Australians – and many around the world – woke this morning to the sad and shocking news that the iconic Cathedral Notre Dame was being destroyed by fire. The 12 hour battle for firefighters was haunting at times, with those in the area singing hymns as they watched their beloved …
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Look, this shouldn’t really come as a surprise; if you allow Google to record your location history, there’s half a chance that it could be produced to a 3rd party with a court order, and that includes law enforcement. The feature is quite useful for individuals – allowing you to …
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Google Maps has grown to become way more than just maps. It’s also the place you can share your location with family and friends, contribute photos and reviews to local businesses and attractions and many other Local-Guide-related things. Today, Android Police reports that Google is now adding the ability for …
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Late last year Google started to trial Lime scooters, pedal bikes and e-bikes locations into the transit section of Google Maps and Brisbane was a selected as a trial city. Since then Lime has entered and exited several more cities with their at times controversial service resulting in last-mile rides …
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I think we would all agree that Google Maps is one of Google’s best and most successful services. While it has in recent times it has started to become a little bloated with new features, these actually don’t get in the way of the standard day to day use of …
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Google IO is unfortunately becoming increasingly well known for showing off devices or features that never seem to make it out of Mountain View, looking at you Nexus Q and fence-removal tool in Google Photos! At IO 2018 Google showed of AR (augmented reality) navigation in Google Maps, and since …
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Google Maps has to be one of Google’s best and most consistent products with new and improved features coming out with a regular cadence. Today’s new maps functionality incorporates direct messaging with businesses (who have signed up) from Maps or search results. This feature was apparently rolled out last year …
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If you’re in the Maps Beta you’ll have seen this functionality previously and in announcements for overseas markets back in July, but finally the ability to report accidents and speed cameras has come to Google Maps in Australia. The new ability to add accidents and speed cameras pops up in …
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Google Maps is one of the mainstays of Google’s stable of apps and services and certainly one of the best performing and most updated. Today they are rolling out an enhancement to their location/trip/’journey sharing’ feature that makes sharing each trip quick and easy right from the navigation interface. After …
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Chances are when you were a kid you had a blow up Globe; I know I did. Google has released a nice little change to Google Maps recently that means when you zoom out – and I mean way out – no longer is the world flat like our ancestors …
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It seems that Google Maps is now displaying some additional prompts for users uploading photographs of food at cafes, asking them to name and rate the dish. Given Google’s mission to catalog and organise the world’s data, this isn’t surprising – Google can use this additional information to take its …
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Everyone’s favourite mustachioed plumber is coming to Google Maps this weekend in celebration of Mario day (that’s right, Mar 10 .. Mario .. get it?) Partnering with Nintendo, Google is bringing Mario to your driving experience today and he’ll hang around for a limited time. When driving, instead of the …
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Google’s Map and Local Guides team have taken to their blog overnight calling on people with disabilities and their family, carers and friends or even the general public to help add information relating to accessibility about venues, places of interest and transport stops and interchanges. The call to arms comes …
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Google’s Local Guides program recently updated their Local Guide program adding in more levels, more ways to collect points and a big question about what attaining the new levels would grant you? According to Android Police some Local Guides are now receiving an email inviting them to sign up to …
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Google Maps is one of those products that just seems to continually get new features, and typically it just gets better and better. The latest update to hit the Android app for Google Maps will give you a forecast of how long travel time will be to a searched destination …
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