 | deCarta Sees Growth in Domestic, International Smartphone Markets August 11, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy There is no hiding the 800-pound gorilla in the location-based services market. It’s the smartphone that will drive most LBS services. One company, deCarta, is finding strong growth powering navigation on several smartphone platforms. As a future LBS market driver, deCarta believes that...More>> |
 | Location-Based Social Media at Its Best July 21, 2010
Article By: Janice Partyka Try wiping up the Gulf oil spill with your phone. If that doesn’t work, Trimble’s Map the Spill, a free location-based mobile app and website, acts as a repository of data to chronicle impacts. Users can log reports, upload photos, map oil locations, and share updates. “The geographic scope...More>> |
 | Snazzy Smartphones Won't Drive LBS Market, Advertising Will July 14, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy It’s July, which means big news is slow to come by — and it is the opportunity to examine what will drive the location-based services market in 2010. Who are the big players who are winning this year? Is it Google with huge advertising and LBS focus? Or is it Nokia, the top handset manufacturer...More>> |
 | Is Garmin's Move to Europe a Shot across TomTom's Bow? June 8, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy The PND and other location-based services battlefield lines were drawn recently as Garmin said it would be moving its place of incorporation to Switzerland. Garmin PND rival TomTom, and its subsidiary Tele Atlas, have enjoyed strong sales in Europe, so the move will be followed closely by the...More>> |
 | Garmin Contends Rough First Quarter from Soft PND Sales May 11, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy Five months into 2010, and this column has yet to feature a PND vs. smartphone story —unlike last year when those types of news stories were pervasive in the industry. Some industry analysts believe that PND manufacturers are going to have to move away from concentrating on the individual units...More>> |
 | Apple Decides to Sell Ads: How Does This Impact LBS? April 14, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy While not much big news came out of the recent CTIA conference for the location-based services industry, the week following it saw Nokia purchase LBS ad company Metacarta and computer and phone giant Apple say it will sell advertisements. How Apple’s decision to sell advertisements has any impact...More>> |
 | Google or Nokia: Which Company Will Win the LBS War? March 10, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy While not a lot of huge location-based services news surrounds this month’s CTIA Wireless conference, one of the big topics of discussion zeroes in on who will have the edge in the mobile LBS space between Google or Nokia — both companies recently announced free navigation applications. Will it...More>> |
 | The Ugly LBS Word: Privacy February 23, 2010
Article By: Eric Gakstatter As usual with an emerging personal, digital communications technology on the brink of mass appeal (think e-mail, mobile phones), privacy is a major concern and a serious topic of discussion with regard to location-based services (LBS). With the GPS component, LBS worries users and regulators even...More>> |
 | Nokia's Decision to Offer Free Navigation: Defensive or Offensive? February 10, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy Going into the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, companies are still talking about the recent decision by Nokia to offer free navigation — while Google’s decision to offer the same is still fresh in the industry’s memory. While some look at Nokia’s decision as a way to...More>> |
 | CES Back on Track for Many Companies January 13, 2010
Article By: Kevin Dennehy The 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was down in attendance last year — some estimate as much as 40 percent. However, a new feeling of optimism, and several product rollouts, made this year’s edition seem livelier — even in a down economy. Ford, once again, is...More>> |
