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Is the GPS party about to end? Report points to SiRF job cuts and asks what has changed in the GPS world

Over at Gigaom, a story about SiRF Technologies laying off workers has started a discussion around “the end of the GPS party”.  Read the full article here

Quoting from Gigaom “SiRF Technology (SIRF), a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of GPS chips, this morning said it was cutting jobs and trying to restructure its business due to [...]

By andrew | Posted March 25, 2008 in location, mobile | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

First look at Fire Eagle - the Yahoo! location aware service

A few weeks ago I read about the new Yahoo! location initiative called Fire Eagle.  Being a former practitioner in the Location industry, I rushed to the site, only to find I needed an invitation.  Luckily David Recordon from sixapart (movable type) was kind enough to send me one.  For those of you trying to [...]

By andrew | Posted March 16, 2008 in advertising, applications, gps, location, mobile, social networking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)