Google Maps

To be honest with you, I generally do not check Yahoo Maps – Infact, it is for the first time in years that I logged into Yahoo Maps. It was only after one of our readers sent me an email showing me the error, did I login to Yahoo Maps. If…

A typical Indian Babu and his promises.. Author’s Disclaimer: The above cartoon is a mesh of 2 cartoons by Laxman. I could have drawn it myself but as a blue-blood software engineer by training, re-use is the mantra here. Hope ToI…

Ok, so mainstream media has given wide coverage to the fact that Google has changed their maps in Google Insights section to show full Jammu & Kashmir as part of India. Apparently that’s not the case – Google Maps on insights still…

Last week, we introduced new feature on trak.in – Trakin Toons. Many readers have enjoyed seeing the satirical take on the subjects we write on. Here is a quick wrap-up of the posts we wrote last week: Indian Government is taking no…

I am not sure why Google is doing this – Repeatedly Google has been messing around with India’s Map, especially the Northern India-Pakistan border. Google Insights, which offers analytics on searches done on the search engines now shows…

Google Maps has now raised the bar when it comes to online navigation and maps imagery. They have now Introduced Google Earth on Google Maps Online, and it is called “Earth View”. This new viewing mode brings 3D perspective to Google…

This is a actually a bit of surprise. I always thought that Mobile Internet usage was more tilted in favor of Micro-blogging and email. However, recent Nielsen report suggests that the Mobile Internet usage by consumers mirrors the general…

Google integrates their hugely popular Google Maps to Android Mobile OS – What comes out is plain awesomeness that has power to make all the paid GPS services and devices literally redundant. Don't mistake Google GPS for normal mobile…