By ArticleSnatch on January 7, 2008
Barely one day in advance of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas this week, Magellan issued a press release about their next generation of GPS navigation devices, highlighting how they will come integrated with Google Maps to provide local search capabilities. read more More: continued here google maps partners with magellan on [...]
| Tagged Google Maps Partners, GPS, Las Vegas, local search capabilities, navigation devices |
By ArticleSnatch on December 5, 2007
Utah-based H3tec has spent years developing its new technology, which can detect any element or compound up to two miles away. But it looks like this new technology is going to pay off in other dividends as well. After running a full-page ad in USAToday in October, they’re currently “gaining traction” on a deal with [...]
| Tagged analog, ASIC, cellular telephone, Charles Christensen, cool technology, Dave Biesinger, engine with existing devices, food safety, google, GPS, H3tec, military and medical applications, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Odgen Chamber of Commerce, oil and gas, possible applications, precursor chemicals, Rick Bennett, tainted food, THE STAR, the Times, Utah, weapons systems, Weber-State-University–affiliated Davis Applied T |
By ArticleSnatch on November 29, 2007
Though Wal-Mart dominates the global brick and mortar retail scene, even it had to watch Amazon surpass it in online traffic.Amazon.com has become as much a fixture of holiday retail shopping as any store one would care to mention. Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Circuit City – none of those companies enjoyed a bigger percentage of [...]
| Tagged Best Buy, Circuit City, electronics, electronics retail, GPS, Heather Dougherty, Hitwise, holiday retail shopping, Hot searched-for electronics, media player, Microsoft, navigation systems, online traffic, retail scene, retail site, Thanksgiving, United States, Wal-Mart |
By ArticleSnatch on November 7, 2007
Michael Arrington at Techcrunch reported that Yahoo is announcing fireeagle, which is a new service for obtaining geo-location information, storing it, and making it available to other web applications. This is a technology coming out of Yahoo Brickhouse, a semi-autonomous Yahoo group focused on new product development. Evidently, the whole system is permission based, which [...]
| Tagged aol, Chicago, corporate network, GPS, Italian restaurant, Michael Arrington, search engines, search perspective, search query, Seattle, technology coming, Web applications, yahoo |
By ArticleSnatch on November 2, 2007
Yellowpages.com has launched two new mobile search products, including one for Apple’s iPhone and a free downloadable application for other cell phones. The first application developed for iPhone and iPod Touch owners lets users find local businesses and services by visiting yellowpages.com. Once there users will be able to access information including user ratings, maps, [...]
| Tagged AT&T, cell phones, Charles Stubbs, gas stations, GPS, mobile search, mobile search products, search field, value chain, wireless applications, Yellowpages, Yellowpages.com |
By ArticleSnatch on October 13, 2007
We have all observed teens in their native habitats — one hand glued to junk food while the other is attached to a mobile phone. Mobile phones have become their lifelines, by helping them to stay connected, providing a source of entertainment and enabling them to multitask. One activity they aren’t using their phones for [...]
| Tagged cellular telephone, food, GPS, local search, mobile phones |
By ArticleSnatch on September 19, 2007
U.S. and European mobile subscribers who use maps on their handsets will total more than 43 million in 2012, according to Berg Insight. That is an increase from four million in 2007 and equals a 60 percent compound annual growth rate. "Record shipments of personal navigation devices in Europe and the US have introduced the [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged ad-supported mapping services, Andr Malm, Berg Insight, Europe, GPS, personal navigation devices, United States, USD |
By ArticleSnatch on August 4, 2007
Who knows your town better: you or Google? Unless you live in Mountain View, California, I’m betting it’s not Google. So the search giant is experimenting with crowdsourcing as a way of making its maps more detailed. “They piloted a process in India where people would mark locations with a GPS and input other data [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Brady Forrest, California, Frank Taylor, gas stations, google, GPS, India, Latin America, Mountain View, search giant |
By ArticleSnatch on July 31, 2007
Ever been in a hurry only to find out that the road you chose is backed up because of construction? Pain in the butt, isn’t it? Satellite navigation (GPS) device maker TomTom could be adopting a Web 2.0 approach to help soothe those pains. The company plans to acquire Europe-based Tele Atlas, a digital mapmaker [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged auto-travel information &ndash, device maker, Europe, GPS, Satellite navigation, TomTom May, United States |
By ArticleSnatch on June 16, 2007
The number of mobile phone subscribers who use mapping and navigation tools could pass 42 million globally by 2012, according to In-Stat’s "Mobile Handset Navigation Applications May Threaten Global Personal Nav Device Market" report. Mobile phone providers can market a downloadable navigation application as well as those on personal navigation devices (PNDs) with GPS. The [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged alternative product, cellular telephone, David Chamberlain, digital cameras, GPS, GPS technology, handset navigation applications, handset-based navigation applications, mobile phones, mp3, navigation tools, personal navigation devices |
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