Perhaps in a moment of overconfidence, Apple booted Google Maps as its built-in navigation app and unveiled its own mapping app, which turned into a very public failure. Google then released an upgraded Google Maps app for iOS devices which offered...
Cook suggested that users turn to rival navigation providers like Google Maps or Nokia Maps. Travelers visiting parts of Australia are being urged by police not to rely on Apple Maps to guide them. If it was a 45-degree day, someone could actually...
The report says that the reworked Google Maps app will come with turn-by-turn navigation, which didn't feature in the app before it was booted from iOS. Google is nearly ready to release Google Maps for iOS.
However, in this new Universal SERPs layout from Google, the second navigation bar - unlike the +You bar - is actually dynamic. For the record, I would like to say that in our own tests on SEW of having two using navigation bars (that had different...
This is helpful for a variety of applications, including GPS or navigation directions from Google Maps. You can tweak it for styling, but be sure you're testing your changes in Google's Structured Markup Validation.
Apple’s first foray into maps may have been a temporary setback, but more competition in this market will only bring better technology and improved navigation services over time – and those advancements will continue to pull these searches away...
Simplifying navigation. Add maps and directions. If you’re a visual person like me, go ahead and Google the same exact thing on your computer and phone. But that’s not up to the marketer to decide. More searchers are using their mobile devices and...
This revamp was foreshadowed by Bing’s simpler user interface rolled out just last week, which removed the left sidebar and minimized the top navigation. It will be filled with such things as events, hours, phone number, maps, restaurant...
Google will revert to an updated version of the black navigation bar that began appearing just ahead of the launch of Google+. And here’s Google with the black navigation bar: Did you like Google's drop-down menu, or are you glad to see the black...
The patents are broad enough that, according to a BBC report, the technologies being targeted would be those that "relate to location-based services, navigation and guidance information and personalised access to services and content.
Similar to the newly announced UI changes to Google properties, Google Maps now has a new navigation menu giving quick, one-touch access to Google Places, Check-in, Latitude and other features. If your GPS is on, the familiar blue dot will show...
In an effort to reclaim more screen real estate, Google is trading in the black navigation bar and Google+ sharing tools it introduced five months ago in favor of a less cluttered looking "Google Bar.
Many people have Google as their default home page and the more they add to their products - accessible now from the new black navigation bar - the more people won't need to go elsewhere. Google has added highlighting for businesses in Google Maps...
The primary differences are an updated pin (the new one has a lighter border), more natural placement and design for the on-map controls, and more prominent navigation buttons for "Directions" and "My Places.
Google has awarded real-time traffic information company INRIX a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to provide Google Maps and Google’s mobile navigation applications with crowd-sourced traffic data from more than 30 million sources.
Whenever users are on a section of Google Maps, they will see a “share” option on the right side of Google’s black navigation bar – assuming they are logged into a Google Plus account. Google Maps and all the information tied to it are now more...
As you can see, you get all your basics at the top (current temperature and conditions, sunset time, 5-day forecast, and clear navigation) as well as data from three respected weather sources (AccuWeather, Weather.com, and Weather Underground).
Bing Maps' new interface aims to take all the navigation options that were previously scattered all across the page and put them in a single, easy to use location. While Bing has released many competitive features in the past, one of their more...
The black navigation bar across the top of the page Google has been testing is here to stay and is called the Google+ bar: According to Google, "over the course of the next few months, look for a series of design improvements across all our...
Google is testing an alternative homepage design featuring a black navigation bar with white links. Appearing mainly for Firefox users, the color scheme is quite a different look from Google's recently redesigned white navigation bar with blue links.
