Neowin News Feed for: Directions

Google Bard now requests your actual location for better answers

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:00:01 +0000

Google Bard now asks users for their precise location. This enables the chatbot to provide better information about local businesses, provide local weather reports, give you directions, and more. Read more...

DuckDuckGo now offers private driving and walking directions

Paul Hill — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 04:40:02 +0000

DuckDuckGo has announced that it has added driving and walking directions to its maps tool. The search provider didn't say whether public transport directions would be added in the future. Read more...

Woman suing Google over walking directions after she was hit by a car

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:04:33 +0000

A woman is suing Google for providing unsafe walking directions while she was in Utah. Lauren Rosenberg of Northridge, California, filed the lawsuit against Google on Thursday asking for over $100,000 in the U.S. District... Read more...

XdN Directions 0.0.2.3

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:12:28 +0000

XdN Directions sits in your system tray and gives you quick and easy access to look up maps and directions on Google Maps.If you find yourself using Google Maps or looking up addresses for personal... Read more...

Yahoo maps to include directions in Europe

Wed, 16 May 2007 21:53:40 +0000

Yahoo Incorporated's free online mapping service will begin giving driving directions in 34 European countries as part of an upgrade aimed at luring traffic away from rivals AOL and Google. In April, AOL's industry-leading Mapquest... Read more...

Intel's server chip directions undergo sea-change

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 08 May 2003 10:56:19 +0000

IT'S ALL CHANGE on the Intel server gravy train during this year and next, as the chip firm re-aligns its microprocessors to fit the changing market. As we've written previously, the "Nocona" processor is a... Read more...

Microsoft Gives Directions With MapPoint .Net 3.0

Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:02:07 +0000

Upgrade adds features and boosts amount of available location data for developers. Businesses often lose their way when putting location information in their applications. They veer off course when plotting routes for... Read more...