Google Makes it a BAD Day for GPS Companies

Google today released a free, turn-by-turn navigation for Google Maps this morning, in BETA, and it's GOOD. How good? Check out the stock prices for Garmin and TomTom.

As you can see, everyone can see what a major impact this release will have on the pay-for-use GPS.

Although it's currently only available on Android 2.0 OS phones, Google is sure to release this beyond, and the impact will be huge.

Compared to the current releases of pay GPS units, Google stacks up very, very well, and is certainly going to put a major dent in their future sales.

See the Gizmodo review here.

Wyle E. Coyote would be Jealous!

No good reason for this post - it's just cool. Gay Wilkinson is a 'World Champion' Anvil Shooter.

Something you need to see to believe. I guarantee you, 90% of men will love this. The other 10% are wrong.




Why? Because you can.

Slo-mo Sneeze is Juicy/Scary

I love slo-mo photography/video, but this demonstration of Mythbusters Adam hurling an impressive sneeze at Jamie is something else, and something to show to those around you with no sneeze-cover.

This was done in a PSA for H1N1 avoidance.

The Fun Theory

66% is impressive. Check this out.

No #$%$#$% Wires

Wireless charging is still in its infancy, but the idea is great: you have a mat or platform onto which you can toss your gadgets and let them charge. No tangled wires and fumbling around. There's a catch, of course, in that most of these chargers will require a special case or add-on to be hugging your device. And cost... they are pricey, not only for the mat, but for the adapter too. This makes something like the Powermat one pricey charging station if you want to charge each of your gadgets, but I like their advertising.

Currently, the mat will run about US$100, with about $40 per adapter. Pricey, indeed, but as the technology becomes integrated into the product, as inductive charging becomes more ubiquitous, that cost will decline.