Google’s New Hyper-Local City Guide Is a Real Trip

The new Field Trip app for Android phones clues you in to nearby hotspots — and not the wireless variety.

Google launched a new local search app for Android smartphones Thursday. It’s called Field Trip, and it’s a mixture of a hyper-local discovery tool and one of those city guidebooks you buy in tourist shops.

Field Trip grabs your location (via cell tower, Wi-Fi or GPS) and shows you nearby points of interest: restaurants, parks, art shows, cool shops, and historical factoids about the area you’re in.

It’s the latest exemplar of Google’s continuing investment in local search, from the company’s acquisition of Zagat a year ago, to May’s launch of Google Now, its voice-powered local search tool (and Siri competitor) that’s built into the latest Android OS. It also comes at a time when the company is scrambling to recover from Apple’s ceremonious dumping of its mapping partnership in iOS 6.

I tested it on a Galaxy Nexus. It’s Android only for now, with an iOS version “coming soon,” and it’s not optimized for tablets, so it’s clear Field Trip is meant to be a phone-thing. You’re given three choices for how to consume the information: a list, a map and instant notifications. You can also leave it on as you drive around, and it will talk to you, reading the local highlights aloud as you cruise through a city.

After giving it permission to access my location data (more on that later), Field Trip started filling up.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/googles-new-hyper-local-city-guide-is-a-real-trip/

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Omniture Tool Monitors YouTube, Viral Videos

Omniture adds a new application to its Omniture SiteCatalyst tool that allows users to monitor the spread of viral video on YouTube and other sites. Salesforce, Google, Amazon and other companies have all been expanding the range of applications available on their cloud-based computing platforms, even allowing clients to monitor Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and other sites to see how a particular service or product is being greeted by the general public....

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Cyber criminals hack Adobe certificate server

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Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/cyber-criminals-hack-adobe-certificate-server-203552

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Sugar Batteries Could Offer 20 Percent More Capacity than Lithium Ion

Lithium-ion batteries have been powering our gadgets for more than 20 years and aren’t going away anytime soon, but serious competition may be emerging in the form of sodium and…sugar. Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science believe that sodium-sucrose-based batteries could deliver a 20% higher energy capacity...

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Amazon Debuts Three Kindle Tablets, Gets Aggressive on Pricing - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

In what amounted to Amazon's biggest and most strategic connected-device announcement in its 18-year history, the online retailer and Web services provider unveiled and demonstrated three new versions of its popular Kindle tablet PC.

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These Harry Potter Blu-rays Are Your Hogwarts-Is-Real Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Diagon Alley's online storefront—which some call Amazon—is a wonderful place. The Flourish & Blotts section is an excellent way to browse through tomes of all sorts—even muggle books, like J. K. Rowling's new decidedly adult book, The Casual Vacancy. And it's real wizardry how you can download books onto your tablet, even if it doesn't always apparate correctly the first time. And be sure to stop by Ollivanders—they've got a new wand out, and I hear it's pretty great, even if some people are complaining that it's just the old wand, but a little longer. Whatever it is, if Ollivanders is putting it out, I want it. When shopping online, it's really easy to get carried away and end up blowing all your sickles and knuts, but if you're patient, and read Dealzmodo, you can save a lot of money. More »

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Apple Adds New Maps Section to App Store to Help You Replace the iOS 6 Horror Show [Apple Maps]

Buried within Tim Cook's apology for the embarrassment that is Apple Maps was the candid suggestion that people go try the many other map applications and websites out there. Well, now Apple has gone one step further, adding a whole featured section to the App Store for maps from third party developers. That's a big on Apple's part. Now maybe get your own maps working better? [MacRumors] More »

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Analysts Predict Rough Road for BEA Portal Customers

CMS Watch, an analyst firm that tracks and evaluates content management technologies, is warning customers to be wary of the risk posed by changes occurring at several major portal vendors, including the fallout from Oracle's acquisition of BEA. ...

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iPhone, iPad EHR Platform From Drchrono Includes Meaningful Use Tool

iPhone and iPad electronic health record vendor Drchrono has added a meaningful use tool to allow health care providers to meet the Oct. 3 deadline for federal EHR incentives.

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Neil Young's Pono music service wants to democratize high-quality audio (video)

Neil Young isn't shy when it comes to embracing new technology, something he put beyond question with his latest appearance on The Late show with David Letterman. The artist took the opportunity to reveal plans for his high-fidelity Pono music service. The aim is to tackle the poor quality in which he believes most people receive their music these days -- the humble MP3. Young's offering would comprise a three-pronged approach, including a music store with high-resolution recordings, a digital-to-analog style conversion technology, and portable hardware to listen to it all with. The simple intention is to offer music as it was originally intended to be heard, but at this time there's no detail as to what this actually entails (sorry specification fans).

According to Rolling Stone, the big three labels are interested, and the goal is to unify, rather than diversify, the quality of recorded content. The Pono players (that yellow wedge you see above) will serve up your existing catalog, but you'll likely need to re-buy some of your collection if you want the holistic experience. With no cards fully on the table, we're at the ransom of Young's celebrity endorsements, which all claim that the benefits are tangible. Young, of course, says "You can't get better than this, this is what they do in the studio," but until we get some details, or ears on, everybody knows this is nowhere.

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