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Getting Around With Google Maps Navigation

2013-01-11 20:20:13| PC Magazine: the Official John C. Dvorak RSS Feed

I like the navigation system, but lately the Google software has been shoddy.

Google removes Maps redirect for Windows Phone

2013-01-09 19:29:14| CNET News.com

The company removes a blockage that prevented Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps on the mobile version of Internet Explorer. The redirect had caused a stir last week. [Read more]

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Australian heat wave sears new colors onto maps

2013-01-09 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires - as well as searing new colors onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has added dark purple and magenta to its color-coded weather forecasting map to represent temperatures of 51 to 54 degrees Celsius (123.8 to 129.2 Fahrenheit), officials said. Temperatures on the map were previously capped at 50 degrees Celsius, represented by the color black. "In...

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Australia adds new colour to temperature maps as heat soars

2013-01-08 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Global warming is turning the volume of extreme weather up, Spinal-Tap-style, to 11. The temperature forecast for next Monday by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is so unprecedented - over 52C - that it has had to add a new colour to the top of its scale, a suitably incandescent purple. Australia's highest recorded temperature is 50.7C, set in January 1960 in South Australia. The record for the hottest average day across the nation was set on Monday, at 40.3C, exceeding a 40-year-old record....

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