The location based services has a new market potential to explore - parental tracking. While the current usage is very low, a new study by JupiterResearch has revealed that 45% of the surveyed parents...
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This is admittedly from last week, but the headline from Moconews about a Wall Street Journal article really caught my eye, especially as I had a bit of a rant to some people at the recent...
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Watching a rare moment of TV the other night, I caught a glimpse of a commercial for Boost Mobile, a US mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that launched a friend finder application this summer...
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Want updates on Wimbeldon, but you are walking through London? Don't try to find a pub with a TV, just ask a tree. No, really!. Textually brings us news of a project from IBM in the UK to...
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Summer's here so why not only give your kid a mobile phone to stay in touch from the pool or down on the beach, but track the little monster as well? Verizon has launched it's own kid-phone...
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Nokia has extended the reach of its mobile search service, adding coverage to Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and Spain. The application, which is a free download for the Nokia N-series handsets and...
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German location-based application Plazes has begun a closed beta of a mobile client for Symbian S60 devices, which includes Nokia N90, N70, 6680, 6681/6682, 6670, 3230, 6620, 6630, 6260, 7610. The...
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DM Europe carries a story today about a new location-based system being piloted. Appear Networks, Cisco Systems and the Stockholm subway system are teaming up to provide a new context-aware...
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One of the bigger stories over the weekend has been the resurgence of issue of companies using cellphones to track employees. With an increase in the number of devices that support GPS queries, or...
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Verizon Wireless is kicking off its new VNavigator location-based services app with the announcement of the V325 handset.The V325 looks to be a middle-of-the-road massmarket clamshell, with the LBS...
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The New York Times is carrying a story today about the imminent launch of video ads on mobiles. Marketers said they were particularly excited about the prospect of eventually using cellphones, many...
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