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Article | 18/04/2013 TomTom ditches Nike for new GPS sport watches
After partnering with Nike to produce the Nike+ SportWatch GPS, TomTom has decided to produce its own range of sport watches without any additional he...
Article | 12/04/2013 Solar flare blacks out some radios, but the end is not (necessarily) near
Don't set your Google Inactive Account Manager just yet, but there are billions of tons of solar matter hurtling toward the Earth at more than 600 mil...
Article | 13/03/2013 Google Maps for Android heads indoors
Google has announced that its Maps application on Android devices can now display indoor maps of selected Australian airports, shopping centres, train...
Article | 18/02/2013 Nike adds splash of colour to Sportwatch GPS
Nike has today announced that its Sportwatch GPS device -- a joint collaboration with GPS manufacturer TomTom -- is now available in a white and silve...
Article | 13/12/2012 Google Maps arrives in App Store
Google's new Maps app for iPhone arrived in the App Store late Wednesday, in a move likely to please users disappointed with Apple Maps in iOS 6. Whil...
Article | 22/12/2011 LightSquared says GPS has to accept interference
Mobile startup LightSquared wants the FCC to declare that it has the right to use spectrum next to the GPS band and that navigation device makers do n...
Article | 15/12/2011 Feds again say LightSquared interferes with GPS
A second round of tests on LightSquared's proposed land-based mobile data network again showed interference with a majority of GPS devices, except for...
Article | 13/12/2011 LightSquared slams leak on GPS tests, expects to win
LightSquared believes a government official selectively leaked results from tests of its proposed mobile broadband network to set public opinion again...
Article | 8/12/2011 NavX sues Google again, increasing its claim for damages over Adwords rules
French navigation data provider NavX filed another lawsuit against Google last Thursday, renewing its accusations that the company abused its dominant...
Article | 9/11/2011 GPS group seeks partial ban on LightSquared
A group of GPS vendors and users has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to permanently block LightSquared from using the upper band of i...
Article | 5/11/2011 Senator vows to block FCC nominees over LightSquared
The controversy over satellite-LTE carrier LightSquared could prevent the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from filling two vacant seats if a U....
Article | 6/10/2011 FCC tells retailers to stop selling mobile phone jammers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has issued warnings to 20 online retailers selling illegal mobile phone jammers, GPS jammers, Wi-Fi jammers...
Article | 26/09/2011 LightSquared to defend project in open letter in newspapers
LightSquared said late Sunday that it planned to run the next day in major newspapers in the U.S. an open letter explaining its position over the cont...
Article | 22/09/2011 LightSquared says GPS fix will cost $50-$300
Satellite-4G carrier LightSquared said Wednesday that gear to prevent interference between its network and precision GPS gear will cost US$50 to $300 ...
Article | 2/09/2011 After takeover, Navigon goes with Flow as Garmin goes 3D
Garmin and Navigon each launched devices at a joint news conference on Thursday, on the eve of the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) trade show in ...