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Verizon, today, made Droid official.  They’ve been teasing us with the “Droid does” and “idon’t” ads that poked good fun at the iPhone.  Now that it’s here, priced, and dated, we’ve got three surprises they’ve been holding back on.  Each one is a potential game changer. Continue Reading »

Apple quietly acquired Placebase, a mapping company that allows users to overlay maps with personal data.  With the recent fallout between Apple and Google, we’ve got to wonder if Apple is looking to depend less on Google for its mapping, one of the stock apps on the iPhone and iPod… Continue Reading »

With each passing day, many of us are checking ourselves for any flu-like symptoms as the media tells us about a potential pandemic: Swine Flu.  A common sneeze now merits a steady stare from passerbys, a cough now garners much more attention.  In times like this tech can help.  Enter… Continue Reading »

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the show that never ends.  Segway and GM team up to create a new type of vehicle.  Trouble with Google Street View on two fronts.  First off, Google ignores basic physics and meets a bridge.  Second, the driver of a Google Street View car (you know,… Continue Reading »

The iPhone, especially with its new 3.0 software, has a lot of nifty features.  With the 3.0 software, turn by turn GPS apps will be a possibility.  I recently got in contact with three big GPS companies: Garmin, Navigon, and TomTom.  I wanted to see if they had any plans… Continue Reading »

DubMeNow is an intriguing web startup that has only one goal in mind; to simplify the way you exchange contact information.  Once you sign up for Dub, you simply fill out all the information that would normally be found on your business card.  When you meet someone that you want… Continue Reading »

With all the announcements out of Google the last few days, including offline Gmail access for iPhone and Android, many Windows Mobile users have expressed concern over the future of Google innovation on their platform of choice.  With the release of Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile, you can almost… Continue Reading »

Ecorio was one of the Android applications shown off at the T-Mobile G1 event.  The app tracks “your mobile carbon footprint” and is one of the winners in the Google Android Developer Challenge. Interface Ecorio has a very easy and simple interface.  The home screen shows your travel carbon footprint,… Continue Reading »

If you missed it, Google had a tiny announcement with T-Mobile and HTC today introducing the first Google Android phone, the G1.  See all of our Android coverage here.  Google also announced Google Transit.  To mark this occasion, they invaded New York’s Grand Central Terminal with giant lighted markers and… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Google invades Grand Central

Look at what showed up in Grand Central Terminal in New York City today!  Google Map markers atop GCT signifying the inclusion into Google Map directions.  In what seemed to be a Herculean effort to bring the nuances of the MTA transit authority under their reigns, Google has finally included… Continue Reading »