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…
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August 19, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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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…
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July 27, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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After yesterday’s surprise Android tablet being available at Kmart, it only seems natural to follow it up with another tablet story. The nice thing about this one is that this tablet has better specs and…
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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…
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May 20, 2010 | by Robert Nelson
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Thanks to the introduction of “Navigator for Android” Rogers users now have an available option for traveling around and not getting lost. Which is nice considering the Google Maps Navigation a…
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March 17, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Zillow.com, “the leader in mobile real estate” will be launching a US real estate searching app that uses GPS to pinpoint consumers position and provide information about local homes. The appli…
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March 2, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The Android Market has a negative reputation for providing economic rewards, but one developer has found a way to secure a few bucks – $13,000 a month.
Edward Kim created Car Locator as a side project whil…
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February 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The Android world was abuzz yesterday with a tutorial to have Google Voice know which phones to ring depending on location. The tutorial had a great premise but was flawed by its set-up and dependence on Locale.…
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February 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Garmin-Asus has done the “we’re coming to Android” dance for more than a year, but the music has finally stopped with the announcement of the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50. Centered on GPS navi…
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February 1, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Nav4All is dead; at least for the foreseeable future. The multi-platform, multi-language, navigation software with 27.5 million users in 56 languages has to stop working after 5 years of operation. The app h…
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January 19, 2010 | by Marin Perez
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It looks like the Droid will soon be replaced as Motorola’s best Android phone because the feature-rich Motoroi is expected to hit the U.S. market in March.
The handset is essentially a keyboard-less Dr…
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January 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Geodelic, makers of the popular Android app Sherpa, have announced that a similar version of their flagship app is now available as “Geodelic” to Android phones. Previously an exclusive to the T…
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January 3, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Looking for the best Android apps? Good luck finding them on your own. But if you do stumble across apps people will love, let the world know. Androinica.com encourages users to tweet great apps with the #androi…
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December 21, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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The Android GPS navigation market is becoming a crowded field, and NDrive has announced that it has will join the crowd with the release of its app into the Android Market. Previously seen on iPhones, NDrive has…
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December 17, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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I’ve always been impressed by the way that Waze has turned its GPS app into a game. They’ve held several contests and games designed to encourage people to drive around and gather road data, streng…
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December 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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TeleNav is offering a Santa Claus plug-in for its TeleNav GPS Navigator app. Anyone who wants to hear St. Nick’s jolly tones can pay 99 cents USD and a voice representing Santa Claus will provide turn-by-…
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