location based services

Navigating backcountry roads in places like Hawkins County, Tenn., can be a challenge for ambulance drivers, even if they know the territory.

Electronic monitoring is getting more sophisticated in crime-fighting and tracking criminals.

Microsoft wants to turn your car into a Windows machine (please, no “crash” jokes) with in-dash infotainment and diagnostic systems.

GPS devices are among the hottest gadgets on the market, enticing both legitimate customers and a growing number of thieves who see gold in the navigation tools.

Increasing customer interest and availability of W-CDMA and GSM handsets are pushing mobile location-based services from the realm of hype into the world of reality.A new report from ABI Research …

You know that contest where a person stands in a glass booth and tries to grab dollar bills as they fly around? That’s sort of like the mobile social networking …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. —Ambient: Vicis Capital Master …

Research and Markets has announced the addition of World GPS Market Forecast to 2012 to their offering.

Our week o’ Dell scoops continues with what Dell calls its “mainstream” and “essential” series of Latitude E-series laptops.

Vantage Communications, a company providing hosted unified communications, has announced that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has chosen its Vantage IP Service (VIP) as a finalist for the …

SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were penalized five grid places Saturday for impeding other drivers and rival Ferrari took pole position for the Malaysian Grand …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced a new Bluetooth GPS phone accessory that will bring location services to Nokia phone owners. The move is notable as Nokia has so far shied away …

To the Editor, I just read the article, “Emergency alert tests with cell phones expanded,” by Jeffrey Silva, in your July 11 edition and found it very interesting. I do …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The popularity of in-vehicle navigation services vs. handset-based vehicle navigation services in East Asia varies from country to country, according to a report from ABI Research titled “Handset-based …

TORONTO-NAC Geographic Products Inc. introduced a new location service the company said simplifies the use of wireless location services across a variety of locales and languages. NAC’s technology uses the …

NEW YORK-Canadian users of Web-enabled wireless phones and two-way pagers can get walking or driving directions to any location within the country, under an agreement announced Nov. 22 between Maptuit …