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• $10 Million Up For Grabs for Location-based Mash-Ups

  
  Opus Research — Authority: 423
  As reported in this press release digital mapping giant NavteQ has attracted $10 million in sponsorships as prize money for developers that are into building location-based applications. The roster of sponsors now includes (alphabetically) Alcatel-Lucent, AtlasCT, DigitalGlobe, Imagination Technologies, Intel, ...
  2 hours ago

• Google Maps Navigation Comes to Older Android Phones

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 784
  Google today launched its popular Google Maps Navigation (beta) for older devices that use Android OS version 1.6 or higher. It debuted as a free feature on Android 2.0 (Droid) handsets a few weeks ago and was received with much enthusiasm . Now devices such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1 will be able to use ...
  4 hours ago

• Standout GPS deals for Black Friday

  
  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog — Authority: 578
  The folks at the Consumer Reports Cars Blog have compiled a list of Black Friday GPS deals theyve found from various retailers.  Check it out: " Countdown to Black Friday: Best GPS deals " Also see our GPS buying tips and Ratings (available to subscribers).
  6 hours ago

• Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops 3G connectivity to be power by Qualcomm Gobi2000

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 439
  Qualcomm and Lenovo today announced that Lenovo will incorporate Qualcomm’s new Gobi2000 technology into upcoming ThinkPad laptops in the X, T and W Series beginning in 2010 to enable global 3G connectivity. The Gobi-equipped laptops will provide business users with extensive wireless broadband access both ...
  11 hours ago

• On Integration Of Maps With Social Networks, Events, News & More

  
  MediaNama: Digital Media in India — Authority: 542
  While writing about the launch of BIGMaps Facebook application, I began thinking about how the integration between maps and other content can be improved: I use maps extensively, particularly when travelling when I’m in a city that I’m not familiar with.Maps are becoming more and more social, so far, the ...
  15 hours ago

• BIGMaps Launches Mobile, Facebook App; Ideas For Maps & Facebook

  
  MediaNama: Digital Media in India — Authority: 542
  Reliance ADA Group company BIGMaps, which is yet to open doors to its online interface, has launched a facebook app and opened access to its mobile interface beyond RCOM. (via anonymous tip-off )BIGMaps is the ADA Groups most important digital initiatives yet: it’s a backbone play that will provide significant ...
  15 hours ago

• Seesmic jumps on Twitter’s new location feature with map previews

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  Seesmic, the Twitter client that was the first to incorporate lists, has now jumped on the social network’s new location-tagged tweets. You can roll over tweets that have a special marker to show a map of where they are, without ever leaving the client.Twitter finally rolled out its location application programming ...
  3 days ago

• Microsoft Will Buy Twitter, Adobe to Buy Picnik, and Other Bold Predictions for 2010

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  people , Technology , events Gregory T. Huang wrote: It wasn’t so much the predictions as the discussion that was most interesting at last night’s annual predictions dinner , organized by the Washington Technology Industry Association. Will Twitter be acquired in 2010, and why? Who will have the ...
  4 days ago

• Get Accurate Position With Maps Booster

  
  Symbian-Guru.com — Authority: 548
  For users of the Nokia N97 flagship handset, some might be painfully aware of the bad GPS reception on this particular handset along with other issues such as the camera slider . Having bad GPS reception simply defies the usage of OVI Maps (which I use quite often) or social GPS applications such as Waze . I’m ...
  4 days ago

• The Top 10 Mobile Applications of 2012

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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  5 days ago

• Oldenhof, AND: “Google will bring LBS/Navigation to the masses”

  
  GPS BUSINESS NEWS — Authority: 591
  GPS Business News interviewed with Maarten Oldenhof, CEO at the European map maker AND (Automotive Navigation Data). As a challenger against the 800 pounds gorilla named NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas, AND has always been very vocal about the need to simplify map data licensing. In this interview he is ...
  5 days ago

• Google, the not-so-gentle giant, steps into mobile apps

  
  Inorganic Growth — Authority: 121
  Contact: Brenon Daly , Chris Hazelton In order to grow and foster broad support, technology platforms need to be open and inclusive. Of course, that’s a sentiment that runs counter to M&A, which by definition is selective and exclusionary. (See our earlier report on how selecting a company to buy often ...
  6 days ago

• FourSquare Opens API, Invites Developers to Play

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 784
  FourSquare, the hot location-based services startup, is hoping to increase its momentum by opening its API to the public. Developers can use the API to visualize data generated by its community or create new ways to check into its service, the company said in a post today on its site. The company had already shared ...
  1 week ago

• FourSquare Opens API, Invites Developers to Play

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 145
  FourSquare, the hot location-based services startup, is hoping to increase its momentum by opening its API to the public. Developers can use the API to visualize data generated by its community or create new ways to check into its service, the company said in a post today on its site. The company had already shared ...
  1 week ago

• What Wireless Carriers Want from Startups, and Other Insights from VC Tom Huseby at Mobile Northwest

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  wireless , Mobile , Venture Capital Gregory T. Huang wrote: Tom Huseby says he’s finally able to go home and not worry about seeing his family’s savings stuffed under his mattress. “The panic is over,” he says. “All of a sudden, things are getting a lot better. It doesn’t feel much better ...
  1 week ago

• Trimble Outdoors: “Making more Money with Operators than App Stores”

  
  GPS BUSINESS NEWS — Authority: 591
  GPS Business News interviewed with Rich Rudow, general manager of Trimble Outdoors, the consumer division of the well known B2B GPS company. Rich Rudow will speak at the Navigation & Location conference in San Jose, California on December 1-2 and he was keen to give us a preview of his speec...
  1 week ago

• ZoomAtlas—Helping You Reconnect With Friends from The Old Neighborhood

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  IT , social media , mapping Wade Roush wrote: Say you’d like to look up an old friend from high school. You have no idea what happened to him after college, and you can’t find him on Facebook. But you do remember the address of his house down the street from your childhood home. What if there was a ...
  1 week ago

• Groupon Gives Your Community Buying Power

  
  AppScout — Authority: 655
  Many businesses and retailers offer discounts if youre buying in bulk or buying for a large number of people. The trouble is: how do you get those discounts when youre just shopping for yourself or maybe a couple of other people? Groupon can help; its a new Web service that provides you and your community collective ...
  1 week ago

• Skyhook Boosts Nokia Maps

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Mobile , location , maps Wade Roush wrote: Boston-based Skyhook Wireless is expected to announce next week that it’s releasing an application for Nokia smartphones that will give owners a far faster and more accurate fix on their locations. Skyhook’s $2.99 Maps Booster works on any Symbian S60 ...
  1 week ago

• New Facebook Application Uses Facial Recognition; Location Next?

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 472
  Let’s face it. Everyone who is on Facebook has surely untagged photos of themselves on the social networking site. Many of us are “friends” with bosses, co-workers, clients and business partners; and that photo of you doing tequila shots in Cancun may not go over well with your professional network. Well, how ...
  1 week ago

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