iPhones used to come with Google Maps, but Apple booted Google after the two companies were unable to negotiate a new deal. The whole thing fell apart over turn-by-turn directions. The problem for Apple is, everyone (well, almost everyone) hates their maps app. It's bad at directions, and s... Read more...
The FBI is looking to monitor all public information posted on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. The organization is asking for an app to do all the scraping automatically. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking to develop a Web app that can continuou... Read more...
It’s widely known that Facebook is the most popular third-party app on most, if not all, mobile platforms. When it comes to Google’s Android platform though, the first mobile media rankings from Nielsen (July 2011) paint a more interesting picture. The research firm determined each apps... Read more...
View Larger Map Look at the world map taken from Google maps above. Looks familiar, right? Look at that huge land to North America's upper right. That's Greenland. Look at Africa; it seems like Africa is about the size of Greenland. Now consider this fact: Africa is 14 times larger th... Read more...
Just a few years ago, most consumers only recognized Google for the work that it did in the search engine space. Currently, the California-based technology company is an influential player in a number of different industries, including the telecommunications and social networking arenas. Goog... Read more...
Britain is ranked third in the world for the number of requests by the State demanding personal information about internet users. Google said only Brazil and the U.S had recorded more requests for information about citizens' email accounts and passwords. The 1,166 applications made by the Go... Read more...
Has the “beta” label lost its meaning? I took a beating from readers yesterday over a post I wrote about Microsoft’s update to its Outlook Social Connector within the beta version of Office 2010. In releasing the update, Microsoft failed to note - or possibly just hid - that components... Read more...
Peter Smith was riding his bike down a particularly busy road in Austin, Texas, when, amid a frightening blur of big-truck traffic, a thought hit him: Why wasn't there a way to find safe bike routes online? "It was kind of terrible, because there's a lot of big trucks down there in Austin, an... Read more...