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Daily Update for June 7, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jun 7th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Google promises 3D map imagery for iOS

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 7th, 2012)

Google held a map-oriented press event on Tuesday and used the gathering to discuss upcoming changes to Google Earth and Google Maps. The highlight of this event was a demonstration of new fully modeled, fully textured 3D maps for Google Earth. The demo used an iPad and showed a close-up view ...

Google Earth for iOS offers custom map viewing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 23rd, 2012)

Google updated Google Earth for iOS this week and included the ability to view custom maps. The new feature lets you click on a KML file you find on the web and open it automatically in Google Earth. KML is short for "Keyhole Markup Language" and these files contain geographic information that ...

Google releases Google Earth 6 beta for Mac, introduces 3D trees

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 29th, 2010)

Google released Google Earth 6 beta for Mac, PC and Linux today. Google Earth 6 includes several beefed up features, including a better integration of Street View with Google Earth's 3D environment that lets users seamlessly navigate streets across the world. And speaking of 3D environments, ...

Google Earth updated for iPhone 4 retina display, includes ocean topography

by Josh Helfferich (Sep 21st, 2010)

Google Earth for iOS, which was already one of the biggest "wow" apps on the iPhone (It's the Earth in your pants!), has received a huge update that adds support for the iPhone 4's gorgeous retina display, as well as new ocean topographies that will allow users to explore the underwater depths. ...

Google Earth comes to the iPad

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 15th, 2010)

Google has released version 3.0 of Google Earth for iOS which brings full iPad support. The iPad version sports an update UI that makes it easy to switch between layers and select from your My Maps that you have saved under your Google account. Version 3.0 also adds full-resolution imagery for the ...

Enter to win Trip Journal 4.0 for the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 8th, 2010)

iQapps has updated their app Trip Journal to version 4.0, and the new update adds a fair bit of functionality to the already pretty impressive set of trip recording and tagging features. As with previous versions, you can track pictures, notes, and maps of your trips, and communicate via a number ...

Buyer's Guide: 33 things you don't need if you have an iPhone

by Chris Rawson (Nov 19th, 2009)

Every time I walk through Warehouse Stationery (New Zealand's equivalent to Office Depot) or Dick Smith's Electronics (pretty much Best Buy), I'm struck by how probably half the products in each store are pretty much useless to me since I've got an iPhone. Thanks to the apps that come ...

Two App Store updates: Trillian ships, Google Earth 2.0 arrives

by TJ Luoma (Nov 18th, 2009)

There are two arrivals in the App Store of note. First, after a three month wait, the multiservice IM client Trillian is now available in the App Store [iTunes link] for iPhone and iPod touch. We previously discussed the fact that Trillian was sitting in approval limbo with no word from Apple as ...

Waypoints: Another way to see where you've been

by Mel Martin (Feb 23rd, 2009)

Hard on the heels of my review of Geotags, some of our readers suggested we take a look at Waypoints, [App Store link] which has some similar functions and a smoother interface. Waypoints, which is US $2.99, can save any GPS location you choose, and allow you to access them with your desktop web ...

Google Earth 5 gets wet and goes back in time

by Mat Lu (Feb 3rd, 2009)

After a while you just stop doubting the power of Google. Now for your planetary voyeuristic pleasure the big G has released version 5 of the eponymous Google Earth, bringing with it the power to turn back time and plumb the ocean depths. Or something like that. Anyway, the new beta adds some ...

First Look: Google Earth for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Oct 27th, 2008)

Google has ported Google Earth to the iPhone or iPod touch, and it's such an impressive app that it deserves an Apple ad of its own. The interface for Google Earth will be familiar instantly to anyone who has used an iPhone for more than a couple of hours. Upon launching the app, you see a photo ...

Beta Beat: Freedom leaves you internet-less

by Cory Bohon (Jul 7th, 2008)

Are you tired of being distracted by the internet? Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Google Earth could all be considered "distractions" or "time wasters." So, if you're looking to get some work done without physically un-pluging from the internet then Freedom might be what you need. Freedom allows you ...

Putting the Earth on your iPhone

by Joshua Ellis (May 27th, 2008)

While there's still no Google Earth app for the iPhone (*cough cough*), Google Earth developer Frank Taylor recently got a chance at the Where 2.0 conference to check out a 3D Earth app from Colorado company Earthscape. He posted a YouTube video of the app, and man, it looks pretty fly. I'm ...

Apple Stores around the world with Google Earth

by Dave Caolo (Apr 10th, 2007)

If you've ever felt oddly compelled to take a virtual tour of every existing Apple Store via Google Earth, relax. Your dream has come true. ifoAppleStore has released a .kml file containing a "tour" of existing stores, including contact information and addresses for each. Some even contain a shot of ...