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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 »

Microsoft Streets and Trips is currently the bestselling travel and map software program.  It has advanced GPS functionality with detailed street maps, directions, and trip planning features.  Instead of paying for the standard and deluxe editions, check out these other options.  There’s no need to hit up the Pirate Bay… Continue Reading »

Spend long enough on Google Earth and it can quickly get addicting, particularly if you’re the type who loves travel.  Google Earth offers a whole new world (quite literally) of fun and adventure. One of the most enlightening features of Google Earth is the Walt Disney World 3D layer.  This… Continue Reading »

The NYRIUS Global Talking Translator offers 8400 programmed phrases in 12 languages.  The unit has a speaker so that it can say the phrases for you in the language you choose.  In emergencies, this could be quite helpful since you wouldn’t need to worry about miscommunication due to mispronunciation. The… Continue Reading »

Today in the USA, we honor our soldiers.  While today’s soldiers are usually outfitted in the latest gadget gear we all know about, Gadgetell takes a look back at previous generations of gadgets.  Our findings might surprise you. Motorola intros the WWII RAZR Meet the Moto SCR-536.  Imagine the soldiers… Continue Reading »

TeleNav, the on-phone GPS provider that I rely on, announced this morning they are in the connected GPS game.  This news comes on the heels of Dash GPS announcing they were done making their stand along connected GPS device.  Let’s get to it: how good is this GPS device? From… Continue Reading »

For many people, the G1 isn’t even so much about the phone as about the apps.  And one of the cool applications the G1 sports is called “Breadcrumbzs.”  Remember Hansel and Gretel?  Following the trail?  Well, hopefully this one won’t lead you into a oven to be eaten by some… Continue Reading »

Last month, I asked whether Google would start to pay favorites with respect to designing and upgrading their products now that the Android phone was out.  Today, I learn that Google Earth for iPhone became available yesterday as a free application from the App Store.  There is no Android version,… Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s Virtual Earth has partnered with DigitalGlobe to provide searchers with high-resolution mapping images.  Word of this came out only two weeks after DigitalGlobe announced the renewal of its agreement with Google as one of their main suppliers of imagery.  Google and DigitalGlobe have been working together since 2002. Virtual… 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 »

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