Google and Telstra subsidiary Sensis has signed a deal to integrate the data from its Yellow Pages business listings into Google Maps Australia.
Google has updated the Australian version of its Maps application, which coincides with the search giant announcing that next week, it will update its global service so that maps can be embedded into any Web page using an iframe.
Nokia has entered into one of its largest aquisitions ever with the US$8.1 billion purchase of digital-map supplier Navteq, a deal that many thought was being pursued by Google.
Google has launched a new feature in its Google Maps for Mobile program that automatically sets your location, even in phones that lack a global positioning system (GPS) device.
Google Australia will this week run recruitment drives in Australian capital cities as the local arm of the software giant searches the nation for new engineering talent.
Pronouncing that a given device doesn't need any more storage is a near-foolproof recipe for looking stupid somewhere down the line. However, I'm sceptical that many people need a 16GB mini-SD card for their phone.
Three new Australian technology start-ups, uTag, TrafficHawk.com.au and LinkViz, were conceived and launched over the weekend in a lightning initiative dubbed "Startup Camp Sydney".
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Last week, I lamented the growing tendency to slam perfectly valid technologies as unsuitable for new uses, just because they prove to be unsuited for applications for which they are inherently unsuited.
Most mobile services which are peddled as the "next big thing" have been around for donkey's years, while operators and handset manufacturers try to find a reason to convince consumers to actually pay for them. GPS looks to be going down the same road.
Mashups involving digital maps are bridging the gap between the virtual and physical worlds, with uses ranging from local shopping and traffic reports to online dating and community organising.
It's not quite the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, but Googleplex Sydney is nonetheless an intriguing insight into the Google mindset.
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At Apple WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs reveals the map of countries and carriers that will be getting the next-generation iPhone beginning July 11.
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Adobe's latest incarnation of Acrobat is top of the line, highly featured software. Just make sure you need all the bells and whistles before you pay the AU$999 price tag.
The Iomega StorCenter ix2 is a two-drive NAS device that offers Bluetooth support but no remote access via the web.
The 8110 isn't so much an updated model as its virtually identical to the previously released Pearl 8120, excluding the fact that the 8110 includes a GPS chipset, but is without Wi-Fi.
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