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Mario Day Sees Mario Kart Added To Google Maps
Mario Kart Comes To Google Maps Today, if you were not aware, is Mario day. You’re probably not aware of that and as such, I’ll give you a second to see if you can figure out why. Not got it yet? Well, It’s March 10th, or, in other words, Mar10.…
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It’s Official – The Norad Santa Tracker for 2017 Has Gone Live!
The Norad Santa Tracker website has gone live ready for Christmas! If you have children, it can be quite hard to keep them bottled in the run-up to Christmas. One of the most popular and recent annual traditions has been Norad’s Santa tracker. For over 60 years North American Aerospace Defense Command…
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Google Maps Adds Planets and Moon for You to Explore
At the Sea of Tranquility, Turn left! Google Maps (or Earth if you prefer) has always been a fascinating program. Not least of which for opening up the world on a grand scale, but also the opportunity for us to explore, even on a street level, the planet in which…
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Don’t Let Your SatNav Guide You Into a River!
Don’t you love GPS and satellite navigation? Ever try navigating to a new location and wonder just how far you were going to have to drive down that road before turning off onto a side road you might have never seen. Well according to Canadian press someone has relied just a…
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Ever Knocked Down the Wrong House Thanks to Google Maps?
We’ve all used Google maps and then had to guess the last few metres as the marker shows us the wrong location. It’s always a pain but, at least, it wasn’t responsible for knocking down your house. That’s correct, the wrong house was demolished thanks to the google maps marker showing…
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Ride-Sharing to be Expanded in Google Maps
With the rise of businesses like Uber, ride-sharing seems to be the one of the major ways to get around, combining the convenience of a taxi with the ease of use provided by an app. Google added Uber integration to Maps a few years ago in select locations. Now, Google…
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Explore Google Maps As Link
When a game gets released there is normally a hype around, helped only by the extra content and materials that are released alongside it. From short videos or web series to limited edition events or releases, but rarely do you see external companies get involved but that’s what’s happened as…
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Google Maps Reviewers to be Rewarded With 1TB Free Cloud Storage
Google has outlined a new rewards system for users of its Local Guides program. Regular reviewers will earn points for contributing to Google Maps, with redeemable rewards ranging from early access to Google products to 1TB of free cloud storage via Google drive. Users who reach the level 5 points…
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Offline Navigation Added to Google Maps
That frustrating moment as you’re about to depart, when for some reason your phone decides to drop it’s network connection. Suddenly you better hope you know where you’re going, because Google Maps will leave you high and dry as you desperately try to get it to give you a route.…
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Google Makes it Easier for People to use Public Transport in Delhi
As the capital territory of India, Delhi is one of the busiest places in the country and also one of the hardest to navigate if you’re not familiar with its public transportation routes and schedules. However, Google has just made it a lot easier to use public transport in Delhi,…
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The Moto 360 Is Now $165 on Google Store
The Moto 360 has just dropped to $165 on Google’s store, it is the lowest that the watch has been so far. The next version of the watch is in the works so Motorola is most likely clearing stock in anticipation of the new model. The Moto 360 is one…
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Hack Puts Edward Snowden in the White House
It seems that Edward Snowden may have finally usurped President Obama and taken his place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. A cheeky ‘hacker’ has added the business Edwards Snow Den – purportedly a snowboarding shop – to the grounds of the White House on Google Maps. Edward Snowden has become notorious…
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Play Pacman on the Virtual Streets of Google Maps
Google starts out with April’s fools jokes early, well at least for us here in the Europe area. But it’s already the 1st in some places and Google started out with a cryptic tweet. Dots and fruits, this can only be Pacman. • • • 🍒 • • • 👻 —…
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Google Maps Will Now Show Cyclists the Flattest Route
I enjoy cycling, many of us do, it’s popularity has certainly increased since the last Olympic games. The only thing I dislike about cycling, apart from the abuse from drivers, is hills, they are a nightmare on a bike and if you’re someone like me who isn’t amazingly fit then…
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London Is Now Viewable in 3D on Google Maps
The city of London is amazing, enormous and has lots of history, now it seems Google have taken all the pictures they need to accurately make a 3D map of it for Google Maps and Google Earth. People now using Maps or Earth can literally fly over the city skyline…
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