Not content with directing us around the web, Google wants to direct us to our next house too. Reports that Google is to branch out into the UK property industry are being taken pretty seriously by those slick haired, Hugo Boss wearing city-boys. Early reports led to a 10% decrease in the value of Rightmove on the FTSE in one day.
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Microsoft’s latest attempt to lure eyeballs away from 
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 Nokia N97 has GPS inside. So what, you might think. It’s only good for the odd map, isn’t it? Not if you’re a GPS master. Take a peep at our video and we’ll show you how to squeeze the most from the N97’s satnav superpowers.
Google Maps just rolled out a new feature, “What’s Here?”, a headsmackingly simple but superb addition that’ll let you pull up all the Maps and user-generated info around a spot just by right-clicking on it.
Google Street View has already led to nationwide procrastination and mobs with pitchforks, but getting around on the Maps feature has been more than a little finickety. until now that is: Google’s just brought in a brand new way to get around the virtual roads. What does it call it? Er, pancake.
Google Earth has British intelligence up in arms after close up aerial views of two nuclear submarines, as well as MI6 and GCHQ, were found on the free mapping service. Find out what other military secrets Google is giving away after the jump!
Sony has just launched a GPS image tracker that will let you geotag images with any Sony Cyber-shot camera. Get all the details on the Sony GPS-CS3KA after the jump!