The folks over at ALK Technologies have announced a Labor Day weekend sale, which means you can get a nice deal on their CoPilot line of navigation apps. There are apps available for Android as well as the iPhone and iPad. Me personally, I use CoPilot Live HD North America on my iPad and love more »

Just about every parent goes through the agony of bringing a child to the ER for something that isn’t life threatening. Many hospitals around the country are thankfully showing their ER wait times so these parents can know about how long this trip is going to last. One hospital is going a bit further, making more »

Are you in the market for a new navigation application for your iOS or Android device? Allow me to turn your attention to a possible option from ALK Technologies as it announces new versions of CoPilot Live Standard USA and CoPilot Live Premium USA.

Remember when Twitter updated its mobile page so that it could behave more like a smartphone application? Well Google has done something similar for Google Maps. Instead of mimicking the Google Maps application for Android, Google has brought the Google Maps desktop experience to Android and iOS web browsers.

If you take a quick stroll over to Google Maps in the Android Market, you’ll see that the application has been updated to version 5.4.0. This update doesn’t add anything massive to the already robust catalog of features Google Maps offers, but it does further capitalize on phone and web synchronization.

TeleNav announced their latest app for Verizon Android phones, Navigation by TeleNav. The application is free and delivers the finer GPS navigation feartures like voice navigation, 3D imagery, route options and a 22 million points of interest database. A paid version is also for sale on the Android market, on special until the end of more »

If you can’t trust GPS navigation to a freebie app, TeleNav is making a compelling offer in their new Android update. The new version, 6.2 is headed to AT&T Android devices and will roll out to other networks soon. I use TeleNav frequently in my travels and can tell you this is significant upgrade. Major more »

Ford announced that its popular SYNC is now installed in 3 million cars, bringing voice control along with phone and music player integration to Ford and Lincoln vehicles. Ford is very excited about the positive feedback from SYNC and will show it off at CES again this year. The company released survey results pitching SYNC more »

ALK Technologies have offered an update for the CoPilot Live HD North America app on the iPad. This latest update brings the app up to version 8.2.0.371 and arrives as a free update for those who had previously made the purchase. Otherwise, the app is $29.99 (and speaking from experience, this is well worth the more »

The latest update to this handy GPS software, 1.7i, adds new features that have completely changed how I use this navigation software. From speech recognition (on-phone this time) to better graphics to lane assist, TeleNav (the folks behind the software) have outdone themselves. The iPhone app is much handier and safer to use. Upon launching more »