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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 039
Stuff comes up, folks. Sometimes you’ve got a pressing appointment in Romania, or a meeting scheduled in Media, PA. Sometimes you’re at the day job, other times you’re off the grid somewhere in the...
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Why Don’t I Have Weather Overlays In Turn-By-Turn Navigation?
I was driving from Canada to Boston several months back, about halfway back from the BlackBerry 10 unveiling in Toronto, when an unfriendly darkness crept up over the horizon ahead. Talking to my...
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Black iPhone 5C, Maps and YouTube updates, Moto X engraving issues & more –...
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google’s YouTube and Maps application updates for Android and iOS. We later go through the HTC Zara leaks, and what this means for the company. The...
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer retiring, iOS maps future, AT&T releases & more –...
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about AT&T’s launch of the Moto X, the HTC One mini and even the LG Optimus G Pro. We later talk about the Moto X specifically, when to expect it on other...
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iOS 8 and even iOS 9 rumors begin – changes focus on services
Apple has just launched iOS 7.1 to the public yesterday, and even though this was just a major bug fix to the problems that many complained about with iOS 7, it’s clear that any future changes that...
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Amazon’s A9 Search VP leaves for Apple, will focus on Maps and online stores
Apple has been doing a lot of hiring lately, and that mainly has to do with some recent departures in key areas that have failed to impress, like Maps for example. The company’s credibility has been...
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Apple’s bet on maps for iOS 8 grows, hires indoor navigation company CEO
Surely there’s no such thing as a perfect company, and definitely not a company with perfect products. Apple has had an astonishing road full of success stories in the last couple of years, but that...
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Apple’s Maps app to soon be able to remember where you parked your car?
Remembering where you’ve parked can be one of the most daunting societal tasks, and there’s been no inbuilt solution on iOS to solve this. New imagery found lurking in the Maps app (in the iOS 8 beta...
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This week’s Google app-update Wednesday is a big one
We’re no stranger to Google updating its software on Wednesdays, and each week we look forward to news of a few apps picking up a tweak, bugfix, or new feature here and there. While normally that...
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Google Maps for Android picks up new settings, auto-correct notices
Didn’t we just see Google release a new version of its Maps app for Android? Sure, and we mentioned that update alongside a slew of other Google apps with new versions on the way as part of an...
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Apple Maps vs. Google Maps (Video)
Nearly three years ago, Apple released its Maps app. Prior to September of 2012, Google Maps was shipped on every iPhone. But with Google beginning to amp up its own mobile platform efforts at the...
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How does Apple Maps serves three times the requests of Google Maps?
This is a story of redemption. It’s also the story of acceptance. And it’s partly a story of not giving a rat’s bottom about which app you go to for your maps. Apple certainly cared where its users...
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HERE Maps are off of Windows 10 Mobile — now what, Microsoft?
We pulled off a couple of maps apps comparisons last year, one of them was between Google Maps and HERE Maps. In a world where the best option for Windows Phone and Windows 10 users was HERE Maps, it...
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Update for Google Maps on Android brings custom place icons
Another update to Google Maps — our favorite workbench for very cute or very useful editions — and this time around, it hits home. And work. And other places.As long as you have your home and work...
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Some Google Local Guides getting invites to beta app
If your legs are as restless as your mind is or you enjoy discovering the place you live and know it like the back of your hand, you might already be signed up as one of Google’s “Local Guides.” You...
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New Google Maps features may include ETA sharing, shortcuts and history mapping
If you’re freaked out by the number of ways your activities can be tracked by our almighty digital overlords (and any despot hacker), you may have to start screaming with the addition of another...
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New Google Maps satellite imaging rolling out
If you happen to be sightseeing remotely on Google Maps, perhaps for a future actual vacation, turn on the satellite imaging and check it the imaging. You might need to turn off the 3D feature.Google...
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Google Maps ride-hailing options expands with Lyft and Gett
Uber pads its share of the global ride-hailing pie. Its positioning is very apparent as its service has been the go-to for Google Maps users looking for a way over “there”. Sure, Maps added on six...
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Hands-free Google Maps voice commands keep your hands on the wheel
So, you’re travelling to somewhere you don’t know. Easy to figure out the point A to point B of things — just set Google Maps to navigation mode, clip your device to the dashboard or vent (really, we...
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Where do you have to be? Check your Google Calendar events on Google Maps
Google Maps is really at it with reducing the tap count for the user experience, huh? This time around, Google Calendar gets wrapped into the mix in a new tab of the “Your Places” panel.Any event that...
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