Faster Forward Archive: Location awareness
Google Maps can now steer Android users around traffic
The end of the road for many GPS navigation units got a little closer yesterday when Google added automatic traffic re-routing to the Android version of its Google Maps smartphone program. You shouldn't need a new version of Google Maps for Android; the app should just take note of Google's...
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Rob Pegoraro
| March 8, 2011; 2:59 PM ET |
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Foursquare posts 2010 stats: Almost 382 million check-ins
The numbers are in, and by them Foursquare had an outstanding 2010.
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Rob Pegoraro
| January 24, 2011; 1:10 PM ET |
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Foursquare iPhone update adds comments, photos features
Foursquare looks a little bit more like Facebook with this morning's update to its iPhone application. The New York-based service now allows users of Apple's smartphone to post photos when they check into establishments and to comment on the check-ins of other Foursquare-using friends.
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Rob Pegoraro
| December 20, 2010; 11:31 AM ET |
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Google updates Android Maps app, making iPhone maps look even older
The holiday season just got crummier for manufacturers of GPS receivers: Google shipped a major update to its Google Maps application for Android phones that adds limited offline support. For the first time, you don't always need an active network connection. As Google's blog post and press page explain, the...
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Rob Pegoraro
| December 16, 2010; 2:43 PM ET |
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Location awareness, Mobile, Shopping
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Yelp introduces check-in offers, following Foursquare and Facebook's leads
It used to be that Yelp users had little motivation to use the rating site's smartphone applications to check into hotels, save for the opportunity to use fictitious titles of nobility when doing so. Now, however, they might get something for free in the bargain. Tuesday, the San Francisco-based company...
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Rob Pegoraro
| November 24, 2010; 7:48 AM ET |
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Thanksgiving travel tip: Use GPS apps to look for traffic (with video)
In this week's video episode, I turn to an unavoidable unpleasantness of this time of year: Thanksgiving traffic.
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Rob Pegoraro
| November 23, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Location awareness, Mobile, Weekly video
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