Better GPS graphs, browser in new Google Earth

Google Earth users can now see the elevation and speed they covered during a recent trip. (Credit: Google) Google made a few tweaks to Google Earth on Monday, adding new GPS details and a way for the Web-oriented company to feel better about developing for the desktop. Google Earth 5.2 is ready for the public, Google announced Monday

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Google Buzz gets friendly with BlackBerry, Nokia, and Windows phones

Remember the fracas when Google launched Google Buzz this past February? We described the desktop manifestation of Google’s then-new social networking as a privacy nightmare that was aggravating to disable , and the mobile version of Google Buzz as a confusing service lacking in unity–though one that does have some use to social butterflies, especially those using Google Maps for mobile ( video )

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Bing versus Google Maps: Voice navigation compared

We tested Bing's voice navigation alongside Google’s Android offering. (Credit: CNET) We’ve been using Google’s voice-guided driving directions on an Android phone since October, but we didn’t have too many equivalent apps to compare it with until Microsoft released its own voice navigation service for Bing last week for Windows phones.

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On iPhone, beware of that AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot

Samy Kamkar has created a program that can be used to intercept Google Maps on a hijacked iPhone. (Credit: Samy Kamkar) A security researcher has discovered that any wireless network can pretend to be an AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot and thus lure unsuspecting iPhone users to an untrusted network connection.

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Voice search comes to Google Maps for Symbian, Windows phones

Searching with your voice: faster, less carpal tunnel.

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Poynt for iPhone: Like a Google, Flixster, Yelp mashup

Article corrected 3/3/2010 at 12:00 PT: SuperPages.com supports its own version of Yellow Pages. The field of iPhone search apps is already crowded with Yelp , Urbanspoon , and Zagat for dining; Flixster’s Movies app for showtimes; YellowPages for people; and Google Mobile App for just about everything else

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