You might have guessed by now that one of the greatest things for us out there is crowdsourcing. With that in mind, we wanted to take a second to survey some of the great happenings from around the crowdsourcing landscape, and to highlight why exactly we think crowdsourcing is so cool. Kickstarter Each day, tons […]
Travel Gimmicks: The Original Travel Perks
We could literally go on and on about all of the upsides of traveling. But instead we want to get right down to the often forgotten gimmicks that come with heading out and taking in a new place, or several places, for that matter. Now we are not only talking about the mint on the […]
How Tech is Helping Us (and Itself) Go Green
The world is a pretty cool place, and one never knows what they might find: a cool record store, a new favorite trail, a great café. And with all of these cool things to do and see, it is not only tech’s responsibility to help you find them and make them more accessible and fun […]
Mapping Innovation That Goes Out of the Norm
We’ve said it many times, but we’ll say it again, we love maps. Furthermore, we love maps in all different shapes, sizes and platforms. But one of our favorite things other than just maps themselves is mapping innovation. Now of course we love innovations that particularly pertain to maps (routing, resolution times, map detail), but […]
skobbler’s Favorites Aspects of the iPhone 5S and 5C
They are here at last (or for many they soon will be given the back orders), and no matter how hard you try to deny it, the new iPhones do have some pretty cool new features. Here are a couple of aspects that have stolen our mobile tech hearts already. Fingerprint Scanner You knew this […]
skobbler Launches Facebook Rewards!
It’s true: because we have so many awesome fans we are pleased to announce the launch of our Facebook Rewards! Our fans give us more than just smiles on our faces, as many (if not all) help build and improve our near and dear friend, OpenStreetMap. Furthermore, our friends, fans and users are some of […]
Wearable Tech and Mapping
From Google Glass to the Samsung Galaxy Gear, wearable tech is becoming all the rage. And while others are wondering how it will help simplify their lives through spiffy smartphone synchronization, or thinking about how they will incorporate it into daily tasks such as riding the subway (that means you Sergey Brin), we have only […]
Become a skobbler BETA tester for our new iOS GPS Nav 2 update
UPDATE: We have found enough testers for our GPS Navigation 2 Beta Version. Please do not sign up anymore. Many thanks for the lively interest, we appreciate your help a lot. ——————————————————— We’re currently giving our new update for GPS Nav 2 on iOS the final touch. We can already tell you this much: It’s […]
Support news: Offline maps – how to select and use them
Actually, it’s quite simple. But sometimes the simplest of things can pose tough questions, which is why our support team often encounters inquiries on how to actually use the downloaded offline maps. It’s true – just by downloading and installing the offline map, you’re not automatically offline. To avoid the worst case scenario (traveling abroad […]
skobbler’s Favorite Things About Travel in the Digital Age
While nearly every aspect of human life from security to entertainment has benefited in some way from the digital age, arguably no aspect has been as greatly influenced as the world of travel. Now sure, there was something romantic and exciting about not knowing what your travels had in store for you prior to the […]