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Send Someone You Love the Gift of Google Tech Support

in News on December 13, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT

A group of young Googlers (or maybe elves) pooled their 20 percent time and took teachparentstech.org live this morning. The site allows you to send a very user-friendly little email with a holiday greeting and the gift of some simple, directed tech support in the form of a short video. Check it out–you may never have to answer a 2 am phone call about resizing a photo again.

Google Buys Phonetic Arts to Make Machines Sound Human

in Commerce on December 3, 2010 at 2:06 pm PT

Google is beefing up its voice services with today’s acquisition of Cambridge, England-based Phonetic Arts. Google’s view is that voice will be critical going forward to making mobile devices with small screens and keyboards more useful.

Speaking of the Microsoft-Google Game of Internet Risk, Bing Adds More Square Kilometers in Maps

in News on March 5, 2010 at 10:53 am PT

In one of the more interesting battlefields of the multi-front war between Google and Microsoft, Bing Maps today added what it calls its “largest imagery update to date, adding 6.7 million square kilometers of new imagery.” The ongoing innovations to online mapping by both Google and Microsoft has been a boon to consumers, who are getting increasingly cool and substantive looks at our world.

AOL Also Likely to Eye Sale of MapQuest–Is Microsoft a Possible Buyer?

in News on November 19, 2009 at 12:23 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown wrote about AOL’s efforts–including hiring investment bankers–to sell its ICQ instant-messaging unit. But that’s probably not going to be the end of the shedding of assets at the online site. In fact, according to sources inside and outside AOL, one of the next candidates for sale could be its MapQuest online map service.
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Uh, Hello? Cut-and-Paste!?!

in News on November 11, 2008 at 1:00 pm PT

November 21. That’s the day iPhone 2.2 is rumored to arrive at market. And when, or if, it does, it’s expected to include some slick new features. Among them: Enhancements to Google Maps, including support for Google Street View, plus bus schedules and walking directions…

Directions Are a Cellphone Call Away

in The Mossberg Solution on September 19, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

A new, free service launching in nine metropolitan areas sends travel directions to your cellphone via text message after using voice-recognition technology to determine your current location and where you’d like to go.
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