Tagged: Mapping & News
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Google Maps expands biking directions to rest of Europe News
24.05.2013 Cyclists in Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein will be delighted to learn they will finally be able to get biking directions on Google Maps from today. -
Cork cloud firm Avego reveals cost-saving carpooling app News
02.05.2013 Co Cork-based transport and mapping solutions firm Avego has launched its new carpooling app, which is set to make car travel cheaper, reduce emissions and encourage drivers and... -
Google Street View hits 50 countries – massive update adds 563,270 km of road News
25.04.2013 Google has launched the largest update of its Street View service yet, to mark the occasion of reaching 50 countries this week. The major new update sees the search giant add...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Search Engines, Search, Multimedia, Internet, Digital Media, Database, Consumer Tech -
Apple plans to overtake Google Street View with outdoor 3D panoramas News
04.04.2013 Apple is working on its own Street View-like mapping feature that merges position tracking with 3D panoramas. -
Weekend news round-up: Apple television just a fantasy; end in sight for patent wars? News
10.12.2012 In our trawl through some of the top tech stories of the weekend, former Apple insider, venture capitalist and blogger Jean-Louis Gassée says the rumour mill is worked up over...Tags: Mapping, Google, Zynga, Patents, Smartphones, Windows Phone, Apple TV, Tim Cook, Dell, Microsoft -
Apple dismisses manager following maps fiasco on iPhone 5 News
28.11.2012 Apple has reportedly dismissed the manager responsible for the troubled mapping software that accompanied the launch of iOS 6 and the iPhone 5. Apple is understood to have...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Apps, Digital Media, Internet, Mobile, Mobility -
Nokia Here app now available in Apple App Store News
20.11.2012 Nokia’s new mapping app Here Maps is now available for free in the Apple App Store. The app provides various layers including satellite and provides road, walking and public... -
Nokia’s new open direction – ‘HERE’ map apps for all smartphones (video) News
14.11.2012 Finnish phone giant Nokia has embarked on a new direction, taking its prowess at mapping and bringing it to the iOS and Android ecosystems. It has also forged a new partnership...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Google Maps to introduce Street View for mobile browsers News
04.10.2012 Google Maps is making Street View available on mobile browsers, bringing panoramic, street-level imagery to users’ handsets for on-the-go navigation. -
Google showcases the possibilities of the Google Maps API (says, ‘naa naa na na naah, Apple’) News
04.10.2012 While many people use Google Maps directly through maps.google.com, the comprehensive mapping service is also used widely across the web via the Google Maps API. To demonstrate... -
Tim Cook to iOS 6 users: Apple Maps is not perfect, try Google Maps instead News
28.09.2012 Apple’s CEO has written an open letter to Apple customers admitting that the new Maps app packaged with iOS 6 is flawed, apologising for letting the fanbois down and – if you... -
Buildings with panoramic interior images now highlighted on Google Maps (video) News
19.09.2012 Google has now made it easier for users to discover which buildings in Google Maps have panoramic images of their interiors that can be explored using the service. -
TomTom wants to send entire families to map paradise islands News
01.06.2012 It sounds like the perfect plotline for a 21st-century redux of Swiss Family Robinson. But seriously, Dutch navigation giant TomTom is willing to send up to five families to map...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Apple to drop Google Maps from next iPhone, to reveal new ‘3D mode’ News
11.05.2012 Apple’s growing enmity with Google will extend to the sixth generation of the iPhone due out in September and the first casualty will be Google Maps. Apple reportedly plans to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps -
New website reveals travel times to 24-hour emergency hospitals News
19.01.2012 Travel times to the nearest emergency hospital is a hot issue in Ireland right now, thanks to hospital closures, but a new website should be able to at least provide citizens... -
Facebook finally puts Effin, Co Limerick, on its map News
06.01.2012 Social networking giant Facebook has recognised Effin in Co Limerick as being an actual place following a campaign by Effin native Ann Marie Kennedy. -
Apple buys C3 – 3D mapping coming to iOS devices? News
30.10.2011 Apple is to bring mapping on iOS devices like iPhones and iPads to a whole new level after it emerged the company has acquired C3 Technologies. The move could be bad news for... -
TomTom releases Top Gear sat nav News
07.10.2011 TomTom has launched the TomTom GO LIVE Top Gear edition, a sat-nav device with branding and features from the BBC car show. -
Google Street View to float down the Amazon River News
18.08.2011 Forget about walking the streets of your favourite cities from your armchair, soon you’ll be able to float down the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers in northwest Brazil and explore... -
Google Ireland staff makes it onto Street View News
11.08.2011 The Google Street View car captured the Google Ireland staff outside its European base in Dublin this May while updating images for the street-level mapping service.