Top 5 Free GPS Apps for Android

With the help of Android navigation, you will arrive quickly at your destination.
If you’re someone who loves travelling, GPS apps are heaven-sent. There are a lot of GPS apps that are available at Google Play’s Android Market for you to store in your favorite Android devices. Just enable your GPS and you can arrive in your chosen destination, the shortest way possible. All you have to do is enter your location and you will get your needed direction.
Read the rest of the article »Google Map Maker aids disaster rescue efforts

The Google Map Maker has discovered a humanitarian purpose. Its giving people updated information -- through maps -- on disaster-hit areas across the globe that need urgent relief assistance.
The Google Map Maker is a service launched by Google in June 2008, primarily as an upgrade to the service initially offered by Google Maps. The web tool was seen as a solution to mapping parts of the world where there is no available mapping data or commercial maps. Google Map maker relies on user contributions from local communities to mark out certain territories.
In an interview with ZDNet.com during the Google Geo Community Summit in Singapore last Thursday, Andrew McGlinchey, Google Southeast Asia’s head of product management, said that the Map Maker is currently available in over 100 countries, mostly developing nations where quality maps are difficult to source.
Read the rest of the article »MWC 2011: Global Mobile Awards

Oh! MWC 2011 ended with a bang, all right! And the winners of this year's Global Mobile Awards are definitely worthy of their recognition.
This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona definitely draw to a close with a bang. Thanks to the Global Mobile Awards that took action in the said conference.
Apple, who usually doesn’t participate in industry-wide events like CES and MWC, received a Best Mobile Awards for its iPhone 4. HTC, on the other hand, got the Best Mobile Manufacturer Award.
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