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Google brings turn-by-turn navigation service to more countries

Google brings turn-by-turn navigation service to more countries Google Inc. on Wednesday announced that its Maps Navigation service is now available in 11 more countries in addition to the United States and Britain. Starting from Wednesday, users in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland can get turn-by-turn voice [...]

Google, feeling lucky, tells German privacy czar to wait

Google, feeling lucky, tells German privacy czar to wait Yesterday, Google dropped the ball on a deadline to turn over a hard drive full of illegally collected data to the German government. The misstep, it’s fair to say, makes Google watchers wonder: does the Internet giant answer to anyone?

Free Google nav now in the UK, Ireland

Free Google nav now in the UK, Ireland Google has released a UK version of the free turn-by-turn navigation feature in Google Maps that’s been available to Android 2.0 users in the US since last October.

Apple takes on Google with new iAd for mobile phones

Apple takes on Google with new iAd for mobile phones In a direct attack on Silicon Valley rival Google, Apple unveiled its new mobile advertising system Thursday and promised to deliver a new generation of compelling interactive ads to its devices.

Google Responds to Post by Removing GPS Jamming Ads

Google Responds to Post by Removing GPS Jamming Ads I actually read the post in question at NextGov earlier this week. It noted that witout e-Loran GPS was even more important than ever. And, it pointed to the problems GPS “jammers” could cause, citing how many of the devices were for sale via Google ads.

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TomTom Adds Traffic, Local Search and More to v1.3 iPhone App Upgrade

I was critical of TomTom’s turn-by-turn navigation app for iPhone when it launched last year, because it lacked some of TomTom’s best-regarded features, and cost a hefty $99. TomTom has worked to steadily upgrade the app, and put the icing on the cake with the just-released ($49.99 for US) version 1.3. This version includes real-time traffic detection and avoidance (for a $19.99 one-time fee), Google Local Search, automatic day/night screen brightness mode, music fade, and more. That’s on top of previous upgrades, which included Advanced Lane Guidance (see photo here) and text-to-speech directions.

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