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Mobile phones that track your buddies

November 14, 2006 New mobile services that allow people to track and map their buddies mean never texting 'Where U at?' again. TAGS: Boost Mobile, buddy, mobile operator, offering, cell phone, location, mobile phone, Sprint Nextel, U.S.

E-tracking through your cell phone

February 13, 2006 Against a law, prosecutors aim to track suspects' locations through cell phones, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says. TAGS: surveillance, Judge, cell phone, prosecutor, law, location

Google adds weather search

March 7, 2005 Weather conditions, forecasts available on the search site for any location in the United States. TAGS: Google Inc., search engine, location, U.S.

It's all about location for RIM, Nextel

December 9, 2004 RIM, Nextel team to provide location-based services for the BlackBerry service and devices. TAGS: Nextel Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, location, asset, handheld

Microsoft launches 'Virtual Earth' beta

July 25, 2005 Test version of tool combines mapping, satellite imagery and yellow-pages data. Coming later: views from 45-degree angles. Touring Redmond's new service TAGS: imagery, location, MSN, satellite, Microsoft Corp., photograph

HP in pact with mobile-phone location firm

April 18, 2005 HP Services will integrate software from Cambridge Positioning Systems. TAGS: mobile phone, HP, location

Police blotter: Cell phone tracking rejected

September 2, 2005 Judge says Patriot Act doesn't let feds snoop on someone's cell phone location without some evidence of criminal activity. TAGS: Police Blotter, USA PATRIOT Act, cell phone, evidence, Judge, order, location

NSA granted Net location-tracking patent

September 21, 2005 Government agency patents a way to learn the geographical location of Internet users. How will the technique be used? TAGS: NSA, patent, location

Wi-Fi used for location services

June 20, 2005 Skyhook says it has software that is more accurate than GPS for location-based services. TAGS: GPS, access point, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi router, E911, satellite, RFID, signal, router, location, VoIP, city, IEEE 802.11, wireless router, database, laptop computer

Turning cell phones into lifelines

December 5, 2006 update Cell phones constantly update their position with cell towers, making them an important tool in finding lost persons. TAGS: OnStar, GPS, cell phone, GPS navigation, tower, mobile operator, family, search, satellite, location

Google ups ante in mapping rivalry

July 25, 2005 Company unveils hybrid mapping site on heels of MSN's Virtual Earth, in heated battle for localized search. MSN, Google label Earth TAGS: local search, Google Inc., satellite, MSN, location, Yahoo! Inc., U.S., Microsoft Corp., photograph

Lampposts to provide location-based services?

March 23, 2005 British company wants to use lampposts to create a wireless broadband network that would support location-based services. TAGS: QinetiQ Ltd., British company, location, wireless network, broadband, Wi-Fi

Tech-inspired summer camps: 10 cool choices

June 1, 2007 Board games and movie nights, sure. But today's campers also get to learn digital filmmaking, make Web comics and gaze into outer space. TAGS: camp, teen, science, New York, location, movie, camera

Big boss is watching

September 24, 2004 Wireless companies are rolling out new GPS services for employers that can track the physical location of mobile workers. TAGS: GPS, Qualcomm Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., employer, worker, cell phone, BellSouth Corp., handset, service provider, AT&T Corp., location

Boom predicted for GPS-enabled handsets

January 15, 2008 Berg Insight says GPS-enabled handsets worldwide will reach 560 million units by 2012, with an 18-fold increase in European uptake. TAGS: GPS, handset, Europe, Nokia Corp., location, satellite, U.S.

Cell phone glitch throws off GPS

July 21, 2004 Problem affects satellite-tracking features on possibly hundreds of thousands of Motorola phones. Some believe culprit is a Y2K-like bug. TAGS: Nextel Communications Inc., Y2K, GPS, Motorola Inc., cell phone, glitch, satellite, call, location, bug

Boob tube meets online maps as TV fans get creative

March 6, 2006 "24," "The Sopranos," "American Idol" fans track fictional heroes' movements via high-tech maps. Images: Celebrity mashups TAGS: mashup, map, location, Web 2.0, fan, video clip, satellite, TV, video

Microsoft teams with Sprint on mobile Web service

November 16, 2006 Windows Live to power search for local content on some Sprint phones. TAGS: Sprint Nextel, Microsoft Windows Live, vision, location, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Google adds satellite images to maps

April 5, 2005 New feature gives people bird's eye view of locations they search for, as Net giant seeks to outdo rivals. Images: Google takes a satellite view TAGS: satellite image, satellite, Ask Jeeves Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., location, photograph, Microsoft Corp.

Apple plans Toronto retail store

November 19, 2004 Mac maker is taking its retail act north of the border, CNET News.com has learned. Photo: iPod's Toronto presence TAGS: Toronto, retailer, Mac maker, London, Apple Computer, store, U.K., location
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