Google Maps Gadget Aims To Help Businesses Be Found

Will provide on-site, user-specific directions

Let's be honest: someone who's incapable of copying and pasting an address into Google Maps may not be worth having as a customer. But most companies like to make things easy on people, and a new Google Maps gadget should ensure that it's easy for would-be clients to find businesses.

A post on the LatLong Blog explains, "This simple gadget allows webmasters to add customized Google Maps directions to their business locations. . . . The gadget allows you to pre-fill the 'To' field with one or multiple addresses. Customers are then able to print their directions with a single click."

This should increase the convenience factor of businesses' sites, even as it allows firms to make sure potential shoppers don't wander away. A nice touch is that companies can keep messy street addresses out of the "To" fields, as well - it's possible to use more recognizable names and aliases.

As you can see, Legoland California's already taken advantage of the Google Maps offering. More serious entities like Emeril Lagasse restaurants and Harvard have put it to use, too.

The gadget's available in 23 languages, so it's probably just a matter of time until businesses all over the world are on much better terms with Google Maps.

Source : webpronews.com

Google Maps : Voice Search Feature for Android Device

Recently Google announced that you can search Google Maps by your voice using Android device.

These new feature includes:

1) Voice SearchingGoogle Maps Voice Feature
2) Transit and Walking Directions Talk
3) Reviews and business details
4) Updates for various Latitudes


Google fixed the latitude background location updates and that will continue to update.

But there are various things which need to kept in mind while using these facilities:

1. Google Maps Update will be useful for users with system updates for SDK 1.5+ version called as CupCake version.

2. If you experience the Installation error for Package file, then it is because your device is not on a user build identified as kila-user, opal user etc. If you have a user debug build then these update will not be installed on your system.

3. Street View was not removed but it is now available within Maps as its own mode. If these mode is available then you will have the option of seeing the imaginary view along with rest of options for that location.


Source : seoupdatesdaily.blogspot.com

New gPhone (myTouch 3G) Coming in Early August

T-Mobile has announced that the successor to it's semi-popular G1, the myTouch 3G, will become available in early August.

The myTouch 3G will be extremely customizable, unlike Apple's iPhone. Users will be able to choose menus, wallpapers, icons, themes and skins. Will being customizable be enough to lure iPhone users away?

Has the myTouch 3G already lost to the iPhone, even before its release? Tell us what you think.

The phone will come in three colors: black, white and maroon ... err... sorry, I meant distinctive "Merlot". (Why is Merlot a distinctive color?)

A new exclusive app that T-Mobile is hyping is called Sherpa. Below is some detailed info...

Created by Geodelic, Sherpa features GENIE (Geodelic ENgine for Interest Evaluation), a learning engine that automatically customizes itself to the user’s preferences. Through behavior and user feedback, the application learns a person’s likes and dislikes, prioritizing recommended retailers, restaurants and attractions. Seamlessly blending behavior recognition, a recommendation engine and location relevant information, this combination of learning is exclusive to Sherpa and unlike any experience currently on the market.

Below are two lists, the specs and Google services offered on the new myTouch 3G...

* 3.2-inch HVGA touch-screen
* Virtual keyboard (portrait or landscape)
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* Music player (pre-installed 4GB microSD card)
* Enhanced video capabilities
* Google Search
* Google Maps (with Street View)
* YouTube
* Picasa
* Gmail
* Google Talk

Sure, the myTouch 3G sounds good on paper... but how, or will, it compete with the iPhone? Ali asked this question the other day, and got some pretty good feedback.

This will be the true test for T-Mobile.

If you're interested in the myTouch 3G, T-Mobile will begin taking pre-sales on July 8th. The phone itself will be released in early August.




Source : webpronews.com