Google Now for Android Can Help You Remember Where You Parked Your Car

Have you ever forgotten where you parked your car and spent your night wandering around a parking lot or garage searching for it? Your troubles are soon to be no more, at least for Android users. Google Now has added Parking Location, a function that tells you approximately where you parked your car. Using a… Continue reading Google Now for Android Can Help You Remember Where You Parked Your Car

Itching to Text while Behind the Wheel? Pull into One of New York’s New ‘Texting Zones’

Are you one to text and drive? If you live in New York State, there’s good (and bad) news coming your way. First the good: this week Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled special “Texting Zones” along the New York State Thruway and other state highways.

Google Leaves Facebook in the Dust in Waze Bidding War with $1.3 Billion Offer

Weeks after Facebook made an offer for the navigation app Waze, Google makes a winning bid to acquire the Israel-based startup: a $1.3-billion bid, that is. Waze is a mobile navigation app that crowdsources real time traffic data from users and aggregates that data to report information about traffic congestion, police presence, road accidents, speed… Continue reading Google Leaves Facebook in the Dust in Waze Bidding War with $1.3 Billion Offer