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| Google unveils new mapping technologies |
| 2012-06-12 |
While it boasts one billion users, Google Maps has recently seen defections by some key developers and partners.
Reports suggest Apple may abandon Google Maps next week at its annual developer conference.
They suggest Apple may announce its own mapping application to replace Google Maps on its smartphones and tablets.
To counteract any negative publicity, Google executives held a media event on Wednesday in San Francisco to preview new mapping features and trumpet a decade of achievements in digital mapping, including its use of satellite, aerial and street-level views.
Among the stand-out features were 3D enhancements to Google Earth, a portable device for taking "street view" panoramic photos and offline access to Google Maps on Android phones.
"It's much more than finding a way home," said Brian McClendon, vice president of engineering for Google Maps.
"Personal helicopter"
Google Imagery, the company's most sophisticated 3D rendering to date, makes use of an automated process to generate very detailed models from 45-degree aerial photos. Google has actually commissioned a fleet of planes to do the job. The end result is zoomable, three-dimensional cityscapes, complete with top and side level views of buildings, streets and landscaping.
Fly-over views of San Francisco's Civic Center, City Hall, AT&T Ballpark and waterfront were shown during Wednesday's demonstration.
"We are trying to create magic here," said Peter Birch, program manager for Google Maps, who compared the offering to "Superman wings."
"It's almost as if you are in a personal helicopter hovering over the city," he said.
The feature will be available on both Android and iOS devices in a matter of weeks, Mr Birch told the BBC.
He would not be drawn on the possibility of a snag with Apple if Google Maps is de-bundled from Apple's smartphones and tablets: "I can't really speculate on what the rumours may be… Apple is a good partner of ours.
"We have a lot fantastic applications already on the platform. Google Earth is one of the top applications, and we've been on Apple devices since 2008," he said.
"It's a really fantastic showcase for the platform and we're really excited to be offering new features."
Google aims to bring the new 3D imagery to desktops later this year.
By the end of the year, the California-based company anticipates 300 million people will be able to look at their communities using this technology. The initial metropolitan areas were not specified, but Mr Birch indicated both American and international cities would be part of the initial rollout.
'Platform battle'
Should Apple actually divest Google Maps from its mobile screens later this year, as the Wall Street Journal first reported, experts say it would be a strike against the search giant.
"It's a negative for Google, but it's not going to have a big revenue impact, and it may in fact motivate them the create a more powerful mapping application that people can download from the iTunes store if Apple doesn't try to block it," said Greg Sterling, a long-time Google watcher and contributing editor at Search Engine Land.
"It's a platform battle," according to Di-Ann Eisnor, a social mapping expert and vice president of Waze, a commuter tool that relies on real-time crowdsourced data from its 18.5 million users to inform its mobile mapping application.
But the war goes beyond Android versus iOs.
Google created a backlash of sorts when it began charging for commercial use of its API last autumn. Developers and publishers like Foursquare, the location-based, mobile check-in app with 20 million users, opted to go with the free and volunteer-driven OpenStreetMap, the world's largest crowdsourced atlas, as its baseline mapping technology, instead of Google Maps. So did the mobile version of Wikipedia.
With 600,000 registered users, OpenStreetMap also has the support of Microsoft. As more big players start working on OpenStreetMap, Ms Eisnor and others say it could be another "viable alternative" to Android and iOs.
John Jackson, a technology analyst with CCS Insight in Boston agrees with the notion of platform wars, calling it "an epic battle for the future of mobile computing".
Between Apple, Google and Microsoft, "we may end up with three centres of gravity", he told the BBC.
Article courtesy of www.bbc.co.uk
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| Everything Everywhere gets 4G go-ahead from Ofcom |
| 2012-08-21 |
| Telecoms regulator Ofcom has allowed Everything Everywhere, the owner of the Orange and T-Mobile networks, to use its existing bandwidth to launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services. |
| Facebook reports loss after shareholder payouts |
| 2012-07-27 |
| Facebook has reported a $157m (£100m) loss on payments to shareholders such as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in its first results since its eagerly anticipated stock market listing in May. |
| Nokia completes acquisition of Scalado |
| 2012-07-24 |
| FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia has completed its acquisition of imaging firm Scalado, which will see enhanced camera features come to its Windows Phone devices. |
| Microsoft snubs Motorola patent settlement offer |
| 2012-06-22 |
| SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has snubbed an offer from Motorola to settle a patents lawsuit that could halt imports
of Motorola's Android devices and Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console. |
| Sky admits it’s no longer ahead of the consumer |
| 2012-06-20 |
| Struggling to keep up with innovation
PAY TELLY SERVICE Sky has admitted that it's no longer ahead of the consumer, as the UK demand for digital
innovation surpasses expectations. |
| Apple secures a Liquidmetal exclusivity deal |
| 2012-06-20 |
| JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT Apple couldn't own more of the world than it already does, the Iphone maker today secured a further two-year exclusivity deal for Liquidmetal materials technology. |
| IBM concerned about Siri’s loose lips |
| 2012-05-24 |
| IBM is worried about Siri and will prevent iPhones from accessing the virtual assistant while connected to the company’s internal network. |
| Why Facebook won't survive the decade |
| 2012-05-24 |
| I know, I get it. To talk about Facebook, worth an estimated $100 billion with 900 million users, like its some sort of on-the-rocks basket case might seem like nonsense |
| Researchers crack the Samsung Galaxy S III |
| 2012-05-22 |
| RESEARCHERS have revealed how to crack Samsung's eagerly awaited Galaxy S III Android handset just weeks before the firm's flagship smartphone hits the shops in the UK. |
| Dell issues an apology to women |
| 2012-05-16 |
| HARDWARE FIRM Dell has taken to the echo filled Google+ social networking stage to apologise to all women for comments made by a speaker at one of its events. |
| BBC announces 'Digital Olympics' plans |
| 2012-05-16 |
| THE BRITISH BROADCASING CORPORATION (BBC) has announced its digital plans for the London 2012 Olympics, which include the launch of dedicated apps for IOS and Android. |
| Blackberry-maker's CEOs step down |
| 2012-01-23 |
| Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up. |
| Internet Explorer will update automatically |
| 2011-12-16 |
| REDMOND SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has promised that users of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser will be treated to behind the scenes updates and upgrades as a reward. |
| Bill Gates will not return to Microsoft |
| 2011-12-15 |
| SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft's founder Bill Gates is quite happy with a part time role, and despite what people say he will never return triumphantly to the Microsoft helm like a King Elessar. |
| Apple recruits Siri engineers |
| 2011-12-08 |
| FRUIT THEMED Apple is recruiting engineers as it works on development of API features for its Siri voice recognition and response personal assistant robot. |
| McAfee axes 250 jo |
| 2011-12-08 |
| Move to become more efficient under Intel
SECURITY VENDOR McAfee has axed 250 of its employees as it attempts to become more efficient under Intel. |
| HTC sales drop 30 per cent in November |
| 2011-12-07 |
| TAIWANESE SMARTHONE VENDOR HTC has seen its sales fall by 30 per cent in the month of November, ending a streak of strong growth for the company. |
| Dell discontinues its Streak 7 tablet |
| 2011-12-06 |
| Dell has decided to drop the 7in Android tablet. The firm sent us the following statement that avoids saying why it has pulled the device, though we think it's likely that the 7in tablet just hasn't sold well enough in a fiercely competitive market.
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| Google goes shopping for patents |
| 2011-04-06 |
| Google has made a $900m bid for the patent portfolio of Nortel Networks, the bankrupt Canadian telecom equipment maker. |
| UK radio pushes online listening |
| 2011-04-01 |
| Many of the UK's biggest radio broadcasters have joined forces to launch a system for listening to their stations over the internet. |
| Your Server IS under threat |
| 2011-03-29 |
| We have all heard about the hell that is spyware and virus infections, however, we are seeing more and more servers being infected by botnets. |
| Bill does not use an Mac |
| 2010-10-26 |
| Bill's better half, Melinda Gates, is no fan of Apple's magical and revolutionary tablet. |
| BBC Micro makes a comeback |
| 2010-10-06 |
| In our regular series about makers, hackers and amateur technologists, BBC News meets the people giving the classic BBC Micro a new lease of life. |
| Twitter gets a re-vamp |
| 2010-09-15 |
| Twitter has undergone its first major facelift which aims to provide a rich multi-media experience for its 160 million users. |
| Google go instant! |
| 2010-09-09 |
| Results happen as you type them - it's an industry first and I am sure everyone will follow! |
| Happy Birthday Chrome |
| 2010-09-03 |
| SEARCH ENGINE OUTFIT Google has released the sixth version of its Chrome browser to coincide with its second birthday. |
| Samsung take on the iPad |
| 2010-09-03 |
| Samsung has become the latest challenger to enter the tablet computer battle, unveiling its Galaxy Tab at the IFA conference in Berlin. |
| iPhone 4, its here! |
| 2010-06-08 |
| Today at the WWDC keynote in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the newest iPhone — the iPhone 4. |
| Google Hits Trouble Down Under |
| 2010-06-07 |
| Google’s StreetView team appear to have landed the organisation in hot water with the Australian Authorities recently... |
| The Big Apple! |
| 2010-05-27 |
| Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company. |
| Choosing the right server |
| 2010-05-20 |
| Choosing the wrong server can be a costly mistake and not just on the machine but also downtime and lost productivity. |
| Death of the Floppy Drive |
| 2010-04-28 |
| Sony finally accepts what we all knew – The Floppy Disk is Dead
Sony has today announced that it will be ceasing production of Floppy Disk in its homeland of Japan, in March 2011 |
| Watchdog calls for Google break-up |
| 2010-04-23 |
| A California-based consumer watchdog called, er... Consumer Watchdog is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into Google. |
| mcafee get it wrong |
| 2010-04-22 |
| Anti-virus software company McAfee have today been forced to issue sincere and grovelling apologies to its customers across the globe after releasing the soon-to-be infamous “Update 5958”. This update to its virus definitions database wrongly identifies |
| Rutland village installs own high speed broadband |
| 2010-04-15 |
| Residents in a village in Rutland have clubbed together to raise £37,000 to install their own high speed broadband after getting fed up of waiting for large companies to provide the service. |
| Apple delays iPad Launch |
| 2010-04-14 |
| Apple is to delay the international release of its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad, by one month.
It will now launch the device around the world at the end of May, and will begin accepting pre-orders on 10 May. |
| Smartphone maker Palm up for sale |
| 2010-04-14 |
| Handheld device maker Palm is in the market for a buyer, as sales of its latest smartphones fail to catch up rivals such as Apple and BlackBerry. |
| Twitter used to predict box office hits |
| 2010-04-12 |
| Micro-blogging service Twitter can be used to predict the future box-office takings of blockbuster films, according to researchers at Hewlett Packard (HP). |
| Is your email reliable |
| 2010-04-12 |
| More and mroe businesses are finding their email more andmore unreliable - read more |
| iPhone V4.0 OS |
| 2010-04-08 |
| Apple unveils new OS for the iPhone today - read more |
| For Sale - Bebo |
| 2010-04-07 |
| Bebo looks like it is going up for sale or even closed down! |
| Broadband Tax Scrapped |
| 2010-04-07 |
| The government sacrifices its £6-a-year tax on landlines in order to push the rest of the Finance Bill through parliament. |
| Your Data Is Not Secure |
| 2010-03-18 |
| Today’s technical news sites are covering a deeply unsettling story relating to hacking on a massive scale, targeting sensitive information stored on various computer systems across the globe. The focus of the attack appears to have been centred on India |
| £98 PCs target UK digital divide |
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| Low-cost computers are to be offered as part of a government scheme to encourage millions of people in the UK to get online for the first time. |
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