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Mar 8, 2011 Product Reviews, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web

German Pranksters Attach GPS Device to Google Street View Car [MAP]

Feb 8, 2010 General, Mashable, Mobile 2.0, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web, Web Apps, Web Design

This one will definitely put a smile on the faces of all those who think Google’s Street View service is invading their privacy: Members of German Free Art & Technology group (F.A.T.) noticed Google’s Street View car in Berlin and decided to attach a GPS device to it and track its movement. The result of their efforts can be seen on a large map , and although it doesn’t seem to show anything out of the ordinary — the Google Street View car seemed to be driving around Berlin as it should be (until they realized they were being tracked and removed the GPS device), but it was nice to be able to reverse the roles and snoop on Google , even for a short while. Reviews: Google Tags: Google , gps , street view

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Tags: business, facebook, Google, gps, iphone, Lists, microsoft, mobile-2-0, News, privacy, Social Media, Social Networking, super-bowl, Web Apps

Patent suggests location-based social networking for iPhone

Feb 7, 2010 Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web, Web Design

The call may be a cellular network telephone call that has been initiated by either user.” This shows further evidence that Apple is researching the possibility of including video conferencing capabilities in a future iteration of the …

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Tags: android, dashboard, download, download-squad, friend, gps, iphone, location, movies, patent, rumors, Web, Web Design, widgets

Nokia To Bring Free, Global Turn-By-Turn Navigation to its Smartphones

Jan 21, 2010 Mashable, Mobile 2.0, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web, Web Apps, Web Design

There’s no denying it anymore: GPS is becoming a free service. It all started with Google Earth and Google Maps, which offered detailed satellite imagery of Earth for free; then, the iPhone and other smartphones started coming with GPS chips, and GPS navigation (together with other location-based services) became one of the most important features on smartphones. Then, Google dealt a blow to companies like TomTom and Garmin, offering free turn-by-turn GPS navigation on Android smartphones

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Tags: apple, Google, gps, labels, Mashable, Social Media, Social Networking, turn-by-turn navigation, twitter, Video, Web, youtube

New Tweetdeck for iPhone Brings Geotagging and Maps

Jan 8, 2010 Mashable, Mobile 2.0, Social Media, Social Networking, Video, Web, Web 2.0, Web Apps, Web Design

The Tweetdeck dev team has been busy over the holidays, bringing us version 1.3 of the iPhone application. It consists mostly of minor improvements, but there’s one cool feature: geotagging and inline maps in the tweet detail screen.

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New Tweetdeck for iPhone Brings Geotagging and Maps

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Tags: Google, gps, location, News, Social Media, Social Networking, tweetdeck, twitter, Video, Web