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The future of mapping - Google building on success

by Roger Kondrat on June 25, 2008

google mapsAnyone wondered about where mapping is going? *This article relates to consumer mapping not enterprise mapping.

Years ago the Internet gave birth to what can only be described as a ‘New World’ for mapping.  First it was companies like Multimap and MapQuest that forged a path into the new world.  Initially these maps were by todays standards simply a copy and paste from paper to digital image.
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News: Google brings PDF support to Google Docs (kinda)

by Roger Kondrat on June 16, 2008

Google announced they have included within their web-only word processor Docs the ability to view PDFs. This announcement is rather unexciting unless you consider this as a hint of things to come and that fully PDF support is likely in the pipeline and that is good news as PDF is probably right up there with M$ Word format.

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Today is a hell of a big news day. Lots going on from all corners of the globe it feels.

Apple
iPhone: New unlocked 3G iPhone is rumoured to be launching with Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) an Italian mobile network provider soon. Everyone has pretty much assumed that Apple would launch a new iPhone in June 2008 like they did last year.

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News: Orkut goes mobile

by Roger Kondrat on April 14, 2008

orkut logoGoogle recently added mobile access to Orkut allowing users access to many of the most popular features on your phone.

The features available to mobile are users are a simplified interface which is common among all mobile apps, recent scraps, friend updates, ability to view your profile and a search box.

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You can now log onto Orkut using your mobile phone at http://m.orkut.com

googlesystem image of the Orkut mobile homepage for logged-in users

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