Glympse releases API to share location tracking for third parties
USA: Glympse has unveiled a new software development kit (SDK), giving app developers and others the ability to include Glympse-powered location sharing technology into their services with a few lines of code.
Glympse will be offering use of [...]
TomTom to power geocoder services for TripAdvisor
USA: TomTom has announced that TripAdvisor has licensed TomTom’s new global geocoder services to integrate highly accurate location-based intelligence into its websites and applications. This will provide TripAdvisor’s visitors [...]
Polaris Wireless OmniLocate Platform to provide LBS to Globe Telecom
Philippines: According to a recent news, Polaris Wireless announced that it has been selected by Globe Telecom to deploy the OmniLocate universal location platform and refresh Globe Telecom’s Location-Based Services (LBS) capability.
As [...]
Mobility Ventures invests €500K in IndoorAtlas
USA: Mobility Ventures has announced an investment in a new indoor positioning and mapping technology company called Indoor Atlas, which utilizes magnetic anomalies inside buildings and smartphones to accurately pinpoint positions indoors.
Roman [...]
AND delivers a wide range of LBS services
Netherlands: According to a recent news, AND has launched the AND LBS Platform to provide worldwide location-based services (LBS) including geocoding, local search, customized maps and routing.
As per the source, the company offers the AND [...]
Retail indoor location market to scale $5 billion in 2018
UK: ABI Research’s latest report “Indoor Location in Retail: Where Is the Money?” forecasts that retail indoor location market will touch $5 Billion in 2018, as Apple has acquired WiFiSLAM for $20 million. The acquisition illustrates [...]
Pole Star launches NAO Cloud – “in the box” online indoor location platform
USA: Pole Star has unveiled NAO Cloud – its new indoor location platform. NAO Cloud simplifies the deployment of indoor location solutions by introducing an automated deployment process that dramatically reduces time-to-market and the [...]
TeleCommunication Systems launches Location ToolKit for developing advanced LBS applications
USA: TeleCommunication Systems has unveiled Location ToolKit, a suite of development kits designed to enrich mobile products and applications with advanced navigation and location features. It is the first time that TCS has launched the toolkit [...]
Verve Mobile secures funding from Nokia, Qualcomm for mobile location-based advertising
USA: Verve Mobile announced that it has closed its Series C financing led by Nokia Growth Partners, a global growth stage venture firm focused on mobile technology, services and media with participation from new investor Qualcomm Incorporated, [...]
TCS issued 4 U.S. patents pertaining to mobile location
USA: TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued four patents to TCS related to mobile location:
Point of Interest Spatial Rating Search Method and System
The Point of Interest patent [...]
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