Google Maps 5.1 for Android has just unleashed the power of Google Latitude, connecting your location to a real place with check ins. If you’re an Android user, it’s time to update Google Maps and start sharing your location.
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With Google’s Chrome OS nearly upon us, next year looks like it will be the big one for web apps. But you don’t need a Chrome OS computer to get cracking.
Before you throw yourself into the abandon of the New Year celebrations, fish out your laptop, fire up the Mac, park yourself in front of the PC and take a gander at our list of 10 web services to try before 2011.
The Google Latitude iPhone app appeared and then disappeared in one night back towards the end of last week in the Japanese App Store. But now it appears to be back on, as Google Latitude has popped up officially in the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users.
Google Hotpot, a new location-based recommendation engine, has just been unveiled. Google has been sticking its flag into location services for a while with Places, Images and Latitude. Google Hotpot takes Google Places ratings and reviews but draws on recommendations from your friends Google profiles. User ratings and reviews are tracked at the top of each Google Places page and likes and dislikes are remembered and pumped into the Google Hotpot recommendation engine. Google Hotpot is a little bit US-focused right now but it definitely shows potential. Take a look and let us know what you think by hitting the headline and then bouncing into the comments. Can it compete with Betty’s famous hotpot?
Out now | £free | Google Hotpot
Apple’s almost certainly hard at work on the fourth generation iPhone and a pair of new patents seem to hint at what we can expect from the new iPhone. That’s a front-facing camera and Google Latitude-like location features for a start…
Google and Apple have had plenty of scuffles recently – over Google Voice and Google Latitude to name just two. Google boss man Eric Schmidt is no longer on Apple’s board either. Could it be time for Google Maps to leave the iPhone? It’s looking that way.
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The Dell Latitude E6400 XFR, Dell’s solid successor to the rugged Dell Latitude E6400 ATG, has just been unveiled, and it’s a real Toughbook trasher.