Archive for the 'GPS' Category

Article: What Will Google’s Free GPS Software Mean for Consumers?
Thursday, November 12th, 2009

My Tyler the Tech Guy column in this week’s Occidental Weekly is a variation of my post about what Google’s new free GPS software will mean for the GPS market, but with a key difference — I focus on what Google’s offering will mean for consumers (aka us). Click here to read the story >> [...]

Article: Will Google Kill the GPS Market?
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

What do newspapers, music companies, and makers of portable navigation devices like TomTom and Garmin all have in common? They have the same problem — someone is willing to give their product away for free. In the case of the first two, it has brought about the expectation that these goods and services ought to [...]