And Google is happy to give its navigation app away for free because it leverages many existing technologies it has already built for the Web, and it encourages more people to use Web-capable phones and do local searches on them.
Google began giving away navigation software that turns any smartphone running its Android 1.6 (or later) operating system into a GPS unit.
There's a new navigation scheme, moving away from the structure of the magazine and reflecting our growing volume of writing for the Web site, our rich audio and video offerings, and the depth of our archive.
The screen of the Alpine navigation system slides away into the dash when not in use, and is linked to a camera in the rear bumper that activates when the OnShore is in reverse.
To think that as I — a 747 pilot — sat there in the warm, cozy cockpit with three inertial navigation units ticking away the miles and alerting me to the slightest deviation from the desired track, these little guys were slogging along below in the weather using their own God-given navigation systems.
When you're on a page, the address bar and bottom navigation bar fade away, giving you a full-screen experience.
All of these items are located in the left-hand navigation sidebar, tucked away under the hamburger-style menu at the top left.
Sure, people are used to finding those options there, and maybe Google just wants to ease them into using the new side navigation before pulling away the familiar ones up top.
Other improvements, which Google says were based on user feedback, include a simplified homepage navigation that does away with the sidebars and added pages that make it easier to browse and manage your own games and channels.
