Aha Mobile, is a provider of “on-demand mobile and location-based Internet content services,” that we spotlighted here back in March and has now been acquired by Harman International in an effort to bolster their mobile offerings. Aha Mobile launched its “Aha Radio” application for the Apple iPhone® earlier this year, which has since become popular [...]
Posts Tagged ‘location based services’
Aha Mobile Acquired by Harman
September 16th, 2010 
Jeff Shariat 
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, News 
Tags: aha mobile, apps, harman, location based services, mobile, News, on-demand, tech 
Comments OffA Brief History of Location Finding Technology
April 14th, 2010 Jeff Shariat 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:
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 OffTelematics 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 Off
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