Google offers live traffic maps for mobiles — a killer app?

Google Inc said on Tuesday that the company has begun offering mobile phone users in more than 30 major US cities the capacity to view highway maps with ‘live’ traffic data,” reports Reuters.”Highway traffic information is sent to the phone, with road conditions highlighted in three colors: — red for congested, yellow or orange for slowdowns, and green for smooth sailing.”

As the story notes: “Rival Yahoo Inc offers live traffic conditions on its computer-based map service, but it does not yet provide a mobile phone version for Yahoo maps.”

source: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/