maps in comment and analysis
How to keep staff happy during the downturn
Comment The IT organisation at Company A also supports managers by providing tools such as personal balanced scorecards and IT skills road maps to use in manager-employee discussions. Stuart Roberts offers some advice on how to... [10 Aug 2009]
Inspire creativity at the office - here's how
Comment The theory maps where we end up when taking a series of random steps and shows how some of the things we think are predictable are actually anything but. The 21st century office needs to inspire creativity more than mere... [28 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Open info for all?
Comment Personally I found the amount of information available sufficiently detailed and relatively up-to-date, with interactive maps and tables outlining locations, system types, and power levels - such as the one below. [20 Jul 2009]
Minority Report: Apple, Google closer than ever?
Comment Both YouTube and Google Maps feature in iPhone and Mac native applications. Will regulators come between lovebirds Apple and Google? Seb Janacek examines the couple's fate. The Federal Trade Commission's decision to... [26 May 2009]
Google's ambitious Android
Comment Google Maps is as excellent as ever - but better still because of built-in GPS which, in my experience (in London), has been solid as a rock. Natasha Lomas got her hands on a smartphone running Google's Android OS. [23 Dec 2008]
How to get more out of your BlackBerry
Comment Google Maps for BlackBerry provides location-based info and services and Google Earth satellite imagery. Creston's Gavin Whatrup says: "Google Maps is a remarkably useful tool, both for work and leisure. [19 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, the Round-Up, so inept at reading maps that it makes no difference whether they're upside down or even on the right page, thinks they're pretty neat and, bugs aside, the technology certainly increases its... [25 Jul 2008]
Computing on the go
Comment Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Google Android unveils its face Photos: BlackBerry Boldly goes Qwerty over touch again Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008... [04 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [29 May 2008]
Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket
Comment The maps function is still a work in progress, while stocks and weather apps hardly set the pulse racing. Last month's launch of iPhone developer software passed unnoticed by the general public. Yet it was an event that... [23 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
Comment This is a giant government system that seems able to search TV news, automatic number-plate recognition, Afghan minefield maps and a host of other databases and display it all faster than it takes my laptop to open an... [20 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.01.08
Round-Up The iPhone now features a redesigned Maps application that uses wi-fi and cellular base stations to triangulate a user's current location. And so another Macworld has passed us by and Mac fans and news rooms are... [18 Jan 2008]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Mash-ups are powerful because they allow companies to combine internal information with external sources, such as maps or public statistics. The web is already the main target for security attacks. Now the functionality... [26 Nov 2007]
Location, location, location...
Comment The global digital age has had a profound impact on consumer access to maps, which are becoming an intrinsic part of everyday life. We are all familiar with web-based mapping applications such as Google... [09 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How we'll beat road pricing
Comment To lose it this way would be a real shame but then again paper maps are real cheap. To my mind the real downside to all this will be the loss of GPS maps. The UK has seen no significant road investment... [12 Jun 2007]
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