San José-based LBS tool provider deCarta today launched their latest version of their local search engine. Called “L2 Geospatial Search Engine“, it allows local search companies or vertical content sites to deploy Google Map-like offering while...

The new version of the RedLaser shopping app now offers indoors maps at 9,500 Walgreens or Home Depot stores in the United States, based on the data developed by aisle411. RedLaser, owned by eBay, has already passed the 25 million downloads mark....

Alliance Data Retail Services, a U.S. provider of branded credit card programs, recently collaborated with network based geo-location aggregator Locaid to run an opt-in geofence pilot program between Black Friday and New Year's Eve in 2012. During...

Polaris Wireless announced this week an agreement with wireless operator Globe Telecom in the Philippines. This was the opportunity to talk to Bhavin Shah, vice president of marketing and business development. GPS Business News: Can you give us a...

Polaris Wireless today announced to have won a contract with Fiilipino wireless operator Globe Telecom. Polaris will deploy their OmniLocate universal location platform and refresh Globe Telecom’s Location-Based Services (LBS) capability. "Globe...

Google last week published a blog post indicating that its map crowdsourcing community has reached 40,000 monthly users and is now opened in the United Kingdom. As this community grows one could really wonder what is the incentive for people to...

A few weeks ago GPS Business News interviewed with Marcel van der Heijden, vice president business development EMEA at indoo.rs, an Austria-based provider of indoor location technologies. Marcel van der Heijden is also a Partner in Speedinvest, a...

Comodo’s Anti-Theft for Android is a new service that enables customers to remotely locate, lock and recover a lost or stolen Android smartphone or tablet. The company has integrated Skyhook’s hybrid (Wi-Fi/Cell-ID/GPS) technology location in this...

Foursquare raised $41 million in loan and convertible debt said its CEO Dennis Crowley today. The deal was structured with a combination of new investment from the Silver Lake Waterman growth debt fund, as well as convertible debt from all existing...

HopStop, the leading U.S. transit app with 2 million monthly unique users launched a new version of its service that harvest the power of the crowd. “HopStop Live! allows public transportation riders to contribute, receive and share real-time...

Crowdsourced real-time traffic and navigation app Waze today announced a monetization partnership with IMS Internet Media Services, one of the leading digital media buyer in Latin America. "Waze is especially useful in the congested traffic of Latin...