Posts Tagged ‘GPS’

Verizon Warns Consumers About GPS Tracking

May 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Apple managed to become global news again as iOS keeps a record of where the device has been at what time. Though those records are stored locally, Verizon started applying stickers with information on such devices.

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SkyHook Brings LBS to Bada

July 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Samsung has signed a deal with LBS service provider SkyHook. SkyHook will provide developers on the Bada OS with specific data on where the user is located based on various inputs.

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Apple Patents Location Based Apps

May 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has received a new patent for location based applications. With this technology, Apple can push its advertising strategy beyond their iAd platform.

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Palm Pre Launch Details

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

Sprint Nextel has announced to launch the highly anticipated Palm Pre next week on June 6th. Sprint will offer the Pre toward consumers on a two-year contract basis.

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MoMo: Nicolas Nova (LiftLab)

February 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Events & Conferences | 1 Comment »

A less talked about subject when it comes to mobile games is LBS. MoMo had invited Nicolas Nova from Liftlab (phd in LBS Games) to speak about this interesting, but tough subject.