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Get CoPilot in the Car for Christmas

Don't tackle the twelve days of traditional traffic without it...

Posted by Stuart Pritchard on the 19th December 2012

Driving home for Christmas? Possibly in the style of Chris Rea? Well if that drive involves traversing Britain’s roads with the brood… read more

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WIN: CoPilot Live Europe!

5 copies of super-smart satnav CoPilot Live Europe up for grabs!

Posted by Stuart Pritchard on the 27th September 2012

Maps apps and GPS navigation have been big news of late for reasons there’s absolutely no real need at all to go over again here. But… read more

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TomTom App for Android Unveiled

Offline map app en-route for October...

Posted by Stuart Pritchard on the 1st September 2012

Excellent news now for those lacking direction in life, delivered to you hot and steaming from Europe’s biggest consumer tech fest, IFA in Berlin, and set to point all Android aficionados the right way… read more

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Google Maps adds ‘download map area’ feature

Offline map content means 'you'll never need to carry a paper map again'...

Posted by Michael Brook on the 8th July 2011

Google Maps adds 'download map area' feature

In a remarkably ‘un-connected’ move from Google, Maps now has a new ‘download map area’ feature that allows you to scour the local terrain even if you don’t have a mobile signal. read more

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Google Goggles learns Russian, gets neat search map

Search app just keeps getting cleverer

Posted by Michael Brook on the 23rd June 2011

Google Goggles learns Russian, gets neat search map

Goggles has been around since 2009 and has been able to translate a vast number of different languages with one caveat: that language must contain Latin characters. Now, though, Goggles has popped back to school and acquainted itself with Cyrillic characters. The upshot is that Goggles can now recognise a piece of Russian text and translate it into one of over 40 different languages. But that’s not all… read more

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