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Tuesday, May 19
Buzzd Unveils Location-Based Entertainment Guide For The BlackBerry
Appscout CA Instead of using GPS (which navigates positioning based on global positioning satellite technology), the app claims to be one of the first of its kind in the BlackBerry AppWorld to use Cell ID, which buzzd says is faster than GPS and works more ...
Monday, May 18
Twitter Reaches New Heights As Climber Tweets From Everest
CA He's been using a satellite phone to Tweet and call in his podcasts. Bates' most recent Tweet included his GPS location on the his ascent to Everest's summit. He's expected to reach within the next 24 hours. Bates has also been selling Tweets from the ...
Monday, Nov 3
Dash Navigation Can’t Find Its Way, Lays Off Two Thirds Of Employees
Dash Navigation is getting out of the hardware business and cutting 55 jobs, or 65% of its workers. The startup, which is backed by both Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, makes the Dash Express car GPS device. This is a network-connected GPS that pools the location and speeds of all nearby Dash ow...
Wednesday, Oct 1
And The Winner Of Our Dash GPS Contest Is . . .
Last week, I announced (in conjunction with Dash and Trulia) that we would give away a Dash GPS car navigation device to whoever could come up with the best new app for it. Readers came up with more than 300 suggestions, including the sketch at left (which I have no idea what it is supposed to be...
Tuesday, Sep 30
Broadcom and Skyhook Wireless Partner To Bring Wi-Fi Positioning To More Mobile Phones
Although not talked about as much, the Wi-Fi positioning is made possible through a deal with Skyhook Wireless. Now Broadcom, which makes many of the GPS, Wi-Fi and other types of chips in a vast array of phones, is adding Skyhook’s Wi-Fi positioning to its chips as well. That means more phon...
