GPS Tech Review

Sean Kovacs, whose GV Mobile was rejected by Apple, said he was creating versions for iPhone competitors.

Apple is a company notoriously mindful of its high margins, so why doesn’t it care about making a lot of money with the App Store? Dan Frommer of Silicon Alley Insider  has this exactly right: it’s because the App Store is one of the, if not the, key driver of two products that are very [...]

Marc Andreesen said something to the effect that every technological revolution always ends up being underestimated. Nobody expected in 1980 that thirty years later there would be a billion personal computers. And no one expected that 15 years after the invention of the browser there would be more than a billion internet users. Today, analysts [...]

Reaching a magnitude of 6 million people afflicted with the disease, Alzheimer’s poses serious lifestyle constrictions for seniors. Providing the means for caregivers to know their whereabouts returns their freedom and everyone’s piece of mind. Listen to Frank O’Connell, former CEO of Reebok, Mattel, HBO and Indian Motorcycle speak to the innovative applications of personal [...]

Published: 17 Jul 2009 02:02:01 PST China Unicom and Apple have finalized details of an agreement, which will introduce the latter’s most popular gadget, the iPhone 3G into the China market, likely in September, according to the China Business Network (CBN). An iPhone 3G cellphone is undergoing testing in the China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL), [...]

Personal Location Services represents one of the fastest-growing channels in mobile marketing – and a compelling way to connect a brand to an audience geographically proximate to the brick and mortar opportunity to make a purchase. According to the joint Mobile Advertising Report (MAR) released by Limbo and GfK Technology, text message usage is about [...]

Skyhook monitors every single location-enabled application as they are released in the iPhone App Store and Android Challenge. The data Skyhook has gathered on location apps shows an emerging and thriving marketplace of revenue-generating location-aware applications. Every day location-aware applications are added to the iPhone App Store. There are now over 2,800 location apps. Of [...]

July 09, 2009, 11:58 am By Leila Noelliste for The Daily Journal lnoelliste@daily-journal.com Four people charged with violating orders of protection in Kankakee and Iroquois counties are now under satellite surveillance. The use of Global Positioning Satellite surveillance began on May 18 by a judge’s order. GPS tracking became legal on Jan. 1 under the [...]

Richard Wilson— Wednesday 8 July 2009 Ericsson has signed long term supply agreements worth $1.7bn for 2G/3G mobile network infrastructure and related services for 2009 with two Chinese telecom operators The operators, China Mobile and China Unicom have received 3G licences to offer mobile services based on two different network standards, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA respectively. [...]

“There are a growing number of seniors suffering from dementia and we know over 50% ‘wander’ without anyone’s knowledge of where they are and where they are heading,” said Chris Walsh, an ex Nike executive and current COO of GTX Corp. “The shoe we intend on developing with Aetrex should help authorized family members, friends, [...]