google Maps, Continue reading Infographic: holidays by Google Maps→
Swedish designer Anders Kellberg (Anders Kjellberg) introduced the concept of hours Apple iWatch, in my opinion, this proposal is now lacking in the range of Apple. Anders tried to show what can be branded “apple” watch, if you use The present-day technology. It turned out interesting.
Apple iWatch have class Retina display and an 8-megapixel camera. The camera is located on the front of the clock, it is also used for video of FaceTime. Watches are equipped with a productive processor, which allows them to record video in high definition. The device supports iTunes and applications like Google Maps and any others that are used on the iPhone and iPod touch. To access the Internet and connecting peripheral devices such as headsets, the clock Apple iWatch has modules Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
On board the device has 16GB of internal memory, you have access to the App Store, is supported by broadcast media through AirPlay, as well as wireless sync and charge the lithium-ion battery. 8 colors available to the buyer iWatch. The author considers the concept that with all this, the buyer can expect a price tag of $ 199 U.S.
Google today unveiled the latest planned in the coming weeks for its mapping service Maps. The program includes three-dimensional maps and offline mode on Android further.The Mountain View company beat Apple, which could be next Monday iOS 6 has a new mapping application that does not clearly based on Google Maps.
As foreshadowed, the future of Google’s mapping service will be in 3D: thus understand that instead of the default view maps for high and flat on an Android smartphone or IOS, the Google Maps application to provide a 45 ° to see the buildings, but also the landscape in three dimensions on his mobile. An aerial view greater than satellite, in short.The demonstration by Google is very fluid, but one can imagine, however, that the report will be particularly effective on the latest smartphones, and less on the earliest consistent with the application.
This new feature will be available soon on Android and iOS: no specific date was given.Also new is announced, this time only on Android: the ability to save on their smartphone pieces of cards in order to explore them offline. In reality, this function is not entirely new since it was already proposed in beta through Google Labs. However, it has been enhanced to allow the user to choose the level of detail of the map you wish to register. The application will then calculate the necessary space on the SD card of the mobile, and downloads the selected card for use without 3G or WiFi connection.
This new feature will arrive “soon” on Android, and Google does not exclude the offer in the future on IOS.Finally, the company also unveiled a new feature on Street View: this is a new 360-degree camera designed to be worn as a backpack. The objective of this new camera, in addition to those already present on cars, snowmobiles or tricycles from the firm, will capture images of trails and other hiking circuits around the world. Squirrels may already fear for their privacy.Many ads that should help to highlight
Google Maps in the coming months, at a time when many online services give up this map, pay in the form of SDK for free solutions but less complete, as Open Street Map. For the rest of Google ads, it will be the conference I / O of the company, Adu scheduled June 27 to 29 next.
A few months ago, we told you about the game project Google, an online game based on Google Maps, where you must lead a blue ball in the streets and get to a point, trying to make the best time possible. Cube is now available online, if you want to fill, in the gloom.
Latitude lets you see your friends’ exact locations and status messages. Share your location and status with selected friends. Get started by selecting “Join Latitude” in the menu, or learn more and get the Latitude iGoogle gadget at google.com/latitude. Latitude is availabe on Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry phones. Continue reading Download Google Latitude for Mobile Phone→
The Sony Ericsson ST18i Urushi, new mobile phoneupcoming phone details was present with similar specifications of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, the pride of product vendor based in london, to be a smaller version of the Xperia arc, running the same internal hardware 1GHz Snapdragon and Adreno 205 GPU but with a 3.2-inch display at 854×480 resolution. Continue reading The New Mobile Phone Sony Ericsson ST18i Urushi→
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