Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google's. "An effective alternative to ...
Apple has acquired mapping startup WiFiSlam, which is developing an indoor location service for smartphones, Apple said Monday. An Apple spokesman declined to comment on its purpose in making the acquisition or its future plans for the ...
Tags: Apple, Mapping Apps, Computer Products
Researchers from Boston University have invented a unique way of using LED lights to transmit location information to mobile devices within buildings. Researchers Dan Ryan and Aaron Ganick’s start-up, ByteLight, is based entirely ...
Tags: Boston University, LED lights, location information, mobile devices
GOOGLE Maps have found their way back to the iPhone, and the new alternative was already the top-ranking free app in Apple's iTunes store. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late yesterday with the release of the ...
Tags: Google Maps, Iphone, Consumer Electronics