http://mblapps.com/googles-latitude-will-probably-win-just-by-using-the-google-brand-power/ A blog about mobile application trends. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://mblapps.com/googles-latitude-will-probably-win-just-by-using-the-google-brand-power/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Crowdsourcing Google Maps | mblapps Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:45:44 +0000 http://mblapps.com/?p=180#comment-20 [...] In fact, major navigation companies like TomTom have already launched crowdsourcing projects. But there’s a major problem. They simply can’t compete with the potential crowds Google can draw from. If there’s a future for crowdsourcing maps, navigation companies could eventually face the same hurdle as location-aware social networks: Google’s massive brand power. [...] [...] In fact, major navigation companies like TomTom have already launched crowdsourcing projects. But there’s a major problem. They simply can’t compete with the potential crowds Google can draw from. If there’s a future for crowdsourcing maps, navigation companies could eventually face the same hurdle as location-aware social networks: Google’s massive brand power. [...]

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