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New INRIX Traffic App for iPhone and iPad Helps Drivers Avoid Gridlock   May 22, 2012

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>>

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Polaris Wireless Announces Contract in Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) Region   May 22, 2012

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>>

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Android and Enterprise Benefit from Mobile Open Source Development, According Black Duck Software   May 16, 2012

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>>

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TCS Partners with Locaid for Location Capabilities   May 16, 2012

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>>

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MasterCard Launches PayPass Wallet Services   May 16, 2012

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>>

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LightSquared Bankrupt, But Spectrum Void Still Beckons   May 15, 2012

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>>

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Indoor Positioning May Need Several Solutions, Says IMS Research   May 15, 2012

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>>

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New Offerings and Retarded Growth   May 15, 2012

NEW ORLEANS — CTIA was both about new offerings and the issues retarding industry growth. The hyper local mobile advertising contingency proclaimed 2012 as the year of its breakthrough. Indoor location companies hoped that 2012 would be their year. Although the car manufacturers didn’t exhibit,...More>>

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Positioning, LBS Conference Seeks Paper Submissions   May 9, 2012

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>>

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CMT Release iCMTGIS II App for the Apple iPAD   May 4, 2012

CMT Release iCMTGIS II App for the Apple iPAD, one of a series of apps the company is presenting to the iPAD and iPhone users in 2012. More>>