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Google Launches Election Page - Posted January 3, 2012
Ahead of tonight's Iowa Caucus, Google has released a new portal site to find everything someone would ever want to know about this year's presidential election. The site, google.com/elections, is a dashboard for many of Google's products that could come in handy for following the elections.
When you go to the site,... [TVSpy]
Indoor Maps Added to Google Maps for Android 6.0 - Posted November 30, 2011
Google Maps 6.0 for Android adds a feature that people bewildered by navigation in unfamiliar large indoor places like airports and shopping malls: Indoor maps.
... [SocialTimes.com]
Mobile Apps Affected by Possible Google Maps Access Fee Starting in 2012? - Posted November 2, 2011
A lot of mobile apps depend on Google Maps for displaying maps with all kinds of different information. The screenshot here, for example, is WeatherBug for Android's weather map. For the most part, most of these commercial and non-commercial uses of Google Maps by third parties fell under Google's free ... [SocialTimes.com]
WorldOfFourCraft: When Foursquare Meets Google Maps & the Game of Risk - Posted June 30, 2011
What happens when you mashup Foursquare on a smartphone, Google Maps and the basics of the old territory control board game Risk? Why you get WorldOfFourCraft, of course.
Clever Foursquare Hack Turns New York City Into a Giant Game of Risk (Mashable)
Players... [SocialTimes.com]
Google Maps Becomes The Most Connected Mobile App in UK - Posted June 16, 2011
Google Maps now tops the most used apps in UK with 6.4 million users using it to find their current location and destinations, according to a research by comScore and GSMA mobile data records. Yahoo is second in place with 3.6 mil... [SocialTimes.com]
Google Adds Place Review and Public Transport for Android Maps 5.5 - Posted June 1, 2011
The Google Maps team has released a version of the Maps for Android, they are now up to version 5.5. The new release adds redesigned Transit schedules and Place details pages as well as the option to e... [SocialTimes.com]
Google Maps Now on 200 Million Mobile Devices - Posted May 31, 2011
Google Maps for Mobile is now part of more than 200 million mobile devices worldwide, according to Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of maps and local products, speaking at TechCrunch's Disrupt conference in New York City.
Google Maps is an int... [SocialTimes.com]
Google Maps for Android 5.3: See Where Google Thinks You've Been - Posted April 5, 2011
If you use Google Latitude, you have always been able to see where's you've been using the little known Google Latitude Dashboard found at:
http://www.google.com/latitude/history
It shows you where you've recently been, airplane trips (take offs and landings), time at work vs.home vs. ou... [SocialTimes.com]
Google Adds Twitter Functionality to Google Maps for Android - Posted March 3, 2011
Google is embracing Twitter for its Google Places reviews made via the Android Maps app. Now, whenever someone reviews a restaurant, retail store or cafe from Google Places, they can share their review directly with their Twitter followers.
... [AllTwitter]
Twitter/Google Maps Mashup Highlights Protests in Libya, Bahrain - Posted February 22, 2011
A tech-savvy engineer has developed a Twitter/Google Maps mashup app to display in near-real-time tweets about the protests in the Middle East and North Africa from people on the ground and ... [AllTwitter]
Twitter, Google Maps Mashup Is Primitive Geolocation At Its Best - Posted November 10, 2010
Maybe it's not smartphone-enabled checkins that power this fun and informative Twitter app, but that doesn't mean its version of "primitive geolocation" is any less sophisticated. With MapMyFollowers, you get a quick snapshot of where you... [AllTwitter]
Google Puts More than 500 Midterm Races on the Map - Posted September 21, 2010
Followers of the midterm elections who are having trouble telling their blue from their red can rest easy: Google teamed up with political analysts The Cook Political Report, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]










