Cambridge-based (Massachusetts) start-up ByteLight officially launched today with a technology that uses LED (light-emitting diode) as positioning beacons. “ByteLight-enabled” lights transmit proprietary signals which can be picked up by...

Cisco announced last week the acquisition of location analytics start-up ThinkSmart Technologies based out of Cork, Ireland. Created in 2008, ThinkSmart Technologies, is a software company that delivers location data analysis using Wi-Fi technology....

In a blog post, Cédric Dupont, Google’s product director for indoor maps announced that indoor floor plans and directions are now starting to be available in France via Google Maps for Android (Android 2.2 or above, Google Maps for mobile version...

aisle411, a start-up company that provides apps for mobile shopping and has 9,000 detailed maps of grocery stores in the U.S. has announced yesterday the acquisition of the assets and intellectual properties of WiLocate, a start-up that had...

“The In-Location Alliance was launched today by 22 companies across industries to drive innovation and market adoption of high accuracy indoor positioning and related services,“ announced Nokia in a press release today. The alliance includes phone...

The German Fraunhofer Institute (Franhofer IIS), developer and promoter of the indoor and outdoor WLAN positioning technology Awiloc, said last week that N-Solut and CloudMade, two companies based in Germany, are new partners to use their technology...

U.S. based Indoor map provider Micello and UK based indoor location technology supplier Sensewhere have announced a partnership this week. Sensewhere has licensed Micello’s indoor maps to showcase the accuracy of its indoor positioning technology...

Spirent Communications last week announced the launch of a new simulation software that combines inertial MEMS sensor with multi-GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, etc.) testing. Spirent already hinted in that direction when meeting with GPS Business News at the...

Largest U.S. drugstore chain Walgreens announced last week a partnership with in-store mapping and search startup aisle411. As a result of this partnership shoppers can use their iPhone or Android smartphones to view maps of any 7,907 Walgreens...

Created in 2010, SenionLab is a spin-off from Linköping University (Sweden) with a core knowledge in signal processing and sensor fusion systems acquired by its founders in automotive and avionics. The startup specializes in indoor positioning. The...

Pole Star with its partner and investor Hub Telecom delivered last month to ADP (Aéroport de Paris) more than 600,000 square meters of indoor location coverage using its WiFi-based NAO Campus technology. Travellers in all terminals of Roissy Charles...