In Canada, folks living in Toronto can also enjoy the updated 3D Maps. Birmingham and Manchester in the U.K. as well in Lyon, France are among the major cities in the Europe covered. Previous beta versions of iOS 6 have already listed other cities including Los Angeles, San Diego, Memphis, Denver, Copenhagen, Montreal, San Francisco and the Bay Area, Las Vegas, Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, and Sacramento. It seems that Apple’s decision to acquire C3 Technologies last year is starting to pay off.

Reference: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/08/apple-brings-ios-6-3d-maps-to-new-cities/

If you want to create a GCM you can do it by following the given steps.

1. Open the Google APIs Console page.

2. If you haven’t created an API project yet, this page will prompt you to do so.

3. Click Create project. Your browser URL will change to something like:

https://code.google.com/apis/console/#project:4815162342

4. Take note of the value after #project: (4815162342 in this example). This is your project ID, and it will be used later on as the GCM sender ID.

If you are interested more please go to the following link.

Reference: http://developer.android.com/guide/google/gcm/index.html

If you are looking for any nearby public services, deals, business places etc, location can be vital in helping you to find the right information. AXLO provides a better service by allowing the mobile users to select a category according to their requirements and then it gets the user’s current location and provides the result.

A special functionality called “Direct Me” suggests an appropriate path which directs to the relevant destination and this includes information about the distance and duration as well. The users have the opportunity to change the radius of the search. This special feature of AXLO has benefited users by giving the chance to explore further.

This is not only targeted the mobile phone users. As shop owners and company owners you can use this to show your location and details.The ‘4Axis Solutions’ has given a great opportunity for businesses to integrate with AXLO to improve their marketing strategies. Through this application businesses can display their products and services to the customers through their own mobile portals. Businesses can gain lot of potential marketing opportunities through AXLO. Registered businesses are provided with a web interface to update their information such as a description of the business, about products, contact information etc.

‘4Axis Solutions’ invites all Mobile users to enjoy this great experience with AXLO.

Android

It powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around the world. It’s the largest installed base of any mobile platform and growing fast—every day another million users power up their Android devices for the first time and start looking for apps, games, and other digital content.

Android gives a world-class platform for creating apps and games for Android users everywhere and also it provides an open marketplace for distributing the apps created.

Android also gives you tools for creating apps that look great and take advantage of the hardware capabilities available on each device. It automatically adapts your UI to look it’s best on each device, while giving you as much control as you want over your UI on different device types.

For example, you can create a single app binary that’s optimized for both phone and tablet form factors. You declare your UI in lightweight sets of XML resources, one set for parts of the UI that are common to all form factors and other sets for optimzations specific to phones or tablets. At runtime, Android applies the correct resource sets based on its screen size, density, locale, and so on.

To help you develop efficiently, the Android Developer Tools offer a full Java IDE with advanced features for developing, debugging, and packaging Android apps. Using the IDE, you can develop on any available Android device or create virtual devices that emulate any hardware configuration.

iOS

iOS (previously iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple Inc. Originally released in 2007 for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it has been extended to support other Apple devices such as the iPad and Apple TV.

The user interface of iOS is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. The response to user input is immediate and provides a fluid interface. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOS operating system and its multi-touch interface. Internal accelerometers are used by some applications to respond to shaking the device (one common result is the undo command) or rotating it in three dimensions (one common result is switching from portrait to landscape mode).

Try them by your-self.

Reference :

http://developer.android.com/about/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS