It’s the Real World—With Google Maps Layered on Top – The Wall Street Journal

It’s the Real World—With Google Maps Layered on Top  The Wall Street Journal Google Is Rolling out AR Navigation for Its Maps App  Futurism Google Maps’ AR navigation feature could solve the app’s biggest little problem  The Next Web New Google Maps AR feature recognises buildings navigates users in REAL TIME  Daily Mail Google is letting some users test its AR navigation feature for Google Maps  The Verge View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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Apple confirms it’s collecting data on foot to improve its Maps app – Digital Trends

Digital Trends Apple confirms it's collecting data on foot to improve its Maps appDigital TrendsApple Maps has come on leaps and bounds since its disastrous launch in 2012, when it clearly wasn't ready for showtime. Improvements across the board mean the app now functions as you'd expect, though there's no reliable data indicating how many …Apple is collecting pedestrian map data in effort to improve Maps appMobileSyrupApple Maps vehiclesMaps – AppleApple is rebuilding Maps from the ground upTechCrunchall 15 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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JavaScript Conquered the Web. Now It’s Taking Over the Desktop – WIRED

InfoWorld JavaScript Conquered the Web. Now It's Taking Over the DesktopWIREDJavaScript was originally created in 1995 to give web pages a little more pep than the <blink> tag could provide. Today it has far more powerful uses. Companies like Google and Facebook build complex, desktop-like web applications with JavaScript …GitHub releases Electron 1.0 for desktop app developersInfoWorldall 3 news articles » JavaScript – Google News… more →
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