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Apple May Be Building a Drone Fleet to Help Improve Its Maps

Dec 27, 2016

Apple is reportedly putting together a fleet of drones to take to the skies in order to improve its Maps service, Bloomberg reported. The drones will be used to examine street signs, track changes in road layouts and update the database ...

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Electric Vehicles Development

Apr 9, 2015

Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...

Tags: Electric Vehicles, Global Trends, Audi

Apple Has Acquired Locationary That Provides a Platform for Aggregating

Jul 19, 2013

Apple has acquired Locationary, a start-up based in Toronto that provides a platform for aggregating and managing local business listings. Apple confirmed the acquisition Friday, but declined to disclose additional details about the plans ...

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Google Has Revealed a New Version of Google Maps

May 20, 2013

Google has revealed a new version of Google Maps, designed to make it personal to each user. Built with the ethos of "a map for every person and place", new features will include real-time displays of barriers to journeys - such as ...

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Google Struck Deal to Pay a $US7 Million Fine for Street View Data Collection

Mar 13, 2013

Google has struck a deal with US authorities to pay a $US7 million fine for collecting people's personal data without authorization as it combed neighborhoods for its Street View service. In a legal settlement with 38 US States, the ...

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Nintendo Has Named 2013 The "Year of Luigi"

Feb 18, 2013

After decades of playing second fiddle to the No. 1 video game hero, Luigi is getting some love from Nintendo. Nintendo has named 2013 the "Year of Luigi," thanks to the numerous appearances that Mario's timid, green-clad twin brother will ...

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Global Mobile Phone Shipments Grew a Modest 2% Annually to Reach 1.6 Billion Units in 2012

Feb 5, 2013

Global mobile phone shipments grew a modest 2% annually to reach 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service. “Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in ...

Tags: mobile phone, shipments, 2012, WSS service, Samsung

Google Has Added Indoor Floor Plans to The Web Version of Its Maps Service

Dec 31, 2012

Google has added indoor floor plans to the Web version of its Maps service, allowing any device with a browser to show the way in airports, rail stations, shopping malls and museums in nine countries. The indoor maps have previously been ...

Tags: Google, Web version, its Maps service, iPhone, iPad, Web Users

Apple Has Opened Discussions with Foursquare

Dec 21, 2012

Apple has opened discussions with Foursquare, the developer of a social media application that allows users find and share location-based information, about the possibility of sharing data. The Wall Street Journal reports that talks took ...

Tags: Apple, Foursquare, map software, missing information

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