Articles tagged “google”

Open data helps drive innovation amidst competition and is especially important for building independent tools for when big companies (like Apple’s maps) fail to use the data most effectively.

The rise of mobile continues with nearly half of tablet owners who search flights, also booking them on a tablet. Google’s improved UI is likely just the beginning of redesigns created for mobile bookers.

The virtual tour guide pulls data from niche lifestyle and food websites for what promises to be an eclectic and local collection of places to visit, but filters will be key for users looking to personalize and limit the scope of activities that pop up.

Unlike Google's challenges collecting images on terrestrial earth, its underwater exploits don't need to worry about litigious homeowners or governments angry that the company was also capturing Wi-Fi data.

While on one hand this is an amazing development that will allow people to easily move from one place to another with greater safety and without having to navigate on their own, the technology has been around for over a century. It's called a train.

Google is going to ride the wave of criticism surrounding the iPhone’s inferior maps app for as long as possible, but that’s not stopping Apple’s sales and just seems to fuel their creative juices.

Google can capitalize on Apple maps launch's many early miscues. This ad, launched earlier this month before Apple's own launch, is a more upbeat one focused on the hard work Google has done over the year to become ubiquitous.

As understandable as the conflict between Apple and Google may be, the consumers are the ones that are bothered when a reliable and trusted service is removed from their smartphone. And it's not always simple for them to figure out who to blame.

If Google is to succeed as a travel content provider and discovery engine, it needs to integrate its search capabilities with the insights of experts -- humans -- who know a destination best.

It's no coincidence that the Google Play-sponsored Wi-Fi will only be available on Android mobile devices, but will free Wi-Fi really be enough incentive to lure iPhone users over to Google?