It's pretty common around San Francisco to see people driving with one hand on the wheel and the other holding up a map downloaded from the Net. And a lot of folks have those Global Positioning System devices in their cars. But there are alternatives, albeit fledgling, for the geographically impaired. Call the site and get driving directions. One service, BeVocal, Wednesday is introducing an extended service called Business Finder.
People say where they are, and, as the name implies, the service finds a business nearby.
Little did they know that the Internet followed them there. Declan McCullagh, a Wired writer and inveterate Net head, notes that not everyone appreciated the fact that Net access was available via satellite for the first time. McCullagh says one tech exec noted that he got away with not communicating with his office because there was no way to do so. But with Net access, that all might end. Seems a lot like bringing a pint of Jack Daniel's to the annual Alcoholics Anonymous convention.