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  • Map Trends Show Mobile And App Growth Outpacing Browsers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:47PMLocation-based services and increasing smartphone sales are leaving their mark on the mapping world: mobile-based map access is up significantly, while access from "stationary" points (i.e. desktop and laptop PCs) actually dipped slightly. It's not particularly surprising, but the rate of growth is remarkable. Mobile use increased by 39% year-over-year by Comscore's measure , but access via apps ...
  • Summit County: Wander through luscious landscapes this weekend Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:38PMThe 2011 Summit County Garden Tour poster. > What: Summit County Garden Club 21st annual Garden Tour > When: Registration is 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday > Where: Register at the Summit County Community and Senior Center in Frisco; View gardens on self-guided tour in northern Summit County > Cost: $10 in advance; $15 at the door > Learn more: Visit www.summitcountygardenclub.
  • Review: Bad Elf GPS receiver for iOS devices Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:57PMiOS (and other mobile operating systems for that matter) work very well with GPS. Photographs can be geotagged, nearby points of interest can be found, directions can be given, and so on. Part of the reason these devices work so well with location-based services is that they have GPS built right in–all the iPhone’s after [...]
  • Contract Management Software by Recombo Reduced Operational Costs by 30k for Leading Property Management Company Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:42PMTelluride Alpine Lodging Implements Agreement Express to Fully Automate Their Guest Check-in Process
  • Champion Bear Options Up to 50% of its Interest in its Eagle Rock Property to Canadian Platinum Corp. Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:36PMCALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 18, 2011) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
  • Winning Team Announced in Rand McNally's Best of the Road® Rally Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:41PMDrumroll please --- Rand McNally's inaugural Best of the Road® Rally, in collaboration with exclusive media sponsor USA TODAY, came to a dramatic finish on Friday, July 15, as the winning team, Gone with the Wynns was announced during a finale ceremony at The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles.
  • Review: Dual Electronics XGPS150 Universal GPS Receiver Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:31PMLooking a little like the old U2 iPods, XGPS150 is a rounded square box measuring roughly 2.2” wide and tall, bulging at its center from 0.5” to 0.75” in thickness. Lightweight and made primarily from matte black plastic, the unit’s face is dominated by a red swirled metal circle with four icons or words at its cardinal positions: north is Bluetooth, west is a battery indicator, east is a GPS ...
  • Voice-activated Dragon Go! delivers exactly what you ask for Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:44PMTASTY: Dragon will load results across multiple service tabs on the carousel, such as Google, Wikipedia, Twitter and images, with its best result front and center.
  • Scientifically Speaking, 7/17 Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:36PMONGOING EVENTS Nature notes club The Larimer County Natural Resources Nature Notes Club is accepting new members.
  • Leo Villareal turns math and code into emotional art Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:25PMA highlight of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art’s 2007 grand opening was a pulsing lightwork by sculptor Leo Villareal. This summer, the Nerman looks at “Microcosm’s” antecedents and some of Villareal’s more recent projects in the New Mexico-born artist’s first museum survey.
  • Carmageddon: Just How Bad Is it Really? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:25PMTHR staff "So far carmageddon isn't bad at all," Disney Channel actress Tiffany Thornton tweeted Saturday morning on her way to work. read more
  • Carmageddon Los Angeles traffic: So far, so good Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:49AMIt seems Angelenos took heed to warnings to stay off the roads Carmageddon weekend, at least through Saturday night.
  • Biking: Butler trail resurfaced near end Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:46PMThe water splashed up by my pedals and tires a few years ago confirmed I had gone about as far as I should go on the northern segment of the Butler Freeport Community Trail. The segment, then only a rough surfaced old railroad right-of-way, was covered by several inches of water that got deeper as I slogged through it. I turned around and rode back to the Bonnie Brook Road trailhead.
  • Binge Drinking May Impair Teen Brain Development Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:10PMFRIDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- Binge drinking can damage teenagers' spatial working memory (the ability to perceive their environment or their surroundings) at a critical time when their brains are still developing, according to a new study.
  • How to Beat 'Carmageddon' With GPS Devices, Apps Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:10PM"Carmageddon" - the closure of Interstate 405 for 53 hours this weekend in Los Angeles - promises a severe test for GPS makers and their real-time traffic capabilities.
  • Sportsmans Report Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:35PMI read some reports of excellent boletus hunting in the Tahoe/Donner area. Mushroom hunters were finding big, fat boletus edulus...
  • Has Google Maps Been Giving You False Information for Years? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:52PMAfter four years, Google Maps quietly deleted its traffic feature, only providing an explanation when the critics started to speak out
  • A Park A Day: The Cobb Estate (or the Haunted Forest), Altadena Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:33PM                            July is National Parks & Recreation Month , and all month long LAist will be featuring a hand-selected park a day to showcase just a few of the wonderful recreation spaces--big or small--in the Los Angeles area. [ more › ]
  • Apaches rode atop train cars in 1912 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:43AMWhen Arizona became a state on Feb. 14, 1912, Apaches from the San Carlos reservation could ride the train only if they sat atop a flatcar or boxcar.
  • Westerly area gardens open for 'Gardening With the Masters' tour this weekend Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:50AMThere are 32 gardens on the 2011 tour, three of which are in the Westerly area.
  • Courtyard Hotel in Clearwater, Florida Completes Major Lobby Renovation Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:08AMNew design features high tech GoBoard®, flexible work and social spaces, and a 24/7 food and beverage market. (PRWeb July 15, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Courtyard-Clearwater/Hotel-Lobby-Renovation/prweb8640615.htm
  • Dump your printer to escape the madness Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:51AMCircuits: By adopting a few strategies, you can reduce, or even eliminate, the expense and frustration of using a printer.
  • Bing Maps Updates Interface and Road Map Style Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:19AMWhile Bing has released many competitive features in the past, one of their more successful is Bing Maps. Microsoft is continuing its enhancements of this feature with a new interface and a new base road map style. The New Interface B...
  • Berlin rudeness? Much ado about nothing Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:50AMAdmittedly, Berlin isn't exactly famous for its friendliness. Just try taking a bus ride through the capital. But even the city's rude bus drivers can be good for an occasional surprise.
  • Rock River Artists open their studios this weekend Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:23AMSOUTH NEWFANE -- Alkaid. Mizar. Alioth. Megrez. Merek. Phecda. Dubhe. Each a brilliant star in our night sky, together they make something more significant, The Big Dipper.
  • agoda.com Goes Mobile with Free iPhone App Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:10AMAgoda.com, Asia’s global hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), is going mobile, allowing travelers to book the latest hotel deals on their iPhone. (PRWeb July 12, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/agoda/iphone-app/prweb8632652.htm
  • Restored Morley sign faces right way after 30 years Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:48AMFor 30 years the residents of two neighbouring south Norfolk villages have been giving roadside directions to confused motorists bewildered as to where one village ended and the next began.
  • Logic Solutions Develops Hotel Dream Apps for Logiclink Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:11PMiPad Apps Include Hotel Concierge, Lobby Ambassador, Event Planner, and Dining Touch N Serve (PRWeb July 12, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8633262.htm
  • WhitePages Launches Localicious for Hyper-Local Exploration of 80,000 U.S. Neighborhoods Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:06PMNew Android App Integrates WhitePages' Extensive Business Directory and Foursquare Data Into the Most Laser-Focused Neighborhood-Aware Search Experience
  • The Features of The HTC Desire S Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:13AMHTC Desire S is an improved version of the highly-rated HTC Desire. Featuring improved specifications plus additional surprises, this smartphone is set to make another milestone for HTC. Phone users are definitely satisfied with its predecessor HTC Desire. Accordingly, people will wonder what else can there be to improve on a very satisfying device. Well, blame it on technology, this phone has ...
  • CoPilot Live Premium navigation app makes debut for iPhone, iPad Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:54AMCoPilot, developer of navigation software and apps primarily for the UK market, has released the latest version of its iPhone and iPad apps into the App Store. CoPilot Live Premium offers a number of new features and enhancements over older versions of the software. Read the full story here.
  • Michigan's redrawn congressional districts take twists and turns Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:23AMDetroit is a metropolis that's mostly black, poor, undereducated and a Democratic stronghold. So what does it have in common with Sylvan Lake?
  • The best travel apps to take away with you Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 5:18PMEVERYONE should know by now there are a gazillion handy internet travel resources to make your globetrotting or holiday pursuits so much easier but that's yesterday's news.
  • The Best Summer Apps Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:49AMFrom saving money on gas to preventing sunburn -- five apps to enhance your summer.
  • Four gardens featured in walk in Libertyville, Mundelein Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:28PMA free garden walk will be hosted by the Gardeners of Central Lake County on July 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The walk will include four specialty gardens in Libertyville and Mundelein.One in Libertyville features a cottage-style garden surrounding a Sears home and the first residential green roof in Lake County. The other historic home has a perennial and shrub garden with a garden wall.In ...
  • Remains of the Day: Omit needless words Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 6:48PMWalter Isaacson and Simon & Schuster take Strunk & White's classic maxim to heart with a new title for Steve Jobs's biography, an inside trader tells all...to the court, and a popular iOS game crashes into schools.
  • Google Maps Transit Navigation beta for Android hands-on (video) Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:11PMEarlier this afternoon, Google pushed Maps v5.7 to the Android Market . The app's Transit Navigation (beta) feature brings GPS stop-by-stop nav to public transit systems in over 400 cities around the world, helping you find the subway or bus stop, then letting you know exactly when to get off as you ride. There are obvious benefits to using this in a foreign city, where alert-enabled (English ...
  • Google Maps For Android Adds Transit Navigation Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:52PMAndroid: The latest Google Maps for Android updates today with several improvements, but the most notable is the new Transit Navigation feature, which adds GPS-assisted, stop-by-stop navigation for public transport. (more…)
  • Google Maps 5.7 Update For Android Gets Transit Navigation Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:35PMThe Google Maps app for Android has been updated today to version 5.7 and introduces several new improvements including better directions, search suggest, and a photo viewer for Places. But the most interesting new feature is Transit Navigation. The feature uses GPS data to determine your routes and to alert you when it’s your stop [...]
  • Google Maps 5.7 Updates Search Suggestions and Transit Directions Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:30PMGoogle Maps has become an important part of how many people – especially in generation Y – interact with the world around them. From finding nearby businesses to rating locations on the go to getting turn-by-turn GPS navigation from their smartphone, Maps has established itself as a powerful tool at home and on the go. [...] Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Google Maps 5 ...
  • There are several ways DeKalb Tourism works to attract visitors Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:04PMDeKalb Tourism is the primary organization promoting tourism in DeKalb County. We are a non-profit organization and are funded by the county lodging tax, grants and city appropriations.
  • Golden Predator drills 92.0 m of 2.02 g/t Gold; Commences Resource Calculation at Carlos Zone, Grew Creek Project Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 1:21PMTSX: GPD www.goldenpredator.com VANCOUVER , July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Predator Corp. (TSX: GPD.to - News ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce results from the final five core holes from its winter 2011 drill program at the Carlos Zone, Grew Creek Project, Yukon. Four of the five holes have intersected significant mineralization including 92.0 m of 2.02 g ...
  • Kitsap travel organization invites large corporate groups to visit Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 6:27PMKitsap County, Travel, Travle,
  • Google Street View sails into Danish waters Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 10:03AMOn Tuesday, Google Street View sailed around Copenhagen’s inner harbour and canals to compile 360 degree views of the city from the water. Street View is the popular internet programme that allows users to experience 360 degree panoramic pictures of street locations all over the world.
  • Newest tablet arrives a bit late Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 3:53AMHave you been reading the headlines? There was a big earthquake in Haiti. Some men were rescued from a mine in Chile. Oh, and apparently there was a gigantic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What's that you say? This all sounds like last year's news?
  • Smart savings for summer travel Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 1:28AM(ARA) - Whether you're looking to travel upstate, cross-country or across town for a summer vacation, smart planning and spending is a must-do. For a fun-filled summer vacation that won't break the bank, remember these tips that are as easy as they are effective:
  • Rocklin water parks help beat summer heat Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:30PMRocklin, CA - As temperatures soar into the triple digits this Fourth of July weekend, many local families are looking for relief from the heat
  • MBTA urges riders to walk Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 8:44PMThe MBTA is urging its riders to, well, not ride. The T has launched a pilot project with WalkBoston designed to encourage walking between North Station and Lechmere Station, where Green Line service is currently suspended.
  • The tide is turning on the coast of coal Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 7:07PMTurn east off the A1 in County Durham and you will stumble upon one of England's forgotten corners. This is a stark post-industrial landscape, yet infinitely varied and drably beautiful. Coal was once king here, but no more.
  • West Oakland redistricting commissioner talks about challenges of mapping Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 1:30AMWhat goes into drawing a California congressional district map? Or a state senate district map? Does it just involve taking a pencil and dividing the state’s land in equal population proportions? read more