Location Based Services

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• Walk & Ride is Finalist at Navteq LBS Challenge 2010

  
  United Maps — Authority: 408
  United Maps upcoming " Walk & Ride " app for the iPod touch and the iPhone was just nominated finalist for the 2010 Navteq Global LBS Challenge in Barcelona, Feb 13-15. Thatll be fun as we will demonstrated a mature release of Walk & Ride with everything urbanauts need to navigate the public transport ...
  4 hours ago

• November 2009: State of The Location Apps

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 776
  I have long been fascinated by the location-based applications, especially on the new mobile platforms, for they represent a different (and a new) way of consuming and interaction with information. So perhaps that is why I found this new report jointly produced by location-based services company Skyhook Wireless ...
  12 hours ago

• Citysearch Launches Android App

  
  Mobile Marketing Magazine — Authority: 145
  Citysearch has launched its Mobile by Citysearch application for the Google Android platform. Android device users can browse, search and share local information for over 15 million local business listings, and post reviews to Citysearch directly from their handset. Mobile by Citysearch for Android joins the family ...
  16 hours ago

• It’s Really Not That Hard to Grow Location-based Apps

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 776
  Location-based social networking services like Foursquare and Gowalla may eat up a lot of techie mindshare, but they still have very few users — roughly 150,000 and 50,000 , respectively. However, by virtue of product design and social norms, users are discouraged from cheating when it comes to the services’ ...
  1 day ago

• The New Google: Internet Giant Opens Up About Real-Time and Local Search, Cloud Computing, and Data Liberation

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 658
  Technology , Internet , Software Gregory T. Huang wrote: When it comes to product and business strategy, Google is one of the most secretive companies around. So I was pleased when the Internet giant agreed to grant me a series of interviews last week, most of them with senior product managers from its ...
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• Running a startup in London? Check out White Bear Yard

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 158
  At the Le Web conference in Paris last week, there was a debate about whether a bright moment for tech startups in London had passed. The Bebo and Last.fm acquisitions happened almost two years ago, and several of the startups from the “Silicon Roundabout,” an area around Old Street in the East, have moved on. ...
  4 days ago

• Google to acquire Yelp- when will the local business review segment get tapped in India?

  
  Trakin' the india business buzz — Authority: 564
  There is some news about Google being in advanced stages of acquisition talks with Yelp . Many of the Indian users may not be familiar with Yelp or its equivalent CitySearch as such services are not available in India, but mostly confined to US, UK, Canada etc. Yelp is a local business review site, that allows ...
  4 days ago

• Last-minute electronics gifts under $100

  
  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog — Authority: 562
  Rounding out our last-minute gift guide , here are a few more ideas from our editors for gadgets $100 and under. Got any to add? Please share ‘em below. Digital camera The Kodak EasyShare C160 is an inexpensive subcompact that takes decent shots with surprisingly good performance. It may not have an optical or ...
  5 days ago

• Waze update features Holiday-Themed ‘Road Goodies’, Waze ‘Treasure Hunt Contest’, Foursquare Integration and Multiple Language Deployment

  
  WMPoweruser.com — Authority: 150
  Waze, the first free provider of driver-generated maps and real-time road information, today announced a new holiday version of its free navigation app to include holiday-themed ‘road goodies’, a treasure hunt contest, integration with foursquare, as well as multi-language support. Waze recently added ‘road ...
  5 days ago

• Driving Directions: Google, Sygic-MapMyIndia, SatNav-Nokia

  
  MediaNama: Digital Media in India — Authority: 509
  Google Adds Landmarks To Driving DirectionsIt launched driving directions to Google Maps in April and has now added landmark related information which it crowd-sourced using MapMaker which allows users to edit maps and add points of interest, features, etc to maps. It nowcombines this sourced landmark data, counted ...
  5 days ago

• Flynn, RoadPilot: “we aren’t in the business of selling community data”

  
  GPS BUSINESS NEWS — Authority: 429
  With the surge of speedcams everywhere in the world drivers are increasingly interested in paying for accurate databases displaying these "points of interest" on their navigation device, phone or any other dedicated product. At the heart of the “speedcam business” is a British company called RoadPilot which ...
  5 days ago

• Rummble Buys Total Hotspots

  
  Mobile Marketing Magazine — Authority: 145
  Rummble, the real-time social discovery service, has acquired the UK-based wi-fi community, Total Hotspots. Total Hotspots Managing Director Alex Housley will join Rummbles founding team as VP Business, to help drive service development and key partnerships. Total Hotspots was created by Housley in 2004, while ...
  5 days ago

• Download Free Bing Application For iPhone: Voice Search Capabilities

  
  areacellphone.com — Authority: 140
  Microsoft has launched a new Bing application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Bing application features location-based services and voice navigation for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. Mobile Bing has already found their way onto Windows mobiles and BlackBerry devices and plans to get a chunk of the market share long ...
  6 days ago

• iPhone Goes Bing

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 658
  Mobile , Internet , Search Gregory T. Huang wrote: Microsoft announced yesterday that Bing search is now available as a free app on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It includes features like voice search, news, maps, and other location-based services. Bing is already available on BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, ...
  6 days ago

• New Whitepaper: The Untapped Mobile Data Opportunity

  
  Always On Real-Time Access — Authority: 456
  http://www.chetansharma.com/untappedmobiledataopportunity.htm The Untapped Mobile Data Opportunity Sponsored by INQMobile The last two years in the global mobile market have been truly sensational. Over 1 billion new subscriptions added, over 2 billion new devices sold, and over $300 billion in mobile data ...
  6 days ago

• real time snow reports via twitter

  
  cybersoc.com — Authority: 116
  I came across this really clever use of twitter this morning as London got its first snow flurries of the season. #uksnow Map 2.0 monitors twitter for mentions of snowfall, then plots the snow on a google map. To make best use of it, you need to use a special tweeting convention - insert #uksnow followed by a ...
  6 days ago

• ULocate’s Where Is That Rare Beast: A Location-Based Mobile Platform Earning Real Money

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 658
  IT , Mobile , startups Wade Roush wrote: As the news cycle slows down with the approach of the holidays, I’ve had a bit of time to attend to my towering backlog of unpublished interviews, including the one below, from a visit to Boston-based uLocate. CEO Walt Doyle and vice president of marketing Dan ...
  6 days ago

• Location: the Proper Identity of Mobile Gaming?

  
  GPS BUSINESS NEWS — Authority: 429
  GPS Business News recently had a conversation about location-based gaming with Maarten Noyons, founder of the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) and Pia Vuohelainen, partner manager at NAVTEQ. Last year IMGA introduced the "Best Real World Game" award, a prize for location-based games. This ...
  6 days ago

• Bing hits iPhone, Stockholm syndrome for iPhone fans, Microsoft caught napping

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 460
  Microsoft has officially launched its Bing for iPhone app that lets users search using their voice and with location-based services. The app is free and available now on the app store. A report has surfaced that claims some hard-core iPhone fans are linked to Stockholm syndrome. Danish consultants Strand ...
  6 days ago

• Local Reviews: Stop Counting Stars and Just Try the Tacos

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 776
  Though the promise of earning mayorship and badges doesn’t inspire me to block doorways so I can pull out my phone and check in on Foursquare (ahem, Om), I do use the service quite a bit. For me the most valuable thing it offers are the tips left by its relatively small group of San Francisco users, many of whom I ...
  1 week ago

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