Archive for September, 2009

Google Maps for mobile expands traffic coverage

Google announced it will extend its Maps for mobile traffic coverage to include all U.S. highways and arterials as part of an ambitious crowdsourcing effort to help drivers more efficiently reach their destination and influence legislative road planning decisions. According to Google, mobile users who choose to enable Google Maps with My Location send anonymous [ READ MORE ]

Apple rejects Google Voice app

After weeks of discussions and even an inquiry by the Federal Communications Commission, Apple has decided to block Google Voice, a mobile app presented into the Apple App Store.  Google Voice is a telephony application, and according to Apple it interferes too much with the phone options of the iPhone itself, such as calling, texting, voicemail, [ READ MORE ]

Orange launches ‘Social Life’ social networking on mobile

Orange has announced the launch of Social Life, a mobile social networking aggregator which brings together activity on Facebook, MySpace and Bebo in one central place. Accessible from Orange World, Orange’s mobile internet portal, Social Life allows customers to view and post updates and get in touch with friends and family across all three social [ READ MORE ]

Wikipedia launches iPhone app

Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopaedia who has proven to be even more reliable than the Brittanica, has announced the launch of Wikipedia Mobile, a mobile application for iPhone and iPod Touch.  This app allows mobile users to browse through the millions of articles.  But they’ll have to wait for a later version if they want to [ READ MORE ]

European Commission wants clarity on exploding iPhones

Despite all the positive news for Apple, mentioned in the previous two blog items, there’s rising criticism as well.  New devices are scarce, even for the third generation 3G S.  One would think Apple has learned from the previous iPhone launches and provide more copies of their popular smartphone in the stores.  Unless of course [ READ MORE ]

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