Android: Turn-by-turn navigation Waze updated today to include an entirely new UI that minimises buttons and tools, so that they’re all accessible under one spring-out on-screen menu. Maps are now easier to navigate, so you can easily spin around and navigate with one hand, and there is also new location-based information from services like Yelp and FourSquare. More »
iOS: If you’re travelling and need to find a wireless network that you can use to log in to your VPN and check email, pull up a car reservation or verify a hotel booking, 4sqwifi is a new iPhone app that — as long as you’re already signed up to use Foursquare — can show you which check-in points have free Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi networks you can log in to. More »
One of the ways Google tracks where you are for its location-based services is via a list of known wireless routers and access points. While that list doesn’t include personal information, if you’d rather Google wasn’t tracking your router or access point at all, there’s now an easy way to make that happen. More »
You can now find personalised recommendations of places to visit on Google Maps, based on your Google Places ratings. More »
iOS: Roamz is a new mobile app that uses your social networks and your location to help you discover activities, restaurants, attractions and other venues near you, wherever you may be. Whether you’re at home and want to try a new restaurant, or travelling far from home without a clue of where to go to unwind, Roamz can give you suggestions based on what everyone nearby is buzzing about. More »
Based on the premise of the TV show How I Met Your Mother, developer Mihai Parparita (he of Google Reader and Gmail user script fame) created Intersquares, a service that compares your Foursquare check-ins with any other Foursquare user to determine all the times you’ve been at the same place at the same time, whether you knew it or not. More »
Android: Thrutu is a free app that acts as a socially interactive layer for Android’s phone interface once a call has connected. It allows you to send information like your current location, a photo, contact information, or even a doodle that was drawn while speaking. If both people in the conversation have Thrutu installed on their phones, they can interactively draw together on a doodle whiteboard, see each other’s locations on a shared map, or even nudge the other person awake with a vibration. There are more actions that can be performed with plug-ins that can be installed after the main app, like sending money through PayPal or flipping a virtual coin to help nudge decisions along. More »
