Travel

New York City maintains one of the busiests mass transit systems in the world, and there’s now an Android app for predicting when the next subway train is on its way. Next Train NYC uses your phone’s…

Lifestyle

Facebook Places is available on the FB Touch website. Here’s a screenshot tour.

August 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Facebook launched its new Places feature because it wanted to give users a chance to discover where their friends are, discover what’s around them, and let others know their location. Sure, we were alre…

Lifestyle

Facebook Places check-ins to location awareness industry

August 19, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, and the ilk ought to be nervous. Really nervous. Why? Facebook unveiled its own check-in service called Facebook Places last night. Places is a location-aware service to find your…

Applications

Google updates Maps & Places for quicker location discovery

July 26, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Android 1.6+ users with Google Maps should be able to find “an even better way to find places nearby” thanks to an update from Google. There is now an updated version of Maps that offers direct acces…

Google Android

Google Maps for Android adds train schedules, live Places info, more Latitude features

June 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Another day, another upgrade from Google. The latest service treated to new features is Google Maps on Android 1.6 or higher, which has added upcoming schedules at transit stations, more integration with Lat…

Travel

Google Maps Navigation now live in Canada and much of Western Europe

June 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Google Maps Navigation is now navigating its way into several new countries. While people in Canada, France, Italy, and several other nations have waited anxiously to be able to get turn-by-turn voice naviga…

Gowalla 2.0 adds comments, links to Facebook/Twitter, and photo sharing

May 21, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Gowalla has joined the parade of app launches and upgrades released in conjunction with Google I/O. The latest version, labeled Gowalla 2.0, is now available and adds the following features: Share or view pho…

Aloqa adds several new features to location-aware app [VIDEO]

May 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Location-awareness Android app? Yeah, that’s been done; plenty of times. But Aloqa wants you to know that it has a few tricks up its sleeves to make you consider using its location app. Yesterday, Aloqa a…

GM confirms Chevy Volt will heavily-integrate with Android app

May 18, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Google and OnStar will begin working together to pair Google’s services with OnStar in select vehicles. GM announced today that it would “leverage” Google technology to develop new mobi…

Slow down! Trapster warns drivers about speed traps [App Reviews]

April 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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My hometown ranks among the worst offenders for road rage and speeding. Trapster can’t deal with rage, but it can remind drivers that it’s not always smart to push the speed limit. Trapster is an Android a…

Android

The Weather Channel app for Android gets an update

April 26, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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Today the Weather Channel app for Android received an update to version 2.3.14. The Weather Channel app is definitely one of the best weather apps for Android and is in close contention with other quality apps l…

TripIt is the ultimate travel app for Android phones [Video Reviews]

April 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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I’m racking up the frequent flyer miles in 2010. Las Vegas in January, San Francisco in May, and New York in August, and there are a few more flight times and hotel confirmations to track. That’s why TripIt has bec…

Google Maps Navigator now working in the UK. What do you think of it?

April 21, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Google Maps Navigator has finally jumped over the Atlantic and started working for drivers in the United Kingdom. An updated version of Google Maps now supports turn-by-turn directions for drivers trying to…

Commmunication

Google Maps version 4.1 update, Latitude Widget, Search n’ Swipe, and more

March 18, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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Google, in their infinite update frenzy, has just updated Google Maps to version 4.1. Google says that this update is “introducing a few features that make sorting through search results or quickly see…

Foursquare updates Android app just in time for SXSW

March 12, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka