Glympse’s integration with messaging apps, navigation systems and even wearables is starting to overshadow it’s core app. That’s a good thing since Glympse earns its paycheck every time a partner uses… Read more »
Glympse is the perfect example of an app much more useful on your wrist than in your pocket. For that reason the developer has built all of its location-sharing service’s core… 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 »
There’s no question the kind of data collection Google has to do in the background to power its Google Now service can be a little intrusive — perhaps too intrusive for… 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 »
IBM proudly retained its usual top slot in the annual patent count. Other winners included rivals Google and Apple, which both saw big growth in the number of patents issued but… Read more »
Nokia, Samsung and 20 other companies have formed the In-Location Alliance, a consortium aimed at increasing the adoption of indoor positioning and location-based services. The group issued a press release saying… Read more »
Struggling British chipmaker CSR is selling its mobile business to Samsung in a deal worth $310 million, in what appears to be the latest episode in the ongoing global patent war. Read more »
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Two more NFC initiatives in Europe — one in the UK and one in Spain; two reports on so… Read more »