The night Google Maps saved our bacon
We launched a rescue mission: my housemate driving, me navigating with the Google Maps app on my phone, and our stranded friend phoning us whenever she saw anything on the news that might affect our route.
"Don't go anywhere near Clapham Junction," she said. And that's when I started to suspect that Google Maps was routing us around trouble spots.
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 Matt applies his content auditing and strategy skills widely in the education sector. Projects include reviewing and developing a new web content strategy for UCAS's digital presence; social media campaigning for e-skills UK and the Open University's Vital programme; and creative direct marketing for AQA. He trained as a journalist and creative writer at the University of London, and is an Ordinary Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. |
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