Sep 14

Google Maps Navigation for Android hits nine MENA nations, adds Arabic voice search

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Google Maps Navigation for Android hits nine MENA nations, adds Arabic voice search

If there is one thing you can’t say about Google’s mapping team, it’s that they are a lazy bunch. Update after update puts paid to any of that kinda talk, and again, here’s another example — navigation for Android is now available in nine more countries. It’s the Middle East and North Africa that get the attention this time, with Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE and Saudia Arabia all getting the update. The service comes complete with Arabic voice search as well as “search along route” for routes to near-by POIs that won’t take you the long way round. You’ll need Android 4.0 or above if you want in on the action, but it’s available now for those that do.

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Google Maps Navigation for Android hits nine MENA nations, adds Arabic voice search originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 23

Telenav Scout for Apps comes to Android and Windows Phone, Scout Drive Button released for website-based nav

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Telenav Scout for Apps comes to Android and Windows Phone, Scout Drive Button widget released for websitebased nav

iOS app devs got Telenav turn-by-turn navigation access in March of this year, and now the same can be said for folks programming for Android and Windows Phone. In case you forgot, the Scout for Apps platform allows developers to incorporate Scout’s personalized navigation directly into their applications. Not only that, but Telenav’s making it easier for website owners to do the same for their websites with the release of the Scout Drive Button. The button puts the power of browser-based GPS mapping in an easy-to-implement widget, for free, with no coding expertise required. It also allows users to click the Drive button in their desktop browser to send a link to their phones that’ll launch navigation directly, as opposed to inputting the address into a nav app manually. Interested? More info awaits after the break, and devs can get down and dirty with both Scout for Apps and the Drive widget at the sources below.

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Telenav Scout for Apps comes to Android and Windows Phone, Scout Drive Button released for website-based nav originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 21

TomTom refreshes Navigation app for iOS, adds social features

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TomTom refreshes Navigation app for iOS, adds social features

TomTom has refreshed its Navigation App for iPhone and iPad with a new user interface, Foursquare integration and constantly updated maps. It’ll also automatically check into your favorite hangouts to avoid forgetting to oust your frenemies at your local coffee house. The revised application will also help you avoid French speed traps that don’t fall foul of new laws on traffic alerts, with the whole thing playing very nice with the recently announced car kit. The app retails for $50 (€70) in the App Store — although we’re not sure how popular it’s going to be if those same features will be bundled in iOS 6.

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TomTom refreshes Navigation app for iOS, adds social features originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 28

TomTom opens up MapShare to all 60 million of its GPS units (video)

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TomTom's MapShare offers crowdsourced updates as a free daily download

TomTom has seen the inexorable rise of smartphone navigation and decided that it needs a cheaper way of updating its head units. Its cunning solution has been to open its MapShare community to all 60 million TomToms in the wild — which was previously limited just to smartphone apps and select devices. MapShare works by allowing users to update their, erm, maps, when they spot a change has been made, which is then uploaded when they get home. It’ll now be aggregated and pushed out as a free daily download. Users can filter updates, deciding if they want ones submitted by “some,” “many” or those officially verified by the company itself — so don’t bother trying to game the system to make your morning commute easier.

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TomTom opens up MapShare to all 60 million of its GPS units (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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