According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple backend. The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable experience.     While Apple Continue Reading

Wherever you are, Google Maps for Android helps you get around and discover new places. Today with the 6.7 release Google will help you find offers from nearby businesses in the U.S. -- everything from restaurants, to salons, to city tours. Also, we’ve added indoor walking directions in the U.S. and Japan, plus 360-degree interior photos of businesses, to help you intrepidly make your way indoors and out. Discover great offers near you Today, in the U.S. only, Google is launching a way to discover Continue Reading

Every year, millions of people pack their bags and head to far-off places to enjoy sites and cultures different from their own. While there, they snap photos to document their trip and share their excursions online. Yet none of these individual photos captures the experience of actually being immersed in a specific location. With today’s introduction of photo tours, a feature of Google Maps that guides you through 3D Photos.     Photo tours are available for more than 15,000 popular Continue Reading

Google launched the trailer for  its map-based Cube game way back in January. And today the company has come out with the game that lets you play Labyrinth on Goggle maps. Well mapping got juts more fun now. It's basically exactly like a classic game of Labyrinth, but instead of guiding a ball through a wooden maze by twisting a couple of knobs, you guide a virtual ball through a small section of Google maps using your cursor. There are eight levels in total, covering cities and locations Continue Reading

    Today, on World Forest Day, Google’s is making you visit the Amazon rain forest through the Street View feature on Google Maps. Now anyone can experience the beauty and diversity of the Amazon. View Larger Map   Tributary of the Rio Negro - View Larger Map   Take a virtual boat ride down the main section of the Rio Negro, and float up into thesmaller tributaries where the forest is flooded. Stroll along the paths of Tumbira, the largest community in the Reserve, Continue Reading

  In todays social media world, gaming has become a fairly necessary part of all social media sites. Take for example Facebook which released the figures of the top games that were played on Facebook in 2011. Following the suite but in a non traditional manner Google has quietly released a promotional video for a Google Maps-driven game for Google+ Games. That simply means that now you can have fun with your maps non just view them for information but play games on them. Less said lest Continue Reading

The world is really a Labyrinth and Google, being the worlds most popular service has helped millions. And one of those services from Google has been its Map app. And just in time to show the world how maps can be useful, Google has come up with yet again brilliant ad to show the marvels of Google Maps. The online video spot, uses a wooden gyroscopic structure to help two players navigate a blue ball. The camera follows the ball as it discovers restaurants, checks into a barbershop and then, Continue Reading

In 2008, Google got its logo on the rocket launching the GeoEye-1 satellite for collecting space-based imagery. This year, it's Microsoft's turn.     The Bing logo was recently spotted gracing the side of a rocket ship at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It was the result of a new partnership with an imagery company called DigitalGlobe. Last week, the company was launching a new WorldView-2 satellite on a DeltaII rocket, the results of which will be an increased amount of imagery for Continue Reading

Google has done it yet again, to bring a wider audience towards the Android 2.0 platform, it today unveiled the beta app of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0. This new feature comes with everything you'd expect to find: GPS navigation system, Like 3D views, Turn-by-turn voice guidance Automatic rerouting. Some other Brilliant features are : The most recent map and business data Search in plain English Search Continue Reading