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Mapping Upheavals, Indoor Location Headway, FCC on LBS Privacy

June 19, 2012 - By

Big changes. Apple finally ended its long time dependence on Google Maps. As part of its latest operating system upgrade to iOS 6, Apple is launching its own, home-grown mapping service. It is an impressive offering. In a very different move, Microsoft is replacing its own Bing maps in all Windows Phone devices. Nokia maps, previously Navteq, will replace Microsoft’s home-grown Bing Maps. Micello has a new indoor location trial that isn’t just indoor mapping. This month the FCC has something to say on the topic of privacy in LBS apps. ABI Research has high expectations for indoor location. read more

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Flurry Announces Ad Analytics for Mobile Apps

June 19, 2012 - By

Flurry has announced Flurry Ad Analytics, an analytics-powered service for mobile app marketers to measure the effectiveness of traffic acquisition campaigns across ad networks. The service enables app marketers to track the quality, follow-on behavior, and return on investment of traffic sourced from campaigns across major mobile ad networks including Apple iAd, Google Admob, Millenial Media, InMobi, Jumptap, and Flurry AppCircle. read more

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SCVNGR LevelUp Raises $12 Million

June 19, 2012 - By

SCVNGR, makers of the location-based social game SCVNGR, and LevelUp, the app that lets users pay by phone, announced that it has 12 million in funding with participation from existing investors Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Balderton Capital, and new investors Continental Investors and Transmedia Capital. read more

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Weather Channel Is First Publisher to Launch Hyperlocal Advertising with PlaceIQ

June 19, 2012 - By

The Weather Channel Companies announced they will partner with hyperlocal data company PlaceIQ to provide advertisers with new audience targeting that can deliver highly contextually relevant ads to consumers. With 30 million monthly mobile users, The Weather Channel can offer hyperlocal audience targeting at scale. This targeting is now available on The Weather Channel iPhone App and will be rolling out on The Weather Channel Android App in July and all mobile platforms later this year. read more

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CMTINC.com Announces a Real Estate App for iOS

June 18, 2012 - By

CMTINC.com Announced the Release of Deed Calls, Area, Perimeter App for iOS, enabling real-estate agents, property financing officers, title officers, attorneys, construction contractors, and anyone working with real property to quickly convert angles and distance data into a boundary map. read more

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Boeing Completes 5th GPS IIF Satellite for U.S. Air Force

June 18, 2012 - By

The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built at the Satellite Development Center in El Segundo using the GPS IIF pulse-line manufacturing approach, which draws on commercial production line practices to build satellites faster and more efficiently. read more

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Spectratime Atomic Clocks Selected for Eight Galileo Satellites

June 18, 2012 - By

Spectratime, a world-leading provider of atomic clocks and a business of the Orolia Group, has announced it has been selected to provide the Rubidium atomic clocks and passive hydrogen masers for eight satellites for Europe’s Galileo GNSS. Spectratime expects this Authorization to Proceed will lead to a final contract for the manufacture of these two types of high precision clocks, estimated at 14 million euros, by summer 2012. read more

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NovAtel SAASM to See First Action in Aerial Drones

June 16, 2012 - By

The new OEM625S Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) GNSS receiver from NovAtel, launched in a cooperative effort with SAASM expert L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC), will get its first applications in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector. NovAtel has brought forth the new product in part to meet requirements of UAV manufacturers who are now mandated to have SAASM onboard as well, for in-theater operations in areas of military activity. read more

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