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Google Maps Extends Speedometer, Speed Limit Feature to Apple Users
Google Maps Extends Speedometer, Speed Limit Feature to Apple Users
July 09, 2024  |  Google

Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system,...

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Mapbox Raises $280 Million to Expand AI-Driven Location Features
Mapbox Raises $280 Million to Expand AI-Driven Location Features
September 19, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Mapbox, a location platform, has secured a $280 million investment in a Series E funding round to support the expansion of its platform in the...

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GM Picks Google Over Apple for Connected EV Projects
GM Picks Google Over Apple for Connected EV Projects
April 02, 2023  |  Connected Economy

General Motors has enlisted Google to help build infotainment systems for electric vehicles. The automaker will stop using Apple CarPlay and Android Auto systems beginning...

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Telenav Connected Car Firm Offers Alexa-Powered Navigation
Telenav Connected Car Firm Offers Alexa-Powered Navigation
January 06, 2020  |  Alexa

Connected car and location-based services firm Telenav is furthering its partnership with Amazon by tapping into Alexa’s voice-first navigation, Telenav announced Monday (Jan. 6). The...

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GM Lets Car Owners Download Alexa Software
GM Lets Car Owners Download Alexa Software
September 25, 2019  |  Alexa

General Motors will let U.S. owners of vehicles that are 2018 models or newer download Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant software to control phones, navigation and...

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GM Cars To Be Powered By Google In 2021
GM Cars To Be Powered By Google In 2021
September 05, 2019  |  Innovation

General Motors (GM) plans to add Google apps capability to its cars in 2021, according to a report. Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac vehicles will...

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Waze Integrates With Google Assistant
Waze Integrates With Google Assistant
June 10, 2019  |  Innovation

Waze, the GPS app owned by Google since 2013, just got an upgrade by being integrated into Google Assistant. According to a report citing Google,...

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TomTom Sells Telematics Unit In Ongoing Push With Google Maps
TomTom Sells Telematics Unit In Ongoing Push With Google Maps
January 22, 2019  |  Mobile Commerce

TomTom, a Dutch navigation and mapping company, has sold its telematics unit to Bridgestone Europe for €910 million ($1,033 billion). Telematics is a service that...

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Google Maps Launches ‘For You’ Tab
Google Maps Launches ‘For You’ Tab
December 10, 2018  |  Google

Google announced Monday (Dec. 10) that it has transferred its “For You” tab to Google Maps in more than 40 countries on iOS and more than 130 new...

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