No, "GPump" is not some new innovative sweat inducing way to lose weight at the gym. Google is unveiling plans to add screens to gas pumps helping motorists get map based information and directions. With the ability to print.
Not clear whether it will be ad-based, but it probably will be based on Android which is Google´s newly released software for smart phones.
Do notice the big fat "Restaurants" button in the screen shot. Yum. I can clearly see a case for adding in restaurant availability search in that screen. Even if I can't or won't bother to book, if I am feeling hungry because I have been driving forever and I at the gas station can check up nearby restaurants and see if they have a waitlist of two hours before I decide to drive there... Brill.
URL: Associated Press - Google maps head to U.S. gas pumps
URL: Crunchgear about Googlified gas pumps
URL: Techmeme buzz on the subject
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