Mashable is running this great infographic / timeline of the history of technologies used to find location. From smoke signals to the modern day smartphone we’ve come a long way. Check out the graphic below (click to enlarge). via [mashable] Share and Enjoy:
Posts Tagged ‘LBS’
Making Foursquare Work for Business. Could Dealerships Learn Something?
April 7th, 2010 
Jeff Shariat Mashable.com has 5 ways brands are using Foursquare to boost their business. The article talks about how the Wynn Las Vegas, City of Chicago, Lucky Magazine, Tasti D-Lite, and Starbucks are using Foursquare to increase customer engagement, loyalty and satisfaction within the check-in and badges framework of the location based application. Maybe this type of [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, News 
Tags: apps, automotive, convergence, Emerging Tech, foursquare, games, infotainment, LBS, location based services, Telematics 
Comments OffWhere Do Kids Fit Into Telematics Strategies?
April 5th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Where do kids fall into the world of in-car apps? In the April 2010 edition of Fast Company Anya Kamenetz talks about how technology is impacting childhood creativity and the way kids learn. It’s a great read and you should definitely click through the link at the bottom, but first I want to talk about [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Etc..., Telematics Tags: android, apps, automotive, convergence, Emerging Tech, infotainment, iphone, iphone app, LBS, Sync, technology, Telematics 5 Comments »Bringing Telematics To Cars Without Them
March 25th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Your ’97 Accord doesn’t have remote diagnostic reporting, geo-fencing, trip logging, yada, yada yada? Well, for $200, now it can! Motolingo’s Motoriety is a system to bring telematics features to your older car’s OBDII port and represents a creative little bit of tech. Using the vehicle’s OBDII data port and bluetooth connectivity Motoriety will collect [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, Emerging Tech, LBS, onstar, real-time data, Safety + Security, security, Telematics Comments OffChallenges with Telematics Adoption
March 4th, 2010 Jeff Shariat We’ve previously discussed some issues with the telematics business case and while its clear to many that the market is there someone does have to make the numbers work before any feature can be broadly adopted. On Telematics Update, Andrew Tolve highlights that CES this year marked the first time OEMs were perceived to be [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Etc..., News, Telematics Tags: convergence, DoT, Emerging Tech, Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, infotainment, iphone, LBS, mbrace, mobile, MyFord, MyFord Touch, onstar, real-time data, real-time traffic, Safety + Security, Sync, tech, technology, Telematics 2 Comments »Telematics Update Conversation with Gary Gale, Dir of Engineering, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
January 28th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Telematics Update spoke with the Director of Engineering for the Geo Technologies group at Yahoo!, Gary Gale. Mr. Gale took a few moments to discuss the Geo Technologies group and his views on where technology is going. In defining the GeoTech group he gave a great definition for what many location based service companies are [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Etc..., Telematics Tags: Emerging Tech, geo location, LBS, location based services, Telematics, telematics update, yahoo! Comments OffGoogle Maps Navigation Will Change Mapping in 2010
December 30th, 2009 Jeff Shariat In anticipation of the Verizon’s launch of the Motorola Droid Google released Google Maps Navigation. This is the standard Google Maps we’ve all come to learn and love extended to a fully functional portable navigation device…really a natural evolution of Google Maps and Google’s release of the Android operating system. I’ve been wondering for many [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Featured, LBS Tags: 2010, android, droid, google, google maps, gps, LBS, Nexus One 4 Comments »
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