Recent Entries in LBS
PocketFinder Found to Be Downloaded 10,000 Times
Personal locator devices and service provider Location Based Technologies, says that its PocketFinder service has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its debut as an Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone application two months ago.The software allows users to access real-time location…
Sprint LBS Now Open to Developers
Sprint is partnering with location platforms Veriplace by WaveMarketd WHERE by uLocate Communications (www.where.com). They want to help developers create new location-based services for Sprint customers. Both platforms provide developers with tools to create and launch location-enabled appl…
LBS Loopt on Android Market Works with Most Carriers
Loopt is now available on Android Market, Google's new app store. Loopt users can share their location between carrier networks with fellow Loopt users on AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Boost, MetroPCS and T-Mobile. Loopt is currently supported on more than 100 handsets including the iPhone andBlackBer…
Touchscreen Smartphones Fuel LBS, Says ABI Research.
The recent launches of GPS-enabled touchscreen smartphones including the BlackBerry Storm and G1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS). Even in an economic downturn, it drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastru…
Mobile LBS Social Networking to Reach 82 Million Subscribers by 2013, Says ABI
Mobile location-based social networking is expected to become a key driver for the uptake of location-based services as it provides a unifying framework for a large set of applications such as friend finders, local search and geo-tagging. While many LBS applications will include features allowin…
AllSport GPS from AT&T Tracks Outdoor Exercise
Trimble and AT&T helps keep you fit with the AllSport GPS an exercise tracking application that tracks exercise activity via GPS.AllSport GPS keeps track of time, speed, calorie burned, and distance traveled during outdoorworkouts such as running, walking, biking and snowboarding. Users can stor…
Snow-Sports Addicts Have New iPhone LBS App – Snocator
Here's a new iPhone app for skiiers called Snocator (pronounced "snow-kay-ter") that uses interactive GPS trail maps to show users exactly where they are on the mountain, and plan out their next run, rendezvous or o hot chocolate from the ski lodge. Users can also check snow reports…
PockFinder LBS Service Ready for T-Mobile G1
Android smartphone users can now download the PocketFinder service for their handsets. Location Based Technologies (LBT), has fully tested this service for just-launched T-Mobile G1. The Android-based PocketFinder service is now available for a 15-day fr…
Verizon’s LBS Field Force Mgr Finds, Schedules, & Records Employees
Verizon Wireless is now offering Field Force Manager, an all-in-one mobile resource management solution to help mobile business customers reduce operational costs and increase productivity, for MOTO Q 9c, BlackBerry Curve 8330 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, with more available l…
LBS Mobile Ticketing Service m.PhoneEvents
PhoneEvents.com and m.PhoneEvents.com sites bring together preferential and location-based EventListings with a ticketing service that is easy to use on any Web-enabled phone, including the vast majority of devices in use today that either are equipped with minibrowsers o…
Broadcom Integrates Wi-FiPS from Skyhook
Broadcom Corporation announced that it will upgrade its location based services (LBS) infrastructure to add Wi-Fi positioning to its LBS portfolio of services. Broadcom will use the Wi-Fi Positioning System developed by Skyhook Wireless, Inc., which pioneeredthe development of Wi-Fi positionin…
PocketFinder Finds People Pets & Luggage on Android Phones
PocketFinder service is now available for Android phones along with full integration of PocketFinder location devices for people, pets and luggage. GPS GSM tags/ fobs are attached to the pet or luggage, they can be carried on the person of extreme sports enthusiasts, hikers, bikers, or those with sp…
Alltel Worforce Locator Locates and Maps Workers
Alltel’s Workforce Locator, a tracking and mobile resource management (MRM) solution designed by Autodesk, is now f BREW devices enabled with location-based services (LBS) such as the Samsung R430, Samsung U520, LG AX260 and the LG AX300. Alltel Workforce Locator allows businesses to gain vis…
New LBS A-GPS Location Location Location Services from AT&T
Location, location, location. AT&T Inc. announced today it has deployed assisted GPS technology (A-GPS) within its wireless network to enhance existing and planned location-based services (LBS) used with A-GPS capable devices. The company also announced it will launch two new navigation applica…
infoUSA Provides Biz Data for Limbo Locations
infoGROUP announced its infoUSA database license division has licensed its US business database to Limbo, social networks. infoUSA databases help populate the geographic information within Limbo’s location tools, giving members quick access to places nearby. Limbo members use the directory in…
Follow HBO Entourage Characters with Whrrl, LBS
Whrrl, the location-aware social networking and discovery service from Pelago, Inc., today announced that it has signed an exclusive marketing agreement with Deep Focus to promote the hit HBO series through the new service. The promotion creates Whrrl accounts for all primary Entourage characters u…
Xohm LBS Apps from uLocate, Yelp, Eventful, NAVTEQ, AccuWeather & Google
Sprint's XOHM WiMAX mobile broadband customers can have information customized for their locations and personalized to their needs with new Sprint ecosystem agreements for location based services.Unique location and personalization capabilities will customize information for the user at home, at w…
Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Open Source API Sparks Location Based Apps
Yahoo! has opened up Fire Eagle (http://fireeagle.yahoo.net), an open platform that helps users take their location to the web while giving them the ability to easily control how and where their location data is shared. Fire Eagle gives users a place to store and manage information about their l…
go2 Local Traffic Powered by NAVTEQ
go2 Media now offers go2 Traffic with real-time traffic information and alerts for mobile phones. go2 Traffic will help drivers and travelers make informed decisions about the best time to leave and the fastest route to take anywhere in the U.S.. Mobile users can access go2 Traffic through the …
Location Based Tech Advances with Additon of Wi-Fi from CSR & Skyhook
CSR, and Skyhook Wireless maker of the Wi-Fi Positioning System and XPS 2.0, the hybrid positioning system, announced a partnership that will bring advanced location capabilities to CSR’s Wi-Fi silicon. Skyhook Wireless’ core technology, the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), is software …
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