BROWSING: GPS

Google’s Marissa Mayer drops some GMaps stats at SXSW

Google Inc. veteran and VP of Consumer Products Marissa Mayer took the stage at SXSW in Austin, Texas, today and provided and interesting snapshot of Google's mapping products. Google Maps is provided on all major handsets, and functions as the default service on iOS and Android, the two biggest fish in the smartphone pond.

Navteq sees crossover between gaming and GPS

GPS mapping provider Navteq says it believes it has a lot to offer the world of gaming, and spent GDC trying to persuade developers their content would look a whole lot nicer if it included the firm's enhanced 3D city models for more realistic and compelling content.

@ MWC: Operators DT, AT&T plot M2M strategies

BARCELONA, Spain – Machine-to-machine communications are gaining traction among the world's top wireless operators and vendors, which recognize the potential of the emerging market, characterized by lower revenues, but also lower churn and the potential to gain new business partners and customers as enterprises...

Emerging devices and the 'Internet of things'

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here. Considering the rate at which so many things are being connected...

Analyst Angle: The future of mobile commerce is here; it’s tap to pay

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Would you be willing to pay for coffee, a new sweater, or a movie ticket...

(Almost) Distraction free driving with iZUP

There are a number of different options for keeping us safe while driving with cell phones. We recently took a look at ZoomSafer and also how to use Tasker for safe driving without any phone related distraction

LightSquared clears FCC hurdles

LightSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. received good news from the Federal Communications Commission that will allow the satellite communications provider to soon add terrestrial services to its offering.The FCC noted in a report that while on a macro level LightSquared’s plans to offer both terrestrial- and...

U-blox develops stolen vehicle tracking solution for the Brazilian market

U-Blox | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Complete SVT reference design includes GPS, GSM and operator-independent SIM chip Thalwil, Switzerland – January 24, 2011 – u-blox announces the immediate availability of an off-the-shelf reference design for the Brazilian Stolen Vehicle Tracking (SVT) market. The design,...

LightSquared looks to stem GPS concerns

Looking to stem objections to its planned network launch, LightSquared said it would fully cooperate on “rigorous” testing procedures to ensure that its plans to offer both satellite/terrestrial and terrestrial-only wireless services do not interfere with GPS offerings.In a Jan. 21 letter to Federal...

Polaris sees interest picking up in location-based services

Business News Americas | December 31, 2010 | Patrick Nixon Location-based service software provider Polaris is expecting operator interest in location to soar in Latin America in 2011, driven by its potential use for social networking and friend finding, mobile advertising, and combating crime, the...

GPS Law In Brazil Could Mean Big Bucks For Ituran Location

Zacks |Todd Bunton |Dec. 14 2010 - 12:27 pm By the end of 2011, all new vehicles in Brazil will be required to have a GPS-based tracking system installed. This may not be good news for car thieves in São Paulo, but Ituran Location & Control Ltd. (ITRN...

Reality Check: The wish list (Part 1)

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.One of the most popular series of articles we wrote last year was called “All I Want...

Reader Forum: Will your next smart phone be a satellite phone?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Security threats mount with smart phone adoption

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. In an increasingly mobile world, securing data on the go has become more...

Google goes hyperlocal with mobile ads

Google Inc. (GOOG) is rolling out a new hyperlocal advertising feature for mobile ads, according to a Google Mobile Ads blog post.By leveraging a user's GPS coordinates, the new feature will serve ads for relevant nearby business and display distance information to let users...

Startup targets true hands-free market

Boston-based startup AdelaVoice is looking to tackle the increasing problem of distracted driving caused by cell phones with the launch of its StartTalking application. The company said the application allows users to compose, send and receive text messages using only their voice.The company, which...

MetroPCS expands LTE service to Dallas/Fort Worth

MetroPCS Communications Inc. continued its LTE roll out plans with the launch of services in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. The launch follows up the carriers launch last week in Las Vegas of the first commercial LTE network in the United States. MetroPCS said...

Survey shows wireless consumers are content, but not that content

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) released the results of a survey, “Opportunity calling: The future of mobile communications,” that questioned 3,000 mobile customers from around the world. The survey was released in connection with the company’s Oracle World event being held this week in San...

Analyst Angle: The mobile wallet – not yet meeting, let alone exceeding, consumer expectations

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Despite chattering from technologists and consultants, consumers have consistently been lukewarm to “mobile money”...

MetroPCS launches LTE in Las Vegas

Leave it to the little guys to lead in LTE deployments.Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) this morning launched its LTE service in the Las Vegas area offering customers the chance to be the first to sample the technology in a commercial environment....

Top five components of today’s smartphones

Relatively rare just a few years ago, smartphones - or superphones as some are now calling them - have become as ubiquitous as Usher on the radio. But just how well do you know your sophisticated handset gadgetry? RCR Unplugged recently spoke with ARM wireless segment manager James Bruce to identify the five most important components of today’s smartphones (in no particular order).

Android joins the army

It was only a matter of time before Google became a military power, and now, with its Android army marching forward at a furious pace, it has finally happened. Or should we say ‘app-end.

More bits 'n bytes from CommunicAsia

We bring you some more tasty tidbits from the show floor out here in Singapore

Power: The biggest mobile challenge

At a recent Google event the search engine giant’s co-founder raised an important issue that is still very much an unsolved problem for the mobile industry.