'Maps' News

Once again, advances in technology have been misused by a few people, and the technology is being blamed for it… Google Earth was used by terrorists, to study the detailed layout of the places, which they had planned to attack, in the city of Mumbai. Read the rest of this entry »

Yahoo! has launched a new service that could help users save some money. They have started providing a shortcut, via Yahoo! search, that will allow users to know the prices of gas at various petrol pumps in the vicinity. Read the rest of this entry »

In keeping with their aim to make information available to all, at all times, Google has now added another feature to their repertoire. Street Views on Google Maps will now be accessible to mobile phone users. Read the rest of this entry »

Google is trying very hard to improve the data available on Google Maps for various regions of the world. In order to do this, they have launched a new tool called Map Maker, which uses a Wiki-like approach to mapping. Read the rest of this entry »

A few days ago, Jupiter research had predicted that mobile search ad revenues would touch $5 billion over the next 5 years. Microsoft and AOL are both taking this statement very seriously. They are working very hard to improve their mobile offerings in an effort to make up for the loss of market share in desktop search. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo sharing site Flickr is launching an improved mapping application this week. Flickr Maps allows users to associate their images with a specific location on the map. Read the rest of this entry »

Localisation and personalisation have been Google’s mantra for 2007. Google personalised home rebranded to iGoogle and got its own logo in May. Localised results with mini-maps made their way into the organic search results page as far back as November last year. And now Google Maps has got its own new logo. Read the rest of this entry »