Google today updated its Google Maps app for the Android platform, at least for phones running Android 1.6 or higher. The new Google Maps 4.1 comes with a few minor interface improvements, including a more unified search results page. ...

Making sense of a fast paced and changing world is difficult under the best of circumstances, but when you’re on the go, it’s even harder. With the new Google Maps for mobile 4.1, we’re introducing a few features that make sorting through search ...

New features include better search results, a widget and live wallpaper, and more ads.

Android 1.6+ Google Maps went and updated itself to Version 4.1 tonight, bringing with it an updated search page, support for multiple accounts, a Latitude widget and -- this is very cool -- the ability to make Google Maps your live wallpaper. Let's break it down, erm, after the break. read more

Today Verizon Wireless posted a PDF document with instructions on how to upgrade the Motorola DROID to Android 2.1 The latest update, version AP:ESE53/BM: C_01.3E.03P includes pinch to zoom support for the browser, gallery, and Google Maps. It also adds live wallpaper support, voice-to-text entry, enhanced weather and news apps, and a host of improvements. There are also reports that Verizon Wirel...

The new era of digital maps has brought great positive change for most smartphone users. You should have experienced the benefit of Google Maps through your handset with the capability to display routes or directions whenever you need it. Honestly, Google Maps is one of useful applications most people inject to their smartphone, especially those

Even though there are plenty of great navigation apps in the App Store, Google Maps on the iPhone is still one of the best ways to get basic navigation info. I especially like it because it gives me a good idea of how long it'll take to get to a destination. However, in some cases it'll be necessary to get travel times with current traffic conditions factored in. To do this, simply enabl...

Looks like Vodafone is feeling the pinch from the likes of Google Maps Navigation and Nokia Ovi Maps as according to an article over on engadget, Vodafone has now closed down their subscription GPS service known as Wayfinder. Unfortunately with the closure of Vodafone Wayfinder, 90 jobs have also been lost, and Anna Cloke, a spokeswoman

Initially available only to US users, geotagging is a new opt-in Twitter feature that lets you tag select tweets with your geographical location. Other folks see a user-friendly location name next to your tweet and can click it to reveal the location in Google Maps. For privacy reasons, this feature needs to be turned on from

When Apple partnered with Google in bringing products like Google Maps to the iPhone, the relationship between the two companies was said to be incredibly strong; so much so that Eric Schmidt, the CEO at Google jokingly suggested that the two companies be merged to become AppleGoo. However, the relationship...