Andrew Gluck is a veteran financial reporter and the founder and CEO of Advisor Products Inc., a marketing company serving 1,800 financial advisory firms.| Google Uses Android Phones To Make Automobile Traffic Reports Worldwide |
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| Wednesday, August 08, 2012 02:33 |
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Google announced today that its mobile maps will provide live traffic data on 130 new U.S. cities, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as well as in the capitals of Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. This Website Is For Financial Professionals Only
Technology Review reports: "The mapping function on an Android-powered device sends Google anonymous data on your position and current speed that it uses to figure out traffic flows—if you're traveling along a freeway at 60 miles per hour, but suddenly slow to a crawl, Google knows that traffic most likely just snarled up."
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