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Google Street View is a remarkable application for sure, but occasionally, when exploring some of the world’s great cities, you can almost taste the fumes from all the traffic clogging up the streets. Sometimes it would be nice to take a left turn into a park for a bit of peace and quiet, and to explore some of the city’s greener offerings. Well, now you can. In a post on its official blog on Tuesday, Google announced a big increase in the… Read More

A new survey from Parks Associates finds that when consumers want to hook up a PC or notebook computer to a stereo, television, or home theater, they're much more likely to opt for a cheap set of cables than fork over money for a digital media extender. “Simple and cheap will beat expensive and complicated among shoppers looking for a way to connect entertainment devices,” said Parks Associates's director of… Read More

Historically, electronic games of any kind have been seen as more of a “guy thing,” right alongside muscle cars, power tools, and other techno doodads. Well, a new study from Parks Associates flies in the face of that conventional wisdom in at least one arena, finding some 59 percent of U.S. consumers who play games on their mobile phones are women. Women also comprise 61 percent of users playing mobile games one to four… Read More