GPS BUSINESS NEWS http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/ 2013-05-19T12:23:54+02:00 Webzine Maker 48.8488579 2.3354223 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/favicon.ico http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/var/style/logo.jpg New Version of Google Maps for Desktop 2013-05-16T13:56:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/New-Version-of-Google-Maps-for-Desktop_a4240.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5516901-8229719.jpg 2013-05-16T13:06:00+02:00 Ludovic Privat New Version of Google Maps for Desktop
Yesterday at their I/O conference in the United States Google unveiled a new version of Google Maps which key new features are to provide a more personalized experience and to display the map on a larger portion of the screen plus a number of improvements.

The new version is not available yet (today) altough you can require access through a...

]]> Smart Glasses Market Forecast: 6.6m Shipments in 2016 2013-05-01T22:10:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Smart-Glasses-Market-Forecast-6-6m-Shipments-in-2016_a4216.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5468664-8159881.jpg 2013-05-01T18:28:00+02:00 Ludovic Privat Smart Glasses Market Forecast: 6.6m Shipments in 2016
Shipments of smart glasses such as Google Glass could reach up to 6.6 million units in 2016 according to the most optimistic scenario developed by market research firm IHS. This would make a total of 9.4 million units sold within the five-year period 2012-2016.

However the market research firm also has a pessimistic market scenario wher...

]]> IDC: Smartphone Market Up 41.6% in First Quarter 2013 2013-04-29T21:32:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/IDC-Smartphone-Market-Up-41-6-in-First-Quarter-2013_a4212.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5460998-8147796.jpg 2013-04-29T10:41:00+02:00 Ludovic Privat IDC: Smartphone Market Up 41.6% in First Quarter 2013
On Friday Market research firm IDC said that smartphone vendors shipped 216.2 million units in the first quarter 2013, which marked the first time more than half (51.6%) the total phone shipments in a quarter were smartphones.

The market grew 41.6% compared to the 152.7 million units shipped in the same quarter the year before, but 5.1% lowe...

]]> Google Fined €150K in Germany for StreetView Wi-Fi Snooping 2013-04-23T18:10:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Google-Fined-150K-in-Germany-for-StreetView-Wi-Fi-Snooping_a4200.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5441267-8117680.jpg 2013-04-22T18:12:00+02:00 Ludovic Privat Google Fined €150K in Germany for StreetView Wi-Fi Snooping
“The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has imposed a fine of 145,000 Euros upon Google Inc. due to illegal recording of Wifi networks,“ said the [data protectio...

]]> Google Map Maker: 40,000 Monthly Contributors 2013-04-15T17:42:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Google-Map-Maker-40000-Monthly-Contributors_a4183.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5419686-8084660.jpg 2013-04-15T15:48:00+02:00 Ludovic Privat Google Map Maker: 40,000 Monthly Contributors
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 dedicate free labor to Google? It might be that some people still believ...

]]> Google Gets Patent for Automated Photo Settings Based on GPS, Weather Data 2013-04-02T15:46:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Google-Gets-Patent-for-Automated-Photo-Settings-Based-on-GPS-Weather-Data_a4164.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5376934-8022320.jpg 2013-04-02T10:45:00+02:00 Ludovic Privat Google Gets Patent for Automated Photo Settings Based on GPS, Weather Data
Last week the U.S. patent and Trademark Office awarded Google a new patent that uses...

]]> Local Business Search in the US: Winners and Losers 2013-04-11T21:53:00+02:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Local-Business-Search-in-the-US-Winners-and-Losers_a4161.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5365039-8004798.jpg 2013-03-28T22:02:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Neustar Localeze and 15miles, helped by Comscore have published today the Sixth Annual comScore Local Search Usage Study that gives a wealth of details about the state of the customer usage in terms of local search. It also shows the winners and losers in this market.

It is very interesting to see the large use of Facebook for local searc...
]]> Apple Acquires WIFISLAM As Indoor Location Market Continues to Evolve 2013-03-28T22:20:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Apple-Acquires-WIFISLAM-As-Indoor-Location-Market-Continues-to-Evolve_a4154.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5352770-7986970.jpg 2013-03-25T16:04:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Hacking Google Traffic Data 2013-03-28T22:13:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Hacking-Google-Traffic-Data_a4153.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5339381-7967187.jpg 2013-03-21T14:35:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Hacking Google Traffic Data
Tobias Jeske, A researcher from The Institute for Security in Distributed Applications at the Hamburg University of Technology has published an interesting scientific paper where he shows that Google's real-time traffic service can be hacked using false floating car data.

The hack is rather complex but the demonstration shows that a traffi...

]]> Yandex.Map Turkey: 1.6m Monthly Unique Users 2013-03-19T23:03:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Yandex-Map-Turkey-1-6m-Monthly-Unique-Users_a4146.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5333450-7959010.jpg 2013-03-19T22:17:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Street View: Does Google Have the Money to Keep it Up-to-Date? 2013-03-18T18:49:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Street-View-Does-Google-Have-the-Money-to-Keep-it-Up-to-Date_a4139.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5316432-7933887.jpg 2013-03-14T11:53:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Google Settles WiFi War Driving Privacy Case for $7m in the U.S. 2013-03-13T16:42:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Google-Settles-WiFi-War-Driving-Privacy-Case-for-7m-in-the-U-S_a4137.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5314105-7930471.jpg 2013-03-13T15:48:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Google Settles WiFi War Driving Privacy Case for $7m in the U.S.
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen yesterday announced a $7 million multistate settlement with Google over its unauthorized collection of data from unsecured wireless networks in the United States through Google’s Street View vehicles.

“While the $7 million is significant, the importance of this agreement goes beyond financial terms...

]]> MWC Wrap-up: The Ever Changing Mobile Ecosystem 2013-03-05T09:25:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/MWC-Wrap-up-The-Ever-Changing-Mobile-Ecosystem_a4122.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5288345-7891807.jpg 2013-03-05T08:29:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Smartphone Reaches 55% Mobile Users Penetration in EU5 2012-12-20T22:50:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Smartphone-Reaches-55-Mobile-Users-Penetration-in-EU5_a4001.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5057576-7551465.jpg 2012-12-20T21:56:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Smartphone Reaches 55% Mobile Users Penetration in EU5
The latest MobiLens research from Comscore indicates that during the three month average period ending October 2012 smartphone average penetration in EU5 was 54.6 percent, up 13% year-on-year.

The EU5 (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain) smartphone audience has increased 35 percent in the past year, from 97.7 million in October 2011 to 131....

]]> Google Maps iOS: 10m Downloads in 2 Days 2012-12-19T13:40:00+01:00 http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Google-Maps-iOS-10m-Downloads-in-2-Days_a3999.html http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/photo/art/imagette/5034864-7517840.jpg 2012-12-19T13:17:00+01:00 Ludovic Privat Google Maps iOS: 10m Downloads in 2 Days
Google Maps for iPhone, which officially debuted on December 12, was downloaded more than 10 million times in 48 hours, according to a Google+ post by Jeff Huber, senior vice president, Commerce & Local at Google.

Google developed a strong marketing campaign for this product, not only relying on PR and word of mouth, but also directly runnin...

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