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Yell mobile updates mobile mapping location

Detailed maps, directions and business listings free to your mobile phone
Yell.com has announced a significant addition to its suite of free-to-use mobile products, unveiling a much enhanced version that focuses on providing map-based information on businesses and services.
Yell.com mobile maps, a downloadable application that offers a range of market-leading product features, enables consumers to locate any [...]

UPDATE: Mobile Commerce named as the provider behind Microsoft LIVE LBS service in UK

I spoke with Bryan Stockwell from Mobile Commerce at the Navigation & Location Europe conference here in Amsterdam and he told me that they are behind the service I mentioned in an earlier post about the Microsoft LIVE local search product in the UK.
Bryan was on a panel I chaired at the Mobile Location Europe 2008 [...]

The Davos Effect - Google CEO Eric Schmidt expects mobile to be big - is he right and what has to happen to prove him right?

Much has been written on the “Davos Effect”, where the musings at this annual event from senior executives of large companies such as Google and Sony actually become true, or at least offer a window into the current thinking or focus of a particular company or industry segment.

By now, many of you will have read the summary [...]

iPhone finds its Mojo - Google My Location is a major plus for iPhone users

As a non iPhone user, I almost missed the news from Steve Job’s Mac World address that the iPhone would be receiving new firmware.  Because I don’t own the device, I have no need to update the firmware, but reading this official Google blog post, something caught my eye.
Then over the next few days others commented [...]

Update: Putting Google Mobile Maps with My Location to the test

Following on from my earlier post on the new My Location feature on Google Mobile Maps, and after having used the application for the last month, I thought I’d provide an update on usability in a range of real world situations.

While I have been testing it everywhere I have travelled in December (London, Bristol, Athens, [...]

First thoughts on Google My Location

I just had a look at the new Google My Location service launched this week. Being a Location expert, I have been looking closely to see how well it works.  On first pass, it is quite similar to the Psiloc Locatik service launched at the Symbian Smartphone show in London in October.
The raw inputs to the service [...]