MasterCard is launching a mobile wallet platform called PayPass Wallet Services, an update to its PayPass NFC payment system. MasterCard says the product will work frictionlessly both online and in-store, making it much more versatile than other wallet apps on the market, the company said.More>>

OriginGPS is making available the first samples of its OriginGPS 1410 GPS receiver. The OriginGPS 1410 is 10 x 10 millimeters in size and has an active integrated antenna. The ORG1410 is a complete GPS System-in-Package (SiP), which allows high-volume, cost-sensitive applications to achieve high...More>>

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which publishes specifications for Bluetooth, has adopted the GNSS Profile version 1.0 for devices using Bluetooth 2.0 and up. The GNSS profile provides a means for a GPS enabled device to share its position data with another device via a Bluetooth wireless...More>>

Survey GPS allows users to record, export, and import routes and landmarks together with information such as photos, videos, audios, or text directly to an iPhone. The product is intended both for professional survey teams and outdoor adventurers.More>>

Broadcom Corporation, maker of semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, has introduced a new location architecture to provide more responsive outdoor and indoor positioning capabilities for smartphone devices. With proven third-generation multi-constellation support and tight...More>>

u-blox, the Swiss positioning and wireless chip and module company, has provided its CellLocate hybrid GPS/cellular positioning technology to LOSTnFOUND, a Swiss-based company specializing in intelligent solutions for the protection, monitoring and retrieval of people and property.More>>

Smartphones are taking over the world, and not just modern industrialized societies. A Broadcom executive predicted today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that, with costs going down for less expensive models, smartphones will not only be the first phone of any kind for many people in...More>>

Seiko Epson Corporation has developed a GPS-enabled running monitor with a thin design. Designed to be worn on the wrist, the monitor uses GPS to provide runners with accurate distance, pace and other data. Epson plans to release a commercial version of the monitor in Japan in 2012 as the company's...More>>

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced the WiLink 8.0 product family: a collection of 45-nanometer single-chip solutions that integrate up to five different radios, and set the stage for next-generation mobile GNSS, Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth and FM transmit/receive applications. The...More>>

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>>