Telenav hasn’t just hired OpenStreetMap founder Steve Coast away from Microsoft; the navigation company plans to wean itself entirely off of proprietary cartography, relying solely on OSM’s collaborative, crowdsourced and freely… Read more »
The mobile platform wars heated up in a big way as 2012 came to a close: Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8, Apple continued to roll out its iPhone 5 around the… Read more »
Look for a new generation of mobile-centric data centers to arise over the next three years, with chips, servers, and power architectures customized for mobile workloads. Read more »
While almost no one is looking forward to Los Angeles’ so-called Carmageddon, an upcoming closure of a busy freeway, crowd-sourced traffic app Waze sees an opportunity to shine. The company is… Read more »
Mobilize is the GigaOM Network’s one-day event examining the future of the mobile industry. In this wrap-up, mobile curator Colin Gibbs takes a look at some of the major themes and… Read more »