Alright, I need to get this off my chest. I’m an iPhone user, and as such the one thing that makes me stark-raving green with envy is Android’s implementation of Google Maps (and Google Voice, but mostly Maps). Full OS integration? Check. Free turn-by-turn navigation? Check. And — as of today — location aware venue recommendations? Check. Google has introduced a new feature into the Maps for Android application that aims to bring Yelp-like, location based functionality right to your phone. Search restaurants, coffee shops, bars, ATM’s, gas stations… you name it. The new Places application gives you one-touch access to reviews, directions, pertinent venue information and more. All this is neatly wrapped up and packed into the latest Maps update and integrated right into the Android OS. Version 4.4, is in the Android Market and available for download now. Go get em! Read More
Android has never had a seriously good Twitter application, but the official Twitter for Android app, now available in the Android Market, looks to be one of the best offerings for the platform yet. The UI is clean as can be and the app has pretty much all of the features you’d expect from a premium application including: full support for widgets, viewing users’ tweets from the Quick Contact bar and uploading images and videos straight from the Gallery. The only drawbacks are that it requires your phone be running Android 2.1 and above and lacks support for multiple Twitter accounts, but we’re sure those will get ironed one way or another… Read More
Google Maps for Android updated, brings new application Places « Boy Genius Report - Boy Genius Report
