Have to admit, I’ve been enamored with the cool GPS products coming from Garmin, Tom-Tom, and the like.

The iPhone held the promise of something similar, but in true Apple fashion, the Mac guys blocked all Google attempts.

So, when Google finally said, “The heck with them all,” and released a (free) turn-by-turn navigation system, I was intrigued.

I have to say , the free Google Navigation System is pretty awesome… The speech-driven, turn-by-turn interpretation is amazing, and the data is “live” (constantly updated via the cloud). (more…)

A new report from Forrester research demonstrates that switching-away from your current email & calendar system, and moving to Google Apps for your Domain can save you a significant chunk of change. In fact, they indicate that you can slash two-thirds of the cost of running email simply by making the switch (but read-on, we can save you a whole lot more)…

If you’re not familiar with Google Apps, it’s the enterprise version of Google’s popular email, calendar, and shared document tools (on steroids).

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