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• Google now providing business analytics for Maps

  By Brad Reed | 06 April, 2012 03:27

  If you've ever wondered if the Google Map of your business location you've posted on your website is actually effective, now you'll get to find out.

• April Fools: Google fills HUGE gap with 8-bit Google Map

  By Bob Brown | 01 April, 2012 22:31

  Google kicked off its usual April Fools’ Day barrage of gags early with a least a temporary option to turn Google Maps into 8-bit images remindful of those from Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games.

• In Pictures: 10 cool and useful Google Maps mashups

  By Daniel Ionescu | 29 March, 2012 08:48

  Get more from Google Maps with these ingenious mashups.

• Google's new cross-service info sharing: Why the hubbub?

  By Brad Reed | 27 January, 2012 02:36

  How you feel about Google's newest information-sharing policy all boils down to how comfortable you are with Google following your every move online.

• IN PICTURES: Best of Google Maps and Google Earth 2011

  By Ian Paul | 20 January, 2012 10:08

  Using these Google tools, you can now see the insides of large stores, views of the world's magnificent mountains, and a record of the devastation of Japan, among many other advancements.

• APP OF THE DAY: gMaps

  By Patrick Budmar | 24 November, 2011 12:00

  gMaps now includes a hardware compass and latitude background agent to display your actual position in real time

• APP OF THE DAY: realestateVIEW.com.au

  By Hafizah Osman | 07 November, 2011 12:37

  Useful for those who want to keep a close eye on the property market

• APP OF THE DAY: OffMaps 2

  By Patrick Budmar | 05 September, 2011 11:50

  Google Maps is probably one of the most useful applications to be bundled with the iPhone, as it makes traversing new and unfamiliar locations a painless experience.

• APP OF THE DAY: Locale

  By Hafizah Osman | 06 July, 2011 11:30

  The Locale app for the Android platform allows users to create situations and specify the conditions under which the settings on the smartphone should change.

• Huawei launches sub-$100 IDEOS X1 smartphone in Australia

  By Hafizah Osman | 28 June, 2011 11:16

  Huawei launches IDEOS X1 smartphone in Australia

• CeBIT 2011: Google and SLA map out ways to get message across

  By Patrick Budmar | 03 June, 2011 09:19

  Mobile apps and targeting the mobile space are driving the efforts of Surf Live Saving Australia and Google to be competitive and position themselves at the head of the market.

• Viewsonic flexes tablet muscles

  By Spandas Lui | 01 December, 2010 15:51

  ViewSonic has unveiled its ViewPad series in a bid to break into the tablet market in January.

• Dynamic duo depart Google

  By Renai LeMay | 31 October, 2010 16:18

  Search giant Google has suffered several high-profile local departures, with both its first Australian employee and current local head of YouTube Kate Vale and Google Maps and Wave co-founder Lars Rasmussen signalling they had left the company.

• Ford takes Google Maps for a ride

  By Sharon Gaudin | 09 June, 2010 04:31

  Looking to take a road trip this summer? Ford Motor Co. and Google have joined forces to make it easier to get where you're headed.

• Woman sues Google over bad directions: It was dark

  By Sarah Jacobsson | 02 June, 2010 23:54

  Search Engine Land, the news and information site that broke the story about how Lauren Rosenberg was struck by a vehicle and is now suing Google, has an update to the story: it was dark outside, and Google maps instructed her to walk across the street.