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Intel Looks For Revenue From Location Services, Buys Telmap

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 30, 2011, 3:42pm Comments Off

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has made no secret of its interest to be a more central player in the mobile space and now it’s showing us the money, too… Read More »

Nokia To Chop 1,300 People From Its Navteq Mapping/Commerce Division

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 29, 2011, 3:27pm Comments Off

No one ever said turnarounds were easy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) — currently the world’s largest handset maker — is one big ship. Today the c… Read More »

Google Picks Inrix For Mapping Realtime Data

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 27, 2011, 6:08pm Comments Off

Location, location, location: it’s the time-honored mantra of real-estate agents and retailers, but could just as well be applied to Google… Read More »

How Mobile Location Services Will Fade Into The Background

By Thomas Husson, Forrester Aug. 5, 2011, 3:20am 3 Comments

Location-based services have been around for quite some time but uptake has been slow: less than 20 percent of European consumers report tha… Read More »

Glympse Finds $7.5 Million In Funding For Its Location Sharing App

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 22, 2011, 4:49pm Comments Off

Are you feeling lost among all the location-sharing apps on the market today? There may be a shakeout to come, but for now the leaders are s… Read More »

Al Franken Introduces First Location Privacy Bill In Senate

By Joe Mullin Jun. 17, 2011, 1:52am Comments Off

Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) is one of a group of politicians that have been making a lot of noise about digital privacy in the past several… Read More »