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Google is applying the incorporation one step extra with the latest My Places tab in Google Maps, which restores the previous My Maps.

With the arrival of the Nexus S and Android 2.3 comes another big release from Google, Google Maps 5.0 for Android.

Friends and spouses beware. Google Maps 5.1 has arrived for Android and along with it, check-ins for Latitude.

In spite of their concentrated rivalry in the smartphone market, Google freshly signed its mobile search and mapping contract with Apple.

Well, you might as well bring on Skynet. Google now has a way to pinpoint your location down to the chair you are sitting in.

"This year's April Fools 2012 Round-up contains some of the strangest notions yet, and as everyone knows at this time of year - some the the most promising concepts for our odd, odd future! Starting with of course Google's collection of such jokes - they've been on point with some of the most in-depth April 1st tricks for several years now, and we wouldn't want to deprive you of a single one of them. They start with an 8-Bit Google Maps - what else, of course! There's also Virgin Volcanic, Apple's patent of the rectangle, and Toshiba's announcement of several "Shapes" tablets which you can see in a lovely TV commercial below."

You only need 3 things to build a gps tracker: gps module A1035D, mobile phone Motorola C168i, microcontroller ATTINY84-20PU... and just a bit of patience.