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WWDC 2008: Last Minute Round-up
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in the 500Kb/s to 1.2 Mb/s range. We also expect dedicated GPS hardware (although it’s not a given) for precise geographical positioning. Although the iPhone already roughly calculates your location using Wi-Fi and cellular tower triangulation (a technology...
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BMW Adding Google Maps Service to Vehicles
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services for Google Maps to suggest places near the car, it’s unknown whether the BMW Search will rely on cell tower triangulation, or if it’ll use the car’s built-in GPS (if equipped). Using the AT&T network for data delivery will set the user back $199...
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Car Key Stops Mobile Phone Use
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headsets to communicate, and teens are locked out of calls and texting period (save for emergencies). The device is reliable in that it does not depend on GPS or cell tower triangulation, and even allows the user to access all mobile phone functions when NOT...
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AT&T FamilyMap: Stalk People for $15/Month
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iPhone 3G and a Bold completely without any visible indication. No text message, nothing,” reports BGR. Boy Genius goes on to say that the technology not only uses cell tower triangulation, it actually can activate the GPS chip. Creepy.Hands up who’s interested?...
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iPhone and iPod Touch Updates
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which will enable users to find their location on maps. It’s not quite GPS, which would require a hardware upgrade, but instead works by bouncing signals off of multiple cell phone towers to triangulate the location of the iPhone. Additional enhancements...
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GPS, Ambient-Light Sensors and More
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the GPS at the same time, and you can set privacy controls as to which applications get access. If you’re indoors, the sensor platform could use a Wi-Fi triangulation such as Loopt (which Google Maps uses for cell-tower location on Windows Mobile devices...
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Summer of Smartphone
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up with a speedy 3G data connection and upgraded corporate "push" e-mail software, and may even include a true GPS client — standard iPhones can currently triangulate locations using cell phone towers and Google Maps software. Would-be smartphone buyers tend...
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Cell Phone Triangulation Saves Two Lost Alaskan Hikers
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Cell Phone Triangulation Saves Two Lost Alaskan Hikers. Alaska Hikers Triangulation. Denali National Park (Alaska) - Two hikers who got lost in the Alaskan wilderness are now safe thanks to some crafty cell phone triangulation.. Denali National Park (Alaska)...
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Q&A: Windows 7 Released to Manufacturers
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Q&A: Windows 7 Released to Manufacturers. We talk with three Microsoft executives about the significance of the final version of Windows 7 released to manufacturers. What's new?. Windows 7 is finished—Microsoft announced the bundle of code known in the industry...
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Apple Working On 3D Conference Calls, Patent Filing Reveals
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the call. The patent filing addresses such concerns by covering automatic positioning: A device could calculate a default position for each participant based on participant’s real-world geographical position (obtained by through triangulation or a GPS hardware...
