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July 18, 2008general, Hardware, LBS, Navigation

More location iStuff

So Sue has the iPhone 3G and I was FINALLY able to upgrade the iPod Touch to the 2.0 firmware. I am quite happy with the number of times that […]
July 10, 2008general, LBS

Location aware iPhone/iPodTouch apps

The App Store is available if you have updated to iTunes 7.7. I took a quick look at some of the first round of apps (there are 500 at launch) […]
June 24, 2008general, LBS

Nokia trying to take over world

I probably owe Glenn a buck for covering a Nokia topic (I’ll get it to you in San Diego) but I am giddy about some of the steps Nokia has […]
May 28, 2008general, LBS, WebMapping

Mobile location apps are poised

Information has begun to roll out about the companies that have received support from the iPhone venture capital funding announced back in January…all two of them so far. Whrrl, a […]
May 7, 2008general, LBS, Programming/Dev

Loopt’s Brian Knapp talks about privacy issues

E-Commerce Times has posted an interview with Brian Knapp, a VP at Loopt, the mobile social networking and mapping software company. The article is actually focused on how Loopt deals […]
April 30, 2008general, LBS, WebMapping

BrightKite – social location web app

I have started taking a tour of some of the location based social apps that are out there since I haven’t had time to write code myself. The first one […]
March 25, 2008general, LBS

Collaborative Landmark Directory

I noticed OpenLandmark when I was looking at the mobile apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It is a beta site that is creating a directory of landmarks, currently focusing on […]
March 7, 2008general, LBS, Programming/Dev, Software

Core Location…Wow that was quick

Was it just back in October that I was pondering how long it would take Apple to introduce Core Location to provide developers a simple hook into location information for […]
February 5, 2008general, LBS

Mixed Reality gaming in Japan

One of the areas of convergence for location-based applications and gaming is the idea of mixed reality, where places in the game correspond to real-world locations, and actions in one […]
January 31, 2008Gadgets, general, LBS

Garmin’s New York nuvifone announcement

Wednesday evening Garmin apparently surprised a press event with their announcement of the nuvifone, the company’s first foray into the mobile phone market. The Garmin Blog has an amusing post […]