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Google Maps’ AR navigation feature could solve the app’s biggest little problem

Feb11
by on February 11, 2019 at 7:41 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, augmented reality, Google


The Wall Street Journal’s David Pierce reported over the weekend that Google is set to roll out an augmented reality-based navigation feature to its Maps mobile apps to a small group in the coming days – and I’m looking forward to it fixing one of my main gripes with the service. It was first demoed at the company’s IO developer conference last May, and looked like a compelling use case for AR tech. Essentially, if you plan to walk anywhere, Maps can use your phone’s camera to get a better understanding of exactly where you are. It can then display…

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Where automotive cybersecurity is headed in 2019

Feb10
by on February 10, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


There are more connected cars than ever — manufacturers are making more of them than ever, more people are driving them than ever, and that means hackers and bad actors have a bigger target than ever. As connected “devices” — albeit the biggest and most complicated of connected devices — vehicles are as vulnerable as any other internet-connected computer, smartphone, or anything else. Actually, they might be even more vulnerable; there have been numerous incidents in which hackers took direct control of IoT devices — and a vehicle‘s CAN bus is eminently hackable, according to experts. In addition, connected vehicles…

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