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Archives for October 2013

GPS-Tracking Bullets Help Cops Keep Tabs On Renegade Cars

October 29, 2013 By LBSzone

CBS12 News recently featured a new pursuit management system that police officers in Iowa and Florida are currently testing. The system is designed to help the police track suspects during car chases.

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Filed Under: GPS

Sensorly adds mobile speed data to crowdsourced coverage map app

October 28, 2013 By LBSzone

Sensorly, the French platform for crowdsourcing cellular and Wi-Fi coverage maps, has updated its app to also show users what sort of speed they should be expecting.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

Google Rolls out Maps Engine Pro for Small Businesses

October 28, 2013 By LBSzone

Google Maps aren’t just for finding directions for consumers. The company is courting small businesses to grab a greater market share and provide differentiation from its competitors. In a slow news month, it appears Google, the 800-pound gorilla in the location industry, has a strong start in business markets.

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Filed Under: Business

GPS to be installed in police vehicles across Kerala

October 28, 2013 By LBSzone

In order to quicken response time and preventing the perennial issue of misuse of police vehicles, the Kerala police would be installing Global Positioning System (GPS) in police vehicles across the state.

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Filed Under: GPS

goCrop web and mobile app helps farmers map crops and monitor irrigation systems

October 27, 2013 By LBSzone

WESTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A new cyber tool that helps map crops and monitor irrigation systems came to life after a University of Vermont researcher realized farmers just weren’t very good at keeping records.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

Hit the Brakes! GPS Mom Is Watching

October 27, 2013 By LBSzone

New big-brother devices for tracking teen drivers are meant to keep accidents and deaths among teen drives down. But are they too big-brother and not enough good-mother (or father)?

There’s nothing more liberating as a teen than being able to drive and take off on your own. A driver’s license is among the first signs of independence, yet the statistics show that many teens may not be ready for the responsibility. Drivers 16 years to 19 years are four times more likely than adults to be involved in fatal crashes. Teen passengers with peers at the wheel are also at risk. One in five 9th-to-11th graders has been involved in at least one crash in the past year.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2013/10/25/hit-the-brakes-gps-mom-is-watching/#ixzz2iwqXB11s

Filed Under: GPS

MapBox Closes $10M Series A From Foundry Group To Build The Future Of Interactive, Mobile Maps

October 26, 2013 By LBSzone

Cloud-based map platform startup MapBox, which gives developers tools to add interactive maps to their web and mobile offerings, clad in their own brand colours/designs — and counts foursquare, Uber, GitHub, Evernote and the FT among its 2,500+ paying subscribers — has just closed a $10 million Series A from Foundry Group. The raise was announced in a blog on MapBox’s website.

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Filed Under: mobile mapping

Ruling on GPS Tracking Could Protect Cellphone Privacy

October 26, 2013 By LBSzone

If you’ve ever thought that law enforcement might be tracking you through your cell phone, you might be right. But unless the agency has a warrant, what they’re doing is unconstitutional.

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Filed Under: GPS

Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and new accessories available for purchase

October 25, 2013 By LBSzone

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced that its newest Surface models — Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 — as well as an expanded portfolio of new Surface accessories are now available for purchase at Microsoft retail stores

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Filed Under: Tablets, Windows Phone Tagged With: microsoft, tablet

Chinese Companies Eye U.S. Mobile Internet Market

October 25, 2013 By LBSzone

“Chinese enterprises have expressed great interest in the mobile Internet market of the United States.” This was a view shared by many participants attending the Global Mobile Internet Conference. Held on October 23 in Silicon Valley, the influential conference on mobile Internet trained the spotlight on the Chinese companies. GPC analysts said, in 2014, Chinese enterprises will experience an unprecedented growth with regards to the U.S. mobile internet market growth potential. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Press

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