Articles tagged with: Ovi and Skyhook Wireless

Mass-Produced 'Bulk Apps' Account for App Store Sales Volumes

Location based services provider, Skyhook Wireless has looked at the Android Marketplace and Apple App Store, and found that in both stores, $0.99 is the most popular paid category, and only a handful of apps sell for $6.00 to $8.99. Some location apps sell for $9.99 or higher in both stores. Most of these high-priced apps are navigation or sports-related like golf and sailing.  more

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Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America

.., Google built its own cell tower database. Wi-Fi-based location provides strong coverage indoors, where GPS is weak, so Skyhook Wireless creates not only a Wi-Fi-based position determination technology but also a Wi-Fi access point database  more

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