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LightSquared accuses government of rigging GPS results
LightSquared is fighting for the life of its network after a recent report suggests its satellite-based LTE network will interfere with GPS devices. The company countered this report with accusations that the testing was not only flawed, but rigged to fail. The scathing accusations were made Wednesday at a press conference. LightSquared claims the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee (PNT EXCOM) and GPS industry insiders manipulated the research to produce negative results. The company says the GPS companies conducted the tests in secrecy and used NDA agreements to hide the … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
LightSquared seeks investigation on GPS advisory board member
Just when you thought this LightSquared situation with the feds couldn’t get any weirder, think again. For months, LightSquared has been trying to close a 15-year agreement it struck with Sprint in an effort to roll out a new LTE network. Well, it turns out such a delay by the FCC may be due to special interest (shocker). A federal official involved in deciding the fate of Sprint and LightSquared’s LTE network partnership serves on the board of a GPS company opposing the network. To no ones surprise the wireless … Read more
Charles West
TeleNav announces HTML5 maps, complete with voice guidance and turn-by-turn navigation
Now here’s an interesting move. TeleNav, a big name in the GPS space, has just announced that their turn-by-turn GPS service is going to be delivered through HTML5, making it wholly usable in just about any modern mobile browser. In the same fel swoop, TeleNav will be opening up this code to developers, so they can embed maps and directions into their pages for free. Consumers will also enjoy the service for free, which will include voice guidance, rerouting, points of interest information, and live tracking. This is a pretty … Read more
Simon Sage
On Black Friday, shopping malls will be tracking your cell phones
Ah, yes. Black Friday – a special holiday in which we all get up early to go out and lose a little bit of dignity – is just around the corner! To keep that tradition going strong, shopping malls don’t want just your money this year, they also want to know your exact whereabouts. Promenade Temecula in California and Short Pump Town Center in Virginia are two malls that are conducting an experiment to track shoppers’ locations throughout the mall using their cell phones. FootPath Technology is the tracking system … Read more
George Tinari
BlackBerry Traffic Beta adds voice directions
RIM’s own navigation app, BlackBerry Traffic, is getting a few new features in the Beta Zone. The biggie is voice navigation, so turn-by-turn directions are read out loud to you in a friendly robot voice, which is standard for most nav apps. Voice guidance includes a bunch of options, including standard and high-quality audio, as well as setting the frequency of assistance. On top of that, users can now drill down into specific road data and see if there are blockages, construction, or tolls to pay (and avoid them when routing, … Read more