We all know Microsoft Research does awesome stuff but this time they seem to have outdone themselves. CO-GPS might bring better location services with only a tiny fraction of today's energy usage. More...
Location networking service FourSquare has been hit with lawsuits for infringing on two obscure U.S. Patents relating how GPS is used to share information. More...
Afraid you'll forget where your loved ones are buried? Want to make sure they don't start eating people's brains in the zombie apocalypse? The Preserve has a solution for you! More...
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that police must obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS tracker on a suspect's vehicle as it is now considered a "search," and covered by the 4th amendment. More...
LightSquared claims that the recent tests by the US government that showed LightSquared's wireless network interfere with GPS signals were "rigged" by the government "to produce bogus results." More...
We all know that companies patent nearly any idea they can think of and Microsoft has done just that with its 'Avoid Ghetto' feature for GPS devices. More...
The results of a new test of LightSquared's proposed 4G wireless network showed that it causes disruptions in 75 percent of the GPS units in the US. More...
Galileo, the EU's global positioning system, came a step closer to reality today. The first two satellites were launched earlier, putting the project on target for its 2014 switch-on date. More...
Angry Birds passes another milestone as the rate of its growth increases, while its developer, Rovio, cashes in on the game's extraordinary popularity with a major international merchandising push. More...
Microsoft has posted up a job posting today that is looking for help in being able to track all of its Windows Phone devices anywhere in the World, even without GPS. More...
Facebook have announced on their blog a whole host of new changes being rolled out. Users can now choose to approve tags, non-friends can tag each other, and the Places feature is being overhauled. More...
Apple has filed a patent for an implementation of augmented reality that uses its Maps application, suggesting the company is considering the feature in a future iOS release. More...
A new study predicts that smartphones and tablets sales will rise while sales for "single task" products like MP3 players and digital camera will decline. More...
Image Source: Ars Technica LightSquared, a company that wants to build a 14 billion dollar, open access satellite/4G LTE broadband network, is facing a new battle. Its base stations appear to wreak havoc with some... More...
Earlier this month, reports came in that the wireless network for the the wholesale 4G LTE-based company LightSquared was interfering with some GPS signals in a test in New Mexico. Now LightSquared has both admitted... More...
Lately it seems that we can't go a day without learning that some device is tracking our location or that some organization is selling our private data to others. Privacy rights are decreasing, but we... More...
Last week we reported that GPS maker TomTom was selling customer data to the police in the Netherlands who were then taking that data and using it to setup speed traps in order to increase... More...
Apple has just released iOS 4.3.3 for all supported iDevices. The latest update addresses location cache bug that caused growing concerns with iPhone, and even Android and Windows Phone 7 users, that your cell phone... More...
It seems that living off the grid is becoming more and more difficult with every electronic device apparently monitoring your location and sending information back to the parent company. Today’s privacy breach is courtesy of... More...
Apple has come under heavy scrutiny lately over their iPhone and iPad tracing peoples locations. The iPhone and iPad were both saving your location to a database within the phone; saving information like GPS location... More...
Since day one it has been a bumpy ride for Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system. Wikileaks Cables caused Senior managers to be removed, the United States objected owing to fears of troops being attacked and... More...
When Google first announced its free navigation services, companies like TomTom and Garmin stocks took a nose dive. On Wednesday Google announced, via its German blog, that the service is now expanding to Europe. Google released... More...
According to Engadget and their sources, Google has unleashed their free turn-by-turn navigation upon the chums of England. Previously only available to the fortunate members of the United States, Google Maps Navigation provides accurate, real-time,... More...
A software based GPS for use in Windows 7 has been developed and released by Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng today. The software installs a Windows 7 Sensor into the operating system that allows third party... More...
Have you ever wondered if GPS companies clock your speed as you fly down the highway? Many GPS devices these days tell you how fast you're going based on calculations made by the satellites they... More...
It was only a matter of time before other phone companies would have to take the plunge and offer free turn-by-turn navigation. Ever since Google released their Maps Navigation Beta for Android, people all around... More...
A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has come out recently that reveals a scary, yet real, truth about our aging GPS system satellites. The ones that orbit our planet and provide... More...