Google’s Near Me Now works in the Android and iPhone web browsers

Published at: 05:01 pm - Friday January 08 2010

Google has now enabled “Near Me Now” on the iPhone and Android web browsers, whereas before it only worked in the Google Maps application. The usage model is simple enough, just type in google.com, click on “Near Me Now” and then look at what’s around you.

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Rim To Acquire Dash Navigation, Build The Largest GPS Sensor Network Worldwide?

Published at: 11:06 am - Friday June 05 2009

The word on the street is that RIM/Blackberry is set to acquire Dash Navigation, the company that wanted to build connected GPS. Dash’s idea was quite good: having an always connected GPS lets you do all kinds of cool things like turn users into (anonymous) traffic sensors or setup a route on your PC before sending it to your phone.

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