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As the latest phase in its bid for world domination, Google has announced a partnership with fueling system supplier Gilbarto Veeder-Root to equip some 3,500 Internet-enabled gas pumps (who even knew there were Internet-enabled gas pumps?) with the new Applause Media System, featuring Google Maps. Set to debut next month, the advertisement-free setup will, among other things, allow lost motorists to find themselves again, hungry motorists to feed themselves (and save money doing it with printable coupons), and bored motorists to scroll around a local map in their search for a Motel 6 or the world's largest ball of twine.
Source: The Associated Press,
via Engadget.
