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Google : And the blind shall drive

About three months ago, we made a post about Google being more than just an Internet search engine company. Google is very much involved in the transport and automotive industry. Recently, Google revised its Google Maps to now feature real-time traffic information. I remember speaking to a GPS navigation system developer who told me that [...]

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Google Maps – now with real-time traffic information and in Bahasa

Google Malaysia has introduced three new features, Traffic, Transit, and a Bahasa Malaysia interface, to its Google Maps online map service. The Traffic feature provides real time traffic information and highlights the level of congestion – red for stand still, yellow for slow moving, and green for free flowing – on any given road in [...]

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Honda Partners With Google and Stanford for Fit EV Trials

In an earlier post, we talked about how Internet companies like Google are very much at the leading end of the curve in influencing and developing future automotive / transportation technology. Most of us have already learn to rely on Google Maps instead of any paid GPS maps. Recently, Honda recruited top notch brains from [...]

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Google and Cars

To the average user, Google is a search engine Internet company. But those in the know are well aware that Google is a lot more than just an Internet company. Just ask the software guys at Nokia, or folks in the mapping business, and book publishers. Google’s Android have forced cellphone makers to radically rethink [...]

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