IMS Research, in a report “The Future of In-Car Navigation”, has highlighted low cost and connectivity as the two main keys in the OE automotive navigation head unit market over the next 8 years. According to Jack Bergquist, an analyst at IMS Research, “With an estimated 12.8 million new PNDs sold in 2010 in Western…
DetailsGarmin announced the GDL 40, the first cellular marine weather receiver for near-shore U.S., European and Canadian boaters. The GDL 40 is an on-demand solution that lets marinerschoose to have weather data on a day-to-day basis, in 24-hour increments at a time. In the U.S., once the GDL 40 is activated, users can purchase a…
DetailsTrimble announced that it has acquired privately-held MyTopo.com, a provider of print and digital maps for outdoor based in Billings, Montana. MyTopo was founded in 1998 and its turnover was about $2 mio annually. Trimble said in a press release that “the acquisition expands (its) ability to offer unique map content and new outdoor-centric products…
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According to a survey carried out in UK among teenagers aged between 11-18, the demographics is not interested in social location services such as Foursquare and Facebook Places. The report of youth communications agency, Dubit, shows that Awareness of location applications was low throughout the sample, with 48 per cent of those surveyed claiming to…
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