New INRIX Traffic App for iPhone and iPad Gets Drivers Out of GridlockINRIX, a provider of traffic information and driver services, has introduced a new app for the iPhone and iPad that helps drivers take control of their commute and avoid traffic. Drivers can easily decide which route is the best...More>>

Polaris Wireless, maker of high-accuracy, software-based wireless location solutions, today announced a significant customer contract for a multi-million dollar deployment of the Polaris Wireless Altus and OmniLocate location surveillance product suite in the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA)...More>>

At the Android Developer Conference, Black Duck Software announced an analysis of open source mobile project data which reveals mobile open source software (OSS) projects doubled, with growth especially strong in new enterprise mobility projects aimed at enhancing security, encryption, cloud,...More>>

TeleCommunication Systems, also known as TCS, announced a partnership to incorporate Locaid's location-as-a-service capabilities. The TCS-Locaid partnership brings a turn-key LBS solution that includes location network capabilities to TCS' mobile positioning center (MPC) and gateway mobile location...More>>

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>>

LightSquared, the company that mounted a powerful threat to GPS signals, declared bankruptcy on May 14, after losing a lengthy struggle in the court of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the GPS industry, the U.S. military (behind the scenes), the Federal Aviation Administration, and...More>>

A range of solutions are vying to replicate what GPS does outdoors in an indoor environment, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to "terrestrial" GPS, plus many others. Which one is likely to be successful? IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc.) said the answer will not simply be just "one." Locating a...More>>

The paper submission deadline for the IEEE conference "Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Service," set for October 3-4 at the Hilton Hotel Strand in Helsinki, Finland, is approaching: the full paper submission deadline is June 17, 2012.More>>

Locaid, a location-as-a-service company, and TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., (TCS) mobile communication technology company, have announced that TCS’ portfolio of mobile location-based products and services (LBS) will now incorporate Locaid’s location-as-a-service capabilities. This partnership...More>>

Because LBS Insider’s deadline is this week, CTIA coverage from New Orleans is not included in this month’s column. Janice Partyka, editor of GPS World’s Wireless Pulse, is covering CTIA in the Crescent City for the latest location-based services, M2M, and connected vehicle news. So instead...More>>