Vodafone axes paid GPS following Nokia, Google apps (MacNN)
Friday, March 12th, 2010Vodafone today said it has shut down Wayfinder, the company providing its subscription GPS service. The move has cost 90 jobs and is characterized as a direct reaction to the availability of free Ovi Maps on Nokia phones and, to a lesser degree, Google Maps Navigation on Android. The two render Wayfinder redundant as they offer the same or better turn-by-turn but without the monthly rate….
AFL gets smarter with GPS footballs (Perth Now)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010IT WAS once announced by Google as an April Fool’s joke, but now the GPS-tracking football, or “Smartball”, has bounced into local ovals.
Using GPS To Tag Potholes (NPR)
Friday, March 5th, 2010Ben Berkowitz, cofounder and CEO of SeeClickFix.com, a startup that helps citizens connect to city officials by allowing them to tag locations of graffiti, potholes or crime using smart phones and Google Maps, discusses the program.
AT&T USBConnect Turbo and Velocity are carrier’s first LG and GPS modems, respectively (Engadget)
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Location-based services have finally melted our brains to the point where we’re completely useless without immediate and constant access to Google Maps or a reasonable facsimile — we couldn’t fold a paper map if we tried, and even if we could, we’d spend an hour looking for the pulsing blue dot. That’s why we’re so delighted to hear that AT&T has finally outed its very first GPS-enabled USB …
Smartphone GPS shootout: Google, Ovi, and Verizon go head-to-head (Engadget)
Friday, February 26th, 2010It wasn’t long ago that getting somewhere required a map on paper. You know, something you bought or that came groaning out of your tired old printer. GPS navigation units made those maps obsolete, but now they too are under threat. With smartphones invading pockets everywhere it’s no surprise that their next assault would be on the dashboard, early volleys shaking up financial markets worldwide …
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