http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/google.software.replicates.features.from.iphoto/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/picasasml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google on Tuesday announced that it has released an update to its photo software, Picasa. Version 3.5 adds several new features, including facial recognition technology that is designed to automatically organize content based on the subjects in the pictures. The system works in a similar way to Apple's application, iPhoto, which added facial recognition early in the year.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/google.software.replicates.features.from.iphoto/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/06/iphone.nav.patent/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/goo_071011_gmsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is laying claim to the navigation interface provided by the iPhone, a new patent application reveals. Published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the filing is simply titled Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Maps, Directions, and Location-Based Information. Apple begins its claim by noting that as the number of functions presented... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/06/iphone.nav.patent/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/25/iphone.22.beta.report/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is testing new iPhone software features that bring Street Views, public transit options, and location sharing features, according to a new report on a beta version of the software. According to iPhoneYap, a site dedicated to the iPhone, a beta of the next iPhone Software was released to developers on Friday. Screenshots of the release, version 2.2 beta 2, show that the Maps application now o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/25/iphone.22.beta.report/ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/13/maperture.geotagging/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/app_080215_aperture2sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ubermind on Tuesday unveiled Maperture, a new geotagging plug-in for Apple's Aperture photo editing and organization application, allowing users to add GPS data to pictures for placement on a virtual map. Maperture offers connectivity with Google Maps, and can either be used to add information to one image at a time, or an entire photo library. Ubermind is offering Maperture for no charge, and req... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/13/maperture.geotagging/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/03/google.maps.by.voice/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/blackberrymaps.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google on Wednesday revealed that users of selected BlackBerry Pearl phones can find businesses via Google Maps by speaking into them. The new feature is made possible thanks to the same speech recognition software Google uses in its phone-accessible GOOG-411 directory assistance service. The BlackBerry voice search is still in experimental stages, but Google promises it will fine-tune its softwa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/03/google.maps.by.voice/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/14/researchers.fool.wps/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/iphone-top3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The iPhone's WiFi positioning system can be fooled into providing false results, a report claims from researchers at ETH Zurich. According to TG Daily, researchers were able to circumvent the Skyhook-owned service in a "fairly simple manner". The technology traditionally relies on detected MAC addresses that relay information to the central server, and by spoofing a real access point, users can ge... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/14/researchers.fool.wps/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:10:00 GMT