 | Microsoft Missteps Add to Privacy Jitters
August 17, 2011
Article By: Janice Partyka Microsoft is contributing to the latest location privacy jitters. Missteps by Microsoft, Apple, and Google have the potential to dampen uptake of location solutions. Microsoft published the estimated locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other devices with Wi-Fi connections. The...More>> |
 | Expert Advice: Who Won?
August 1, 2011
Article By: Logan Scott Thousands of man hours and millions of dollars later, we finally have the 975-page GPS Technical Working Group (TWG) report, confirming what five minutes of back-of-the-envelope calculation predicted. Hooray for our side, good job GPS Industry Council; we’ve won the war and the foe is vanquished,...More>> |
 | GPS and GNSS Cannot Count on Good Sense in Government
July 27, 2011
Article By: Alan Cameron You’ve got to put some in yourself, to get some out.
Don't expect the FCC to make a rational decision in the Lightsquared versus GPS case. As clear as the conclusions may seem to an engineering mind examining the Technical Working Group’s report on the subject, the Federal Communications...More>> |
 | Consumer Time on Mobile Apps Surpasses Time on Web
July 19, 2011
Article By: Janice Partyka The world is spinning in a new direction. Consumers are spending more time on mobile apps than on the web. In June, mobile app use overtook both mobile and desktop web, as measured by apps analytic firm Flurry. Consumers spent an average of 81 minutes per day on mobile apps, and 74 minutes on the...More>> |
 | Expert Advice: Critical Offshore Applications of SBAS GNSS
July 1, 2011
Article By: James D. Litton Precise positioning of many different kinds of vessels and other equipment depend upon satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) of GNSS, principally GPS and GLONASS at this time. The applications range from exploration to production and delivery of hydrocarbons to shore-based installations and...More>> |
 | Expert Advice: Energy Production Concerns about LightSquared
July 1, 2011
Article By: Randall Luthi Dear Chairman Genachowski: The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), which represents approximately 270 member companies involved in outer continental shelf (OCS) energy production throughout the United States, is gravely concerned over the pending allocation of Mobile Satellite Services...More>> |
 | Out in Front: The Daughter of Time
July 1, 2011
Article By: Alan Cameron "Truth,” wrote Sir Francis Bacon, “is the daughter of time.” He meant that any account, repeated often enough by different people in different places, at different junctures, eventually becomes accepted as historical fact, or truth, by those with no direct knowledge of the matter. That’s...More>> |
 | LightSquared Prospects; FCC Chair Wants Interference Cleared, Hits Back at GPS
June 15, 2011
Article By: Janice Partyka Concerns by government and the private sector about GPS interference from LightSquared’s proposed wholesale LTE service accelerates. Government experts just reported that interference with GPS occurred in high portions of LightSquared's spectrum bands and little in the lower spectrum. The...More>> |
 | Location Industry Hits Speed Bump
May 18, 2011
Article By: Janice Partyka Location privacy issues have the power to put the skids on our industry. When I stepped into the Where 2.0 show, little did I know I was about to see Apple publicly open its kimono, reveal its location collection practices, and further fuel public and government outrage on location privacy. Apple...More>> |
 | Location Privacy: Will It Derail Mass Market LBS?
May 11, 2011
Article By: Kevin Dennehy This column rarely covers privacy as a critical issue to build location-based services markets. Why? It was our contention that most LBS are opt-in — or opt out — at the discretion of the consumer, making privacy an important issue, but not a market stopper. Frankly, many privacy panels at...More>> |
