If you are a biking nut like I am, this is some very cool news indeed. Google Maps has just released an update that adds Bicycle Directions and will be unveiling this new feature at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC. Google says: “This new feature includes: step-by-step bicycling directions; bike trails outlined directly [...]

For all you Motorola Droid owners out there, here is something that will really come in handy! A very cool cradle by Wireless Ground that just got reviewed by our friends at Test Freaks (dot com). Bridget does a really nice job reviewing the Motorola Droid USB Sync and 2nd Battery Charge Cradle which actually [...]

For all you website owners who want to stay better connected with what is going on with your websites and sport a Windows Mobile Device, SynergeTech Solutions has just released a Google Analytics Application that will allow you to connect directly to the Google Analytics Sever and stay up to date on what is going [...]

If you use Google Sync to get your GMail then you’re probably not a happy camper today. This is the post from Google in their forums:
As many of you have noticed, Google Sync is having some difficulties due to an extended problem with one of our datacenters.  This has been going on over the weekend, [...]

Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business Director Aaron Woodman, when asked by CNET if people with phones running WM6.5 would be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 without buying a new device, said no: “I don’t know if any Windows Mobile 6.5 Device today meets those specifications.” He went on to discuss new hardware plans which [...]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt put mobile at the heart of the Internet giant’s future in a special keynote  at Congress late this afternoon.
Schmidt outlined how Google’s top programmers were now concentrating on mobile as their primary focus; he also pointed to recent acquisitions in the mobile space, notably AdMob. 
Unveiling a new Google mantra – [...]

We all knew that when Buzz was released there were immediate privacy concerns since you could see Goog users all over the place without their explicit permission. But it turns out the issue is worse than just that. The NY Times has an article in today’s paper discussing the thorny issues. See, Google took your [...]

Getting tired of the Google Buzz wordplay all over the headlines and blogs? Well it’s all over the place because, unsurprisingly, Google just unveiled something many people will pile onto even though there are plenty of companies whining about how they had this kind of idea years ago. Too bad for them that in their [...]

Version 4.0 of Google Maps is out with Buzz. Buzz is Goog’s new social networking attempt. Buzz lets you:
Share a tip, make a recommendation, post a picture, or say what’s happening now and tag it with a place.
Find out what people are talking about (for example, a concert or upcoming traffic jam) by [...]

In an effort to escape my abyss of obscurity in the mobile software market, if I were Microsoft, to distance myself from my embarrassing mobile past I would commit at least a thousand developers to perfecting the next release (including one or two who are actually on the payroll and not some random ugly website [...]