Jan 02

Google To Integrate Google Maps And Google Places Into Kia Cars

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Kia Google To Integrate Google Maps And Google Places Into Kia CarsThe new year has arrived and it is the perfect time for Google and Kia to announce a new strategic partnership that will change the game. Via press release, Kia announced that it is working with Google to provide better content and search-based solutions for its second-generation UVO eServices telematics system. Kia’s UVO eServices is a telematics system that is based on the UVO infotainment system that Kia and Microsoft first announced in 2010. This year, Kia’s updated UVO eServices will be utilizing Google’s solutions, and the automaker’s new 2014 Sorento CUV will be the first to endorse the new system. (more…)

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Jul 03

Google Places for iOS becomes Google+ Local, adds voice search in the process

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Google Places for iOS becomes Google Local, gets voice search in the bargain

It was only a matter of time before Google+ Local started spreading to the mobile space, and iOS looks to be its first landing spot through a rebadge of the Google Places app. Apart from achieving harmony with Google’s rapidly swelling social universe and letting us check Zagat ratings for nearby establishments, the update slips in the same voice search that Google has had in its primary Google Search app: we won’t have to search for the best Vietnamese cuisine with that archaic keyboard. The refresh makes it similarly easy to find locations that aren’t directly close by, and there’s a tighter login process to keep that bar search history away from prying eyes. If you’re a social adventurer with an iPhone or iPod touch, Google just gave your expeditions a shot in the arm.

[Thanks, Bono]

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