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It’s an inside job for Google maps

Google has announced the final frontier for Google maps – mapping the indoors. Not satisfied with surveying and mapping almost every inch of outdoor space on earth, the search seraph has turned its attentions to the indoor nooks and crannies of airport, shopping malls and other indoor public spaces. Google Maps 6.0 for Android enables users to find their way around with their handsets. Users can explore the entire building floor plan or locate points of interest such as specific shops, public toilets and ATMs. “When you’re inside an airport, shopping mall or retail store, a common way to figure out where you are is to look for a freestanding map directory or ask an employee for help,” vice president of engineering for Google Earth and Maps Brian McClendon explained . “Starting today, with the release of Google Maps 6.0 for Android, that directory is brought to the palm of your hands, helping you determine where you are, what floor you’re on, and where to go indoors.” Using the familiar Google Maps ‘blue dot’ icon, the new app can find a user’s location within several metres and also indicate which floor of a building they are on – a useful tool for those of us who are prone getting lost

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It’s an inside job for Google maps

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Groupon share price sinks

There are signs of trouble in the land of daily deals as Groupon shares continue to sink following its IPO filing on 4 November. Shares fell another 9 per cent yesterday – despite the fact Nasdaq was up more than 3 per cent. Initially, the coupon-clipping heavyweights beat analyst expectations after shares went to market at $20 (

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Peer-to-peer search engine to take on Google

Free software activists are set to take on the search heavyweights with their own peer-to-peer search engine . YaCy, – a free search engine – are hoping to usurp the likes of Bing, Google and Yahoo with a ‘new approach’ to search. Instead of using a central server like conventional search engines , YaCy gets results from a network of independent ‘peers’ – users who have downloaded YaCy software. The decentralisation idea behind the new search engine is that no single entity decides on the search results or the order in which results appear, but rather, results are generated from a network of private companies and contributing peer operators. “Most of what we do on the Internet involves search.

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Peer-to-peer search engine to take on Google