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Articles tagged with: Skyhook and Lbs
Operators Lose Prime Position for Location Based Services
Wireless carriers are increasingly losing control of location-based service provision to Internet companies such as Google and Yahoo, and to handset vendors like Nokia, according to Strategy Analytics. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, google, yahoo, nokia, gps
Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America
The consumer location-based services (LBS) market has steadily evolved over the past few years, always promising significant revenue generation, but never quite delivering the critical mass of subscribers that were expected. Now, a number of factors - including the development of third-party location databases and technologies - are poised to finally drive real LBS market growth on mobile phones. more
Related Tags: google, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, itu, gps, tim, ovi, e-911, skyhook-wireless, a-gps, USA
Qualcomm To Enable Skyhook Wi-Fi Positioning on gpsOne Platform
skyhook Wireless, maker of the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) and XPS 2.0 hybrid positioning system, has announced that Qualcomm has taken a license to distribute skyhook's WPS and incorporate the technology into its gpsOne positioning technology platforms. skyhook's WPS solution will deliver Wi-Fi positioning for gpsOne and enable hybrid location positioning capabilities on select future platforms. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, iphone, apple, apple, qualcomm, edge, gps
Skyhook Wireless Brings Wi-Fi Location to Symbian OS
skyhook Wireless, provider of the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) has demonstrated Wi-Fi positioning on the latest version of Symbian OS, v9.5. The collaborative work between the two partner companies demonstrates support for skyhookÃ's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) by SymbianÃ's LBS architecture, enabling fast and accurate location acquisition in urban and indoor environments. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, social-networking, smartphone, rural, gps, location-based-services, a-gps, symbian, ims
Is iPhone's Wi-Fi Based Location Finder Better than GPS?
This week, Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone will feature skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi location technology in a joint development with Google. It is easy to write this off as a stop gap solution for GPS, but for me, this is a first step towards the next generation of cellular location technology. more
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