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Garmin has released updates for four of its GPS apps for iPhone and iPod touch to improve Bluetooth audio streaming and resolve a few bugs. The updates are free for existing users. Garmin USA, Garmin North America, Garmin UK & Ireland, and Garmin Western Europe have been updated to version 2.4.2 this week. The key ... |
30 April 2013
13:31 GMT |
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Apple recently made headlines for buying a GPS company called WiFiSLAM that offers indoor-mapping services, and now the Mac maker is hiring an iOS Location Analytics Software Engineer to develop, implement, and validate hybrid location algorithms.
The iOS Location Analytics Software Engineer will design and architec... |
9 April 2013
17:31 GMT |
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Jason Rohrer, an independent video game developer, is the winner of the final installment of the Game Design Challenge Championship that’s hosted by the Game Developers Conference, with a title called A Game For Someone.
The theme of the competition was Humanity’s Last Game and Rohrer has managed to crea... |
29 March 2013
05:22 GMT |
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News broke out this past weekend that Apple had gone and purchased a GPS company for $20 million / €15.4 million. But why on Earth would Apple want indoor-mapping technology, when its global-scale Maps application still needs a lot of fixing? And the answer may be simpler than we thought. “Why not?”... |
25 March 2013
05:07 GMT |
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As it continues to improve is ill-fated mapping service in the war against Google, Apple has acquired a company that specializes in mapping enclosed environments using Wi-Fi.
Apple wants to offer its customers the ability to detect an iPhone’s location in a building using Wi-Fi signals, according to a Wall Str... |
24 March 2013
07:29 GMT |
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The Chinese government has launched an espionage investigation after a deputy director of the administration revealed that Coca Cola employees used handheld GPS devices to collect geographical information from the Yunnan province and other regions.
The investigation is overseen by the Ministry of State Security and ... |
14 March 2013
06:54 GMT |
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GPS, Global Positioning System, is a satellite-based travel aide technology that shows people where to go and how.
Researchers have been trying to create something that can enable similar direction assistance inside buildings.
Cambridge Consultants, a UK, Cambridge-based company, claims to have developed such a tec... |
8 March 2013
08:58 GMT |
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A 67-year-old woman from Belgium set out to pick up a friend from out of town, and instead she drove for 900 miles (1,450 Km). Sabine Moreau departed from Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium. She meant to travel to the capital city of Brussels, where she would travel to the train station. The trip should have been 93 mil... |
15 January 2013
05:54 GMT |
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Scout, the GPS voice navigation app by TeleNav, is now fully supported on the iPhone 5 and has a brand new dashboard, favorite places, upcoming turns, and more.
Scout Personalized GPS Voice Navigation & Traffic version 1.6.0.91 is out today with a number of enhancements that you simply can’t ignore should you ... |
8 January 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Leikr is a Linux watch designed and built for athletes and people who like sports in general, by a group of former Nokia engineers. The project is now asking for funding on Kickstarter in order to bring the watch to the United States. Unlike other projects on Kickstarter, the guys from the Leikr team have done most ... |
3 January 2013
05:29 GMT |
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Not very long ago, several conservationists suggested that making rhinos look less like themselves and more like unicorns might help keep poachers at bay.
Granted, this idea was merely meant to stir some laughs, but there might have been some truth in it: as long as poachers can no longer look at a rhino and see it... |
21 December 2012
02:49 GMT |
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Security researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with experts from Coherent Navigation, have identified new attack vectors against the Global Positioning System (GPS). Numerous studies have demonstrated the fact that GPS is vulnerable to jamming and spoofing, but by viewing the GPS as a com... |
10 December 2012
06:58 GMT |
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Security Researcher Jiten Jain has found that the tracking system implemented by Samsung to allow owners to track down their stolen or lost phones contains a flaw that allows anyone with the proper knowhow to spoof the device's location.
According to experts, 113 devices are lost or stolen every minute in the U... |
8 December 2012
04:46 GMT |
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Cynapse has updated its social data-powered GPS tool Localscope to version 3.0 which (if we didn’t know better) can well be the candidate for a new application altogether.
Arriving with a massive changelog and tons of new features and enhancements, Localscope 3.0 iOS has bi-directional integration with iOS Rem... |
16 October 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Officials at the Boeing Company announce that a spacecraft codenamed SVN-65 is now ready to launch, as the third of 12 advanced versions of the standard Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites.
The corporation is under contract with the United States Air Force to build, assemble, test and launch a series of vehic... |
4 October 2012
09:52 GMT |
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The Olympics are already in full swing and, this being 2012, they're going to be the most "connected" event in history. Everyone is carrying a smartphone and everyone is using it. Which is great for those feeling the need to tweet or post a photo of what they're doing or seeing every other second, but not s... |
30 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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A Burger King Employee decided to have some fun by putting his feet into a couple of lettuce containers, taking a picture of the stunt, and posting it online on 4chan. He was identified in less than 15 minutes after users analyzed the GPS data from the picture.
There are so many Burger Kings in the United States tha... |
20 July 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Using an advanced modulation technique, the first two satellites from Europe's new Galileo satellite navigation and positioning system were able to relay data in a manner that ensures it is completely interoperable with the American-built Global Positioning System (GPS).
The European Space Agency (ESA) was task... |
12 July 2012
09:09 GMT |
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There will soon be a new wireless GPS device up for sale, one that Garmin developed for people who want to use global positioning system but don't really find their phones all that reliable.
There is a reason companies sell standalone GPS equipment. Smartphones are all well and good, but their accuracy can leav... |
11 July 2012
10:31 GMT |
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The first title from Robert Bowling and his Robotoki team will allow players to interact directly with the real world in order to collect a number of resources that they will then be able to use in the game.
The Human Element will include versions for a number of mobile devices that will communicate constantly with ... |
10 July 2012
03:44 GMT |
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Navigon has released an updated iPhone application in time to guide travelers through a Fourth of July road trip, the company said. The free 2.1 update includes such goodies as Google Street View, Navigon Cockpit (as an in-app purchase), manual route blocking, a 'Custom route' mode that enables manual bloc... |
3 July 2012
18:11 GMT |
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Bitdefender released today the first beta for a standalone parental control solution. The application attempts to bring you in the loop on all aspects of your kid’s digital activities, from social networking to mobile activity on Android phones.This is achieved by connecting all monitoring tools to a central we... |
11 June 2012
11:46 GMT |
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The GPS navigation of 337 commercial flights, 122 ships, and numerous vehicle owners from South Korea was disrupted during the week between April and May, 2012, after North Korea launched a jamming attack. GPS World informs that this is not the first time when South Korea is the target of such attacks, the country&r... |
10 May 2012
05:17 GMT |
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Motorola decided to launch the company’s latest gadget in the beautiful and far-away Peru. The company is announcing today the world’s first GPS fitness tracker and smart MP3 player called Motoactiv, on its official website. Don’t expect the gadget to be too affordable, but for those that are into ... |
9 May 2012
14:11 GMT |
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A collaboration of federal agencies and other organizations in the United States is getting ready to conduct a major test on the new US Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network. The asset will soon be used to inform disaster and emergency responses. The main application for this network... |
25 April 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Owners of ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet may be having trouble with their GPS connection, in that it doesn't work at all.
We suppose there are some people whose Prime works fine, but the general GPS reception is bad.
Alas, even after so much time, ASUS has failed to come up with a software fix.
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6 April 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Scientists in charge of validating the measurements made by the European Space Agency's (ESA) CryoSat spacecraft in Earth's orbit have recently made an important discovery – a portion of the Antarctic is currently getting taller.
The finding was made in a very interesting area of the continent, whic... |
30 March 2012
17:01 GMT |
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A new satellite processing facility, recently opened in Littleton, Colorado, will use special 3D glasses and virtual reality technology to develop the next generation of American Global Positioning Satellites (GPS). The factory was built by Lockheed Martin, one of the primary contractors for the project.
The 50,000... |
22 March 2012
10:38 GMT |
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Military officials warn staff members that the risks posed by social media are high. Sites and apps that rely on GPS features to reveal someone’s location imperil missions and even lives.
Social media applications and platforms are a lot of fun and their popularity increases each day, but with that popularity... |
14 March 2012
09:56 GMT |
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On Friday, March 9, officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) and aerospace company Thales Alenia Space signed a new contract for the strengthening of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The goal is to protect this asset from the effects of solar storms.
Additionally, officials are l... |
14 March 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Most Internet users are aware of the terms spoofing, especially because this technique is widely used in spam campaigns. Now, another type of spoofing, called GPS spoofing, may be used by cybercriminals to defraud financial institutions. GPS spoofing and GPS spoofers, the devices that create fake GPS signals, are no... |
23 February 2012
05:20 GMT |
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To prevent and cut the number of distracted driving accidents in the U.S., the Department of Transportation (DOT) is asking automobile manufactures to disable some features in their cars' digital dashboards, especially Internet access and call dialing.The DOT wants car digital dashboards to automatically turn o... |
17 February 2012
12:28 GMT |
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Nikon has released the COOLPIX AW100 camera, the first member of the COOLPIX AW series specifically meant for outdoor users. One wouldn't think this product has any truly unique quality, not until attention is drawn to the integration of NAVTEQ's map and location content. Simply put, owners of the camera ... |
2 February 2012
09:43 GMT |
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The results of a new geological analysis indicate that a rift in the US southwest is currently stretching and expanding, therefore increasing the risk of a major earthquake occurring in the region. The interesting thing about this is that the area is not exactly known for being too geologically-active.
The structur... |
26 January 2012
08:15 GMT |
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Sony has recently announced that its latest Xperia smartphones will feature GLONASS support for better positioning while on the go. According to Sony, the Russian radio-based satellite navigation system is a better alternative to GPS and is already fully supported by the recently announced Xperia ion and Xperi... |
24 January 2012
10:53 GMT |
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At CES 2012, TomTom has unveiled the latest version (v1.10) of its TomTom app for iPhone and iPad which integrates navigation with Facebook and Twitter. Users will be able to navigate to their friends more easily, and those who already have the app will benefit from a free upgrade.
When it’s released, the new ... |
10 January 2012
10:30 GMT |
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Fujifilm plans to unveil quite a large number of cameras at this year’s CES fair, including the GPS equipped FinePix F770EXR.Built with geo-tagging in mind, the camera sports a 16MP CMOS sensor that Fujifilms says it produces 30% less noise than existing 16MP EXR models.Right in front of this sensor stands an o... |
6 January 2012
09:15 GMT |
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After all the availability issues faced by the Transformer Prime in North America, the tablet has now received a series of new complaints regarding battery life, GPS problems and the locked bootloader which were recently addressed in a statement made by Asus officials. The first complaints about battery life made th... |
3 January 2012
20:21 GMT |
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Researchers from ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, and UCI, Irvine, in the United States released a paper in which they reveal the results of their experiments done with the purpose of simulating a Global Positioning System (GPS) attack, similar to the one allegedly used by Iran to capture the RQ-170 warplane.
The paper c... |
22 December 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Android is a really "catchy" operating system and we get to see more and more devices running Google's OS. ZEN Touch 2 (with GPS) is one of the top-drawer gadget in Creative's offer, now getting a new firmware, 2.00.35.
The new firmware is in fact a new, improved version of the 2.2 Android OS, codenamed Fr... |
21 December 2011
10:41 GMT |
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An expert in satellite navigation, Garmin International Inc. has announced today the release of a new GTN 750 trainer app for the iPad 2.
Garmin’s trainer is not cheap. It goes for 25 bucks on iTunes, but it can do something that no other GPS app does - simulate the behavior of the GTN 750 system interface and... |
20 December 2011
15:51 GMT |
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According to a recently-published study, it would appear that the entire island of Greenland rose by as much as a quarter of an inch in 2010. This happened primarily because a lot of ice on its landmass melted away, easing the pressure on the landmass itself.
A similar phenomenon is currently being observed in Anta... |
14 December 2011
03:28 GMT |
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A new iPhone app called GPS Punch! allows managers to keep track of their employees and see when they’re ‘slacking off’. The tool is designed to manage attendance efficiently.Needless to point out, a tool this intrusive will only be adopted by the most severe of mangers, but it also may prove to be ... |
6 December 2011
06:51 GMT |
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At this point, spacecraft exploring other worlds, or moving outside the solar system, figure out where they are in space by using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. But a team of experts proposes replacing this method with a pulsar-based reference system.
Such an approach would entail the same level of prec... |
28 November 2011
06:37 GMT |
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Satellite navigation expert Navigon has launched the second major version of its popular GPS iPhone app, Navigon 2.0. The new version is said to “completely redefine” key navigation elements by adding a unique map management function and an in app purchase option for timely map updates.The update delivers... |
18 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
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People who were wondering just how much longer they would have to wait before they could enjoy real GPS peace can finally breathe easy now that Location Based Technologies' PocketFinder GPS Personal Locator has started shipping. The new device from Location Based Technologies might prove to be just what the do... |
19 October 2011
15:11 GMT |
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The media doesn't usually pay much attention to the smaller components that show up in electronics, but Antenova still got the word out about its new and cheap GPS receiver module.
Pretty much every mobile consumer electronic of today has started to integrate GPS functionality as a default feature.
Howev... |
11 October 2011
04:22 GMT |
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Not long ago, we talked about a certain invention from Location Based Technologies, and it seems the functionality of said invention has now expanded to items beyond the original GPS system.
The PocketFinder GPS location system is a technology through which one can keep track of a vehicle or person, or anything ... |
6 October 2011
09:35 GMT |
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GPS is taking a step forward in regards to one's ability to track something remotely, via satellite, the latest invention in this area being named the PocketFinder GPS Vehicle Locators.
Many cars nowadays, and consumer electronics, come equipped with a GPS system of some sort.
This allows people to always... |
28 September 2011
09:47 GMT |
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Global Positioning Systems have landed inside pretty much every type of electronic that can be carried around, so CellGuide decided to push the technology a bit further with the CLIOX-C.
The CLIOX-C is the newest GPS product made by CellGuide, though it is a fair bit more than just another GPS chip.
While its ... |
20 September 2011
09:21 GMT |
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