Cisco recently polled 1,500 consumers from all over the world to understand their feeling towards new technologies in the car and it appears people from emerging markets have much more confidence in driver-less cars than countries such as Japan, Germany, UK and France.

it is interesting to see that in the United States consumers are mor...

Enterprise Wi-Fi network vendor Aruba has acquired Meridian, a U.S. Start-up that offers apps and an app making platform for indoor geo-location. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

“The addition of Meridian will enable enterprises to tap into a wealth of network-driven information so that they can better engage thei...

Garmin this week announced the commercial availability in the United Kingdom of their first Personal navigation Device (PND) with real-time traffic powered by a digital radio (DAB) modem in Europe.

The high end PND (nüvi 3598LMT-D) also features 5.0" high resolution dual-orientation display, with “pinch and zoom”, detailed maps of Europe wit...

Hungary-based navigation software provider NNG has announced today that the company is entering the the Japanese automotive navigation market “with a deeply localized version of its iGO Navigation software.“

In a statement issued today NNG wrote: “Several automakers have already ordered NNG’s newest line-fit software, including one of Japan’...

The German wireless operator O2 Telefonica has launched this week a new service called O2 More Local that allows its subscribers to receive SMS or MMS with geo-targeted commercial deals.

Customers can directly redeem the offers or vouchers while shopping in the corresponding stores. The activation is made via th...

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...

Location sharing start-up Glympse today launched a platform for developers willing to include Glympse in their apps, products and services.

"Based on the response of our current partners and strong interest from the broader developer community, we were encouraged to develop a publicly available platform that would enable anyone to add locatio...

LBS platform provider for wireless operator Intersec today announced that Portugal Telecom has selected their geolocation solution IGLOO to help generate new sources of revenue for its Portuguese network.

With more than 100 million subscribers Portugal telecom is the leading Portuguese telecoms operator and also has a solid internationa...

Automotive supplier Continental has developed the new Multimedia Radio Navigation (MRN) System for the PSA Group in China. The product was first launched with the Dongfeng Citroën C4 L car model in March 2013 and will later be available in other vehicles.

The product includes a 7-inch high resolutio...

Cisco Enterprise Networking Group has announced that MGM Resorts International has deployed at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas an indoor turn-by-turn navigation solution.

The Bellagio mobile app (available for iOS and Android), is offered as a free download for guests using their smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

"W...

SatNav Technologies, this week launched version 13 of its map database with detailed road network for over 2,300 cities of India which is expected to be upgraded to 6,000 cities by the end of 2013.

The map database encompasses more than one million of kms of roads and more than 3.5 million POIs.

SatNa...

Dutch digital map maker AND announced last week it has signed an agreement with an undisclosed “navigation company“ for the use of their worldwide digital maps. The contract is said to “contribute substantially to the revenue for 2013.“

AND expects that the revenue for 2013 will already amount to a minimum of € 4 millio...