Reading Time: < 1 min A few cool things to point you toward today: More Cities get “Aerial View” in Google Maps — Portland, OR and Sacramento and Oakland, CA all have new “bird’s eye” imagery from Google. National Geographic launches iPhone app — It allows a variety of mapping sources, styles and other cool stuff. Micello Launches “Google Maps […]
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Bing releases iPhone app with nice Maps implementation
Reading Time: 2 min Microsoft just released the “Bing” application for iPhone and it is a solid effort. It was voice search that is similar to the Google app, and Maps implementation that is similar to Google Maps on the phone. It’s a free app, so it’s certainly worth downloading and trying out. Chris Pendleton has a nice writeup […]
Spotify released for iPhone, but US users still left out
Reading Time: < 1 min The excellent Spotify app has just been released for the iPhone and the Android Market, but users in the United States still can’t use it. The problem is that the app is only for premium users of the service, and users in the US still can’t access it. Spotify is essentially just a streaming music […]
Evernote version 2.0 for iPhone released
Reading Time: < 1 min I’m a big fan of Evernote, even though I don’t use it for GTD (I use Nozbe for that). However, I find it to be a great resource for reference material and notes. I love that it has a Windows version, a Mac version, a nice web interface and a slick iPhone app. Today, the […]
New sync tool for Google Calendar and your phone
Reading Time: < 1 min Google has just released a new tool to sync your Google Calendar to your iPhone or Windows Mobile device, and it’s pretty slick! For my iPhone, I had previously been using the excellent (but not free) “SaiSuke” app to handle calendaring. The problem was that you had to manually sync it, and it took a […]
StreetView comes to the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 min As we mentioned a few weeks ago, the new firmware update today for the iPhone (version 2.2) includes Google StreetView. I’m still loading the update on my phone, but I’m expecting good things. As with Google Earth for the iPhone, I would think that the multi-touch input will work very well with StreetView. We’ll see. […]
Google Earth has arrived on the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 min Somewhat out of the blue, though not totally unexpected after we saw EarthScape, Google Earth has been released for the iPhone! It’s still being rolled out (Australia and Japan can get it now), and it’s not available for my area yet. I’ll post more details once I get it. A little more info can be […]
MapQuest 4 Mobile now available for Blackberry
Reading Time: < 1 min MapQuest has just launched the beta of MapQuest 4 Mobile for a few Blackberry handsets. It looks very much like all of MapQuest’s other recent launches — very nice, but nothing new. Some of the features include things like “maps” (including aerial imagery), “directions”, “search”, “traffic” and “find me” (to track you along a route. […]
Very cool augmented reality program for Android
Reading Time: < 1 min Google Maps Mania has just highlighted Enkin, a slick new augmented reality program that is being built for the Android platform. You’ve probably seen demos like this before, but this one sounds like it’s pretty much ready to launch. The developers say that some Android hardware will have the necessary components built in (compass, GPS […]
Public transportation now available on Google Maps Mobile
Reading Time: < 1 min Google has just updated Google Maps Mobile to version 2.2. The primary enhancement in this version is public transit — now you can get information on bus, train and ferry routes right from your mobile. You can download the application by visiting this link with your phone, or you can read more on the Google […]