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This week Google released Google Maps Navigation for Android. It’s only a matter of time before it’s available for other phones. Gizmodo was quick to look at both Garmin and TomTom’s stocks on the day of the announcement: When I bought my Garmin nuvi 660, I saw this coming. My digital camera is already collecting [...]
The New York Times has released a driving simulation Flash game that tests your ability to multitask. It’s far from scientific (and so was the NBC driving experiment) since the game requires a constant rate of lane switching and has a constant rate of incoming text messages, but it’s fun and educational nonetheless. While I [...]
Making touchscreen phones accessible seems like an impossible challenge. But, the Eyes-Free Android project is working on it! Skip to about 2 minute mark for the demo. [Gizmodo]
Here’s a quick tip for all of you iPhone users: Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Caps Lock Now, when you quickly tap the Shift key twice on the keyboard, it will turn blue and become a Caps Lock! Why wasn’t this enabled by default? I have tried, on numerous occasions, to figure out [...]
It’s always cool to see presentations from CHI (and related conferences) end up in commercial products. At the time they are presented, they usually seem far-fetched or appear to have no real-world application (but, of course, we need crazy ideas and unconstrained thinking). Smart Dust (CHI 2002) is being used commercially by a company called [...]
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