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Article | 2/07/2008 Laser-scanning software provides tunnel vision

Roadworkers tunnelling through the Devil's Slide, a perilously landslide-prone area on California's Highway 1, are using laser scanning software devel...

Article | 18/06/2008 Microsoft unveils first OS for portable navigation devices

Microsoft on Tuesday introduced its first-ever embedded OS for portable devices that use GPS (global positioning system) and maps to get people where ...

Article | 10/06/2008 Most important WWDC announcement: GPS on iPhone

The most important iPhone announcement from Monday's keynote presentation at the Apple WWDC wasn't the 3G news. Faster speeds were pretty much a given...

Article | 3/06/2008 Clarion shows new prototype portable navigator

Car audio and navigation maker Clarion has unveiled a new prototype of its handheld mobile Internet navigator device that's due to be launched later t...

Article | 4/06/2008 COMPUTEX: Clarion shows prototype of its upcoming mobile navigation device

Japan's Clarion showed a new prototype of its personal navigation device that combines Internet access, a multimedia player with digital TV and GPS al...

Article | 1/05/2008 Google adds Street Views to Google Map driving directions

Google hopes to make it easier for users to get from point A to point B by integrating its Google Maps Street View images with Google Maps driving dir...

Article | 28/04/2008 Galileo navigation system launches second satellite

Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system took another step forward on Sunday with the launch of a second experimental satellite.

Article | 8/04/2008 In Pictures: Garmin nuvifone

Garmin has announced its entrance into the mobile phone market with the nuvifone – an all-in-one touch screen device that combines a phone, mobi...

Article | 7/04/2008 Yahoo India intros maps in local languages

Yahoo! India introduced a new service for the first time in India - maps in local Indian languages and walking directions.

Article | 7/04/2008 TomTom says Tele Atlas merger held up by EU investigation

TomTom's acquisition of mapping company Tele Atlas has dragged on longer than expected, held up by an investigation by the European Union's antitrust ...

Article | 18/03/2008 Google Transit makes Aussie debut in Perth

Australia has finally joined Google Transit more than two years after its US launch.

Article | 10/03/2008 Wireless system helping send troubles down the drain

Founded in 1935, Roto-Rooter Group has flushed out the competition because its plumbers arrive on the same day of a cry for help to clear a clog or fi...

Article | 6/03/2008 In Pictures: Pioneer Electronics Australia announces a new versatile navigation system

The latest addition to the Pioneer navigation range is the AVIC-F500BT, a system that combines the power of an in-dash navigation unit with the conven...

Article | 6/03/2008 Google bets on value of prediction markets

Prediction markets are known to forecast the outcome of elections more accurately than polls. Now Google is using an internal prediction market to imp...

Article | 3/03/2008 New TomTom GPS units use real-world speed data

GPS navigation vendor TomTom today announced a new line of devices that will use real-world traffic data to produce more realistic calculations of the...

Article | 25/02/2008 Locally developed technology to be rolled out in seven countries

Finder technology developed by a location-based services developer in Melbourne, Tenzeng, is being rolled out in seven countries across the globe.

Article | 19/02/2008 Sony Ericsson E400 mobile broadband ExpressCards

Sony Ericsson used the GSM Mobile World Conference to launch two new mobile broadband ExpressCards. The EC400 and EC400g simply slide into a laptop's ...

Article | 15/02/2008 MWC - GPS about finding friends, not route, in Barcelona

Location-based services appeared here, there and everywhere at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, as service providers maneuvered to ta...

Article | 14/02/2008 Yahoo mashup links maps, RSS to 'visualize' global news

Yahoo yesterday launched a new mashup that allows users to follow news in 3-D as it happens all over the world.

Article | 11/02/2008 Sony Ericsson unveils first Windows Mobile handset

Sony Ericsson, which historically has created phones around the Symbian operating system, jumped quietly onto the Windows Mobile bandwagon with the an...