Daily Archives: May 16, 2007

Stats on the portable navigation market

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Wall Street Journal has some good stats on the portable navigation market. The story also offers a good overview of the features that are available in GPS units. The U.S. market for such gadgets continues to expand: Sales of … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer electronics, gps, satellite navigation | 1 Comment

Google knows people misspell my name

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been seeing more people search on my name to get to this blog this week. (Wonder why?) This search was interesting: Notice that the searcher misspelled my last name, transposing the “a” and the “r”. I don’t have “Agarwal” … Continue reading →

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Yahoo’s new, improved maps

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was geotagging some pictures on Flickr and noticed that Yahoo! Maps has dramatically improved. Things that jumped out at me: Improved legibility. High contrast and easy to read. Subway/mass transit stations. They are the small blue circles you see … Continue reading →

Posted in google, maps, transit, yahoo | 9 Comments