GPS (Global Positioning System) is a joint name for group of satellites that are orbiting around the earth. They were initiated by the US government very long back and made available to public during the Government of President Reagan. GPS receiver is a petite appliance that transfers and receives signals from satellites that lies within…
DetailsAccording to a new report from market research firm IDC, Smartphone sales have outstripped feature phones for the first time in Western Europe in the second quarter of 2011. Feature phone shipments were down 29% to 20.4 million units in 2Q11, while smartphone shipments increased 48% to 21.8 million units from a year ago. According…
DetailsTeleNav announced acquisition of goby, a Boston-based start-up company that provides events Search App. The local search engine focused on exploring new things to do with your free time. Linking a local search engine to TeleNav turn-by-turn navigation will offer additional services to TeleNav’s 23 million users. This acquisition is part of TeleNav’s move to…
DetailsMobile navigation provider Telmap announced cooperation with REST, Israel’s leading restaurant guide to provide a restaurant coupon widget inside its navigation software. It will be offered to the subscribers of Pelephone Communications, Israel’s first mobile operator. Telmap users in Israel can now search for a restaurant in their vicinity, either through the single-line search engine,…
DetailsAccording to the results of a poll by ICM Research and Sainsbury’s Car Insurance, 23% of British Motorists (i.e. 7.2 million drivers) have raced to a destination to beat the predicted arrival time on their vehicle’s GPS. The results of the poll (2,000 respondents) shows that almost 3.6 million motorists breaking the speed limit when…
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