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>>

Worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012, a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units, according to Gartner, Inc.More>>

Telogis, Inc. announces the acquisition of the assets of Maptuit, a leading provider of connected navigation for commercial fleets. This acquisition — the company’s fifth in three years — expands Telogis’ services as the market increases adoption of location-based Software-as-a-Service...More>>

Google announced Google Earth 6.2 for Android and iOS, which includes support for KMLs. Now anywhere you find a “Google Earth file” (KML file) while you’re browsing the mobile web, just click on the link and the Google Earth app will automatically launch and load the custom map.More>>

Weather Decision Technologies announced the launch Version 2.0 of its popular iMap Weather Radio App for the iOS platform. The app provides all of the functionality of a Weather Radio in a mobile device plus leverages features of Smartphones to provide information to users in the form of alerts,...More>>

CMTINC.com announced that to help promote a better understanding of the usefulness of GIS, cmtinc.com welcomes iCMTGIS users to submit a presentation demonstrating how they are using the application to achieve their goals and increase work efficiency. iCMTGIS is a free app for the iPAD that can be...More>>

Descartes Systems Group, a provider of global leader in logistics technology, has acquired GeoMicro, a California-based provider of advanced geographic information systems (GIS) and commercial turn-by-turn navigation.More>>

Weather Decision Technologies announced that the iMap Weather Radio app has proven its worth as a lifesaving mobile application since its release in 2011. Beginning January 22, a 4-day stretch of severe weather produced two EF3 and one EF2 tornadoes in the northern suburbs of Birmingham, AL where...More>>

PageOne Communications, a UK provider of mobile messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, today announced the launch of its BlackBerry Responder App for BlackBerry devices. The application provides a simple, quick and secure way of ensuring important real-time operational and...More>>

Navman Wireless has added a route optimization capability to its OnlineAVL2 fleet tracking software through integration with Dashfly’s web-based mapping service. The new option — available only in the U.S. — is designed to save time, mileage and fuel by enabling dispatchers to calculate the...More>>