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Car navigation Sport and Outdoor Location Based Services Innovation Market Data Finance People and Jobs Voices of the industry Search Advanced search Login Password Lost password ? Subscribe now!	TOP STORIES iPhone App for smart Car: Navigation, Traffic Signs Recognition At the Geneva motor show this month, smart, the subsidiary of the Daimler group, introduced its own “drive app” for the iPhone coupled with a dash cradle fitting with their the well known "fortwo" model. The smart drive app for the iPhone gathers three essential functions: hands-free system for phone calls,... Location is Next “Golden Nugget” for Carriers INTERVIEW: Harnessing user location data is vital if the full potential of an ad-funded business model in the mobile world is to be achieved. GPS Business News spoke to Lisa Peterson, a wireless industry consultant, about the obstacles in the path location-based advertising – and the opportunities it offers. NAVTEQ to Customers: "Pay Attention to EMEA Emerging Markets!" (Part 2) Last week at the Navigation Day @ CeBIT conference, GPS Business News interviewed with Yiannis Moissidis, vice president of sales for Emerging Markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region... MARKET DATA Market Data What Do U.S. Drivers Search for on their Mobile Satnav? U.S. mobile navigation provider TeleNav released today some interesting statistics about their users behaviors. With 13 million customers TeleNav dataset gives a pretty accurate view of where are the interests of American users on the road. “Every month our users are conducting millions of... NAVTEQ to Customers: "Pay Attention to EMEA Emerging Markets!" (Part 1) Last week at the Navigation Day @ CeBIT conference, GPS Business News interviewed with Yiannis Moissidis, vice president of sales for Emerging Markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) at the digital map maker NAVTEQ. Mr. Moissidis draw a quite detailed picture of what is... GPS Camera Market Set to Grow in 2010 and Beyond The beginning of the year 2010 has seen a surge in the number of GPS-enabled cameras launched or announced on the market: Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Casio have introduced devices in that area. The digital camera market represents indeed an interesting opportunity for GPS semiconductor... Telmap Nav App Hits 100,000 downloads on iTunes Telmap today announces that the iPhone version of its mobile navigation application has exceeded 100,000 downloads. Telmap provides a white label, hosted and managed mobile search, mapping and navigation solutions to mobile operators. The operator-branded iPhone version has been launched in... PND Market at the Crossroad According to market research firm GFK, quoted by Reuters, unit sales of personal navigation devices (PND) in the five largest European markets have dropped 12.4 percent in 2009. Total unit sales in the combined markets of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain dropped to 9.52... PEOPLE AND JOBS People and Jobs A Success for Galileo Application Days Last week in Brussels took place the Galileo Application Days, a successful event that gathered over 900 professionals from the GNSS technology sector and related European politics and administrative decision makers. This event seamlessly mixed three days of conferences and networking,... Magellan Hired New Sales Director Bill Longacre was hired as Director of Sales at MiTAC Digital Corporation early February, GPS Business News learned this week. MiTAC Digital Corporation is the business name behind the Magellan brand since its acquistion by Taiwanese manufacturer MiTAC last year. Bill Longacre is actually... New Organization at Tele Atlas TomTom today officially confirmed a scoop revealed last week by GPS Business News: CEO Bill Henry is leaving Tele Atlas and Peter van der Fluit is to lead the TomTom mapping division as Senior Vice President of Licensing Business Unit Tele Atlas. “Peter van der Fluit will be responsible for...	IN THE NEWS The Games People Play: Why Social Media Check-Ins Could Bridge the ROBO Gap A Success for Galileo Application Days NAVTEQ to Customers: "Pay Attention to EMEA Emerging Markets!" (Part 2) Interview with Pole Star CTO about in-door Positioning iPhone App for smart Car: Navigation, Traffic Signs Recognition 1 Million Caches for Geocaching.com What Do U.S. Drivers Search for on their Mobile Satnav? Blom Renewed Contract with Microsoft for Aerial Imagery NAVTEQ to Customers: "Pay Attention to EMEA Emerging Markets!" (Part 1)
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