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Dublin tourism app is a first for augmented reality

Visit Dublin app uses augmented reality
Dublin has become the first city in the world to launch an augmented reality (AR) app to promote local tourism.

AOL buys Rally Up location-based social network

Rally Up social networking app
AOL has acquired Rally Up, a mobile app developer whose products include the Rally Up location-based social network.

Altech Netstar Traffic teams up with ITIS, Garmin and the SABC

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Altech Netstar Traffic has partnered with ITIS, Garmin and the SABC to deliver real-time traffic information to motorists in major South African cities.


ProNav’s new nav system includes London’s “Lorry Ban” road data

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ProNav's new PNN300, incorporating the new ProNav Dimension software, is the first HGV navigation system to include London Lorry Ban road data.

Wikitude Drive ready to bring AR navigation to the road

Wikitude Drive in action
Wikitude Drive, considered the first mobile augmented reality (AR) navigation system with global maps, is set for its worldwide launch. The key men behind its development tell Christopher Backeberg how the system was developed and what makes it so different...

TeleNav's connected nav services now in Ford and Lincoln vehicles

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TeleNav has announced the immediate availability of its embedded automotive navigation product in the 2011 Ford Edge, and the 2011 Lincoln MKX, called MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch respectively.

Michelin launches tyre dealer locator app

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Michelin Americas Truck Tires is rolling out a mobile dealer-locator application for Blackberry smartphones used in the US and Canada.

StreetSpace sues multiple companies for patent infringment

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Malaysia-based StreetSpace has filed lawsuits against Google and Apple, their mobile ad companies and a number of other companies for alleged infringement of a patent relating to the delivery of location-based advertising. Sharon Gill reports ...

u-blox launches new GPS module with advanced Dead Reckoning

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u-blox has introduced a next-generation GPS module based on the latest u-blox 6 platform - the LEA-6R, which comes with u-blox's proprietary Sensor Fusion Dead-Reckoning technology integrated.

RIM buys Cellmania

RIM acquires cellmania
Research In Motion has acquired California-based mobile infrastructure software company, Cellmania, which, according to Cellmania's founders, will help to strengthen RIM's focus on mobile content and the BlackBerry ecosystem.