Tag Archive | "GPS"
Appalling Linkbait: CBS Seattle says Microsoft GPS patent has “avoid Ghetto” feature
Business on the web is, for the most part, dominated by pageviews. More eyeballs translate into more ad revenue. To that end, crafting a snazzy and eye-catching headline is an important part of getting traffic. But often times, a website’s thirst for pageviews can translate into what people affectionately refer to as “link bait.” I […]
Continue reading...Palm Pre sends user info, including location, back to Palm on a daily basis
Friday, August 14, 2009
It came to light this week that the Palm Pre sends an array of user information back to Palm HQ on a daily basis. Specifically, Palm Pre users send the following information back to the mothership every 24 hours. 1) Installed Apps 2) Crash Logs 3) User Location (via GPS) 4) And finally, a list […]
Continue reading...Leaked pricing reveals Tom Tom iPhone kit to retail for $168
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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A reseller in the U.K has leaked pricing information for Tom Tom’s upcoming iPhone car kit, and if its accurate, it will be price at around $168. Included in the kit is the latest and greatest in Tom Tom software, the iPhone cradle which attaches to the windshield, simultaneously charges your iPhone, and also boosts […]
Continue reading...More on TomTom for the iPhone
Monday, July 6, 2009
A few weeks ago at Apple’s WWDC, TomTom CTO Peter-Frans Pauwels demoed what his company had in store for their upcoming turn by turn direction app for the iPhone. While a firm release date for the app is not yet known, Pauwels noted that users should expect to see the app in the iTunes App […]
Continue reading...Japanese University to measure student attendance via GPS enabled iPhones?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A Japanese University in Tokyo is taking an interesting, if not downright Big-Brother, approach to monitoring student attendance. All students at Aoyama Gakuin University will receive a free GPS enabled iPhone, which will allow school administrators to see which students are in school and which are not. The faculty began providing Apple iPhone 3Gs to […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Full specs and release date of Apple’s next iPhone revealed
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
With Apple’s WWDC about 3 weeks away, the rumor mill is in full effect. According to AppleiPhoneApps, they were approached by someone with connections to Apple’s hardware development team who divulged that the next iPhone model will be released on July 17, 2009. This supposed source also dished out the specs of the next iPhone model. Some […]
Continue reading...Is this an example of too *much* technology?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
From a BusinessWeek article discussing some of the innovative OS features of the Palm Pre: So Palm set out to create software that would require no synching with a PC, and that would solve problems only a phone in your pocket could solve. For example, because the devices would combine access to GPS, online maps, […]
Continue reading...Apple previews iPhone 3.0 update with Cut and Paste, App Store continues to thrive
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
At a special media event today, Apple previewed a slew of new and impressive iPhone OS features, including Cut and Paste, MMS, and support for turn by turn directions. Apple also highlighted the impressive growth of the iTunes App Store. Overall, 3.0 is a huge update, and the developer beta is already available. For the […]
Continue reading...Leopard to include support for multi-touch and location awareness tools
Thursday, February 5, 2009
AppleInsider reports that Apple’s next OS X release, Snow Leopard, will include extended application support for multi-touch capabilities on its laptops, and location awareness tools for all Macs. While Apple’s desktops and laptops don’t contain GPS units, they will reportedly approximate a users physical location by triangulating nearby wi-fi signals, similar to how the iPhone […]
Continue reading...iPhone coming to the UAE and to Saudi Arabia
Monday, February 2, 2009
A advertisement in today’s Gulf News touted the impending arrival of the iPhone to UAE and Saudi Arabian customers. The ad states: The UAE’s Emirates Telecommunications Corporation – Etisalat today announced that they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone 3G to the United Arab Emirates and to the Kingdom of Saudi […]
Continue reading...Apple nixes GPS on iPhone for Egyptian customers
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
In order to get the iPhone 3G into Egypt, Apple had to kill one of its newest features: GPS. Apparently, the Egyptian government was afraid that iPhone users would be able to use their iPhone to pinpoint sensitive locations such as government buildings and military bases. I’m not sure if this makes much sense because […]
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
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