When Whistle first came on the scene with in 2013 with its dog activity monitor, there was already an established player in the canine wearable market, Tagg the Pet Tracker. Well, that… Read more »
Elon Musk dropped a bomb from near-earth orbit on Friday at an event in Seattle: Instead of working with mini-satellite startup OneWeb to build an internet network in the heavens (as… Read more »
With two weather delays and a cross-country flight to Las Vegas from the east coast, I had plenty of time to think about the upcoming week. It’s time for another Consumer… Read more »
Long before Qualcomm made its first phone chip, it was tracking 18-wheeled rigs as they criss-crossed the continent. Omnitracs, Qualcomm’s original business, is being sold to Vista Equity Partners for $800 million. Read more »
Ruckus Wireless is the latest Wi-Fi equipment vendor seeking to use its own wireless technology as a GPS network in miniature. It has bought Singapore’s YFind for an undisclosed sum. Read more »
As part of STMicroelectronics and Ericsson’s break-up, the companies say they’ve found a buyer for their GPS and GLONASS receiver business. It’s a “leading semiconductor company” – but that’s all we… Read more »
Qualcomm is building indoor positioning into its IZAT platform in hopes of making indoor location-based services just as common as outdoor services. The upgrades are going into its current generation of… Read more »
The next generation of navigation chips for mobile phones may take advantage of Russia’s answer to GPS. Qualcomm, Broadcom and ST-Ericsson are reporteadly building GPS chips with support for Russia’s Glasnoss… Read more »
– Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Latitude: Google’s mapping/presence app has finally made its way to Apple’s App Store, after initially getting barred… Read more »
When tapping into the GPS coordinates of a mobile phone, it can be costly, especially when a company is charged each time someone looks up t… Read more »