From Darren Murph at Engadget:
It’s quite possible that you’re at least somewhat familiar with Skyhook’s ability to use WiFi in order to track down various objects, and while you’ve likely become desensitized to SiRF after seeing it in just about every GPS / NAV device ever produced, the two are teaming up to deliver a [...]

Some ramblings and meanderings: Following on from the last post, the bit where Alex wrote “ However the aim is to make money – a powerful motivator in times of declining revenue from voice minutes, in the face of competition from the likes of Skype and other VoIP providers” a number of us have been [...]

This is a brilliant article by young Alex Zaharov-Reutt:
Despite deals with Google and Yahoo, mobile phone operators want to create their own search engine, ensuring more of the advertising revenue flows to operators rather than the established search engines.

At the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, a yearly conference put on by most of the [...]

From my favourite Indian e-News, AlooTechie:

Google Earth agrees to blur images of sensitive establishments

When: 2/4/2007 10:24:24 PM
By Rajesh Barnwal

Google Earth has agreed to distort building plans of sensitive Indian establishments by adding structures where none existed or masking certain aspects of a facility. This is to address India’s concerns that images of [...]

Press Release, from Genasys I think, but here’s the OptusZoo Friend FindA link :
Genasys LBS know-how helps Friends to Find Friends in Australia
Last month saw Australian mobile operator Optus launch Friend FindA, the latest in its line of FindA location based services. In this project, Genasys carried out the role of integrator, connecting the [...]

From some site: (I don’t know where they got it from originally)
MapQuest Find MeՉ۪ Now Available for BlackBerry 7520
MapQuest Inc., Research In Motion (RIM) and Sprint today announced new group communication functionality for “MapQuest Find Me.” The GPS-enabled wireless service is now available on the BlackBerry 7520 Wireless Handheld, operating on the Nextel National Network.
“MapQuest [...]

Humanware offer services for the visually impaired:

Tools that empower our customers to compete effectively in a sighted world.
HumanWare is about empowering people. About innovative solutions. Putting the power in the hands of our customers.
HumanWare products are designed to last, to grow (and in many cases, to go) with the user. Giving them the [...]

GPS Receiver Manufacturers, System Integrators, Equipment Suppliers, and Service Providers
This listing is provided by the Canadian Space Geodesy Forum and the University of New Brunswick. by way of Richard B. Langley of Uni of Brunswick.

AACE Industries
Manufacturers of precision GPS and GLONASS receivers, temperature-stabalized antennas, and other equipment.

Aalto Technologies
Providers of GPS-based fleet management services. [...]