 | Government and Fleet Markets Find Steady Growth
February 8, 2012
Article By: Kevin Dennehy It’s not a market that will help users find friends or places to eat, but it seems to be one that keeps movin’ along. The government and enterprise market for location-based services seems to be steady, if not growing, as evidenced by nearly 9,000 attendees at the recent Transportation Research...More>> |
 | Expert Advice: Getting to Accurate Everywhere Location
February 1, 2012
Article By: Brock Butler In the next two to four years, mobile device location platforms will be able to provide positioning performance that enables emergency call (E911) and location-based services (LBS) with excellent accuracy (5–10 meters) in all locations. We call this accurate everywhere location, and it will be a...More>> |
 | Expert Advice: Location Context, Relevance for Revenue
January 31, 2012
Article By: Christopher Peralta Mobility’s first phase saw fixed-line communications go mobile. The next phase saw the Internet go mobile. We now behold a paradigm shift in the third phase, where real world communication bridges to the virtual world, via richer communications on smartphones. For device manufacturers and...More>> |
 | CES Turning into Big Tech Auto Show
January 13, 2012
Article By: Kevin Dennehy Navigating your way through thousands of booths and 140,000 attendees is a challenge in itself at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. While there was a huge amount of location-based services news, the big deal was the presence of just about every automobile manufacturer. Such off-site meetings as...More>> |
 | 2011 Showed Better LBS Market Gains, But Was It All About Google?
December 14, 2011
Article By: Kevin Dennehy 2011 was a decent year for the location-based services industry. It was an even better year if your company was lucky enough to get bought out by an eBay, Google or Intel. While acquisitions stood out as the key LBS news in 2011, privacy stood out as an ugly issue that threatened consumer...More>> |
 | Google to Charge High-Volume Users for Map Use
November 9, 2011
Article By: Kevin Dennehy It couldn’t stay free forever. Google’s recent decision to charge high-volume users may force some of the larger companies to look elsewhere for alternatives. In the meantime, attendees at two San Francisco Bay Area conferences learned that push location marketing is not the cool thing to be...More>> |
 | FCC's Future Location Requirements, Apple iPhone 4S
October 12, 2011
Article By: Kevin Dennehy The FCC said that all wireless carriers, including voice-over-IP service and landline providers, are required to integrate GPS into phones by 2018 — and subsequently rushed to reverse, er, clarify itself. In other news, Apple rolled out the newest iPhone, and Intel bought Telmap, which has made...More>> |
 | Out in Front: C’mon, People Now
October 1, 2011
Article By: Alan Cameron In this hour of crisis, in this hour of need, I would recall for you the immortal words of the Brotherhood of Man, as reprised here by their disciples, Sonny and Cher: For united we stand, Divided we fall, And if our backs should ever be against the wall, We’ll be together, Together, you and I....More>> |
 | Is Google’s Acquisition of Motorola Mobility an Attempt to Control Location Biz?
September 14, 2011
Article By: Kevin Dennehy Google is at it again. This time Motorola Mobility is on the buying block. What does this mean to the location-based services market? Another potential location platform market closed off? Some industry experts believe this is the case. In addition, Iridium and TeleNav are making LBS news with...More>> |
 | Expert Advice: Cloud-Based Location Changes Enterprise Playing Field
September 1, 2011
Article By: Mario Proietti New technology and wireless carrier openness now make real-time access to telephone location information available to the enterprise with no application required on the mobile device. Yes, that’s right: no application required! Cloud-based location, offered via direct connections to wireless...More>> |
