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GPS Review: Garmin has announced a new developer API to communicate with their GPS devices. Using an API from Garmin, programmers could write their own software to interact with Garmin devices. API stands for Application Programming Interface, which allows other people and companies to write progra... More...

Engadget: Encyclopaedia Britannica is suing TomTom, along with Magellan for alleged patent infringement. Encyclopaedia Britannica is claiming that the companies infringed on some of its patents for a “computerized map system.” Exactly how that applies to these particular compan... More...

BBC: Entrepreneurs are being urged to look to the future of satellite navigation. A competition, which aims to find novel ideas that exploit the pin-point accuracy of Europe’s soon-to-launch Galileo system, is calling for entries. Previous winners include a system that monitors changes in... More...

EETimes: EU member states will finance the troubled Galileo satellite navigation system after the industrial consortium chosen to build and operate the project failed to reach terms. Thursday (May 10) was the deadline for the consortium — which includes European aerospace giant EADS; France&#82... More...

Tech On: Honda Motor Co. Ltd. added a new service to its “internavi Premium Club,” an information delivery service for vehicles, on July 4, 2007. When a major road is opened up, map information is updated within a few minutes by, for example, a mobile phone and used for path sear... More...

GPS Tracklog: You can tell that the GPS business is getting crowded when book publishers start manufacturing personal navigation devices. Okay, Wiley actually partnered with the Maylog Group on this, but they’ve created a? GPS device, officially known as the FD-35, being marketed under the... More...

NaviGadget: i-Station has done it again. Their new model the i-STATION N7tu is a GPS navigation system that also brings DMB channels to your vehicle’s cockpit. It only comes with a 1000mAh battery, meaning you’re going to have to have this device plugged in the whole time - for it has a bright 7″ T... More...

Ubergizmo: Fiat has a brand new 500 in the making, and it comes with a choice of 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 litre engines that can cough a maximum of 100bhp. While that’s pretty ordinary, what makes the Fiat 500 stand out is the Microsoft logo in the cabin. Apparently, this vehicle will use a Wind... More...

T3: Is that a Motorola in your pocket? If so, you’re in for a surprise. The mobile giant has just hooked up with European satnav types ViaMichelin, giving mobile users the chance to access mapping content on their cells. Developed specifically for Motorola phones, the new service will give users th... More...

Nokia has signed a?cross-licensing deal with Trimble Navigation, a company with 700 patents in positioning systems. Trimble?is also involved in the Galileo positioning system, the EU’s alternative to GPS.? Their product portfolio is an exhaustive list of positioning technology for, amongst others,?... More...

Bloomberg: ? TomTom NV agreed to buy digital-mapping company Tele Atlas NV for about 2 billion euros ($2.77 billion) in cash. “The takeover makes strategic sense,” Marcel Achterberg, an Amsterdam-based analyst at ING, wrote in a note. “TomTom is in a commoditized and m... More...

Hexus.lifestyle: TomTom yesterday admitted that some of its range-leading hard-disk-based GO 910 models are carrying virus infections - a situation the company seems to have known about since mid-December. A number of owners of GO 910s had realised that the sat-nav’s hard disk was infecte... More...

TMCnet: Communications semiconductor company Broadcom has agreed to acquire Global Locate, a provider of industry-leading GPS technology to the global mobile wireless industry. Broadcom expects to leverage Global Locate’s products and services, particularly GPS, as those products and location based... More...

Digital Trends: Audio manufacturer Harman Kardon is expanding its line of car electronics with the GPS-300 Guide + Play. Much like Mio’s recently introduced C520, Harman Kardon’s GPS-300 finds its niche by offering both GPS navigation and digital media playback in one device. Harman Kardon introdu... More...

Engadget: Looking to establish itself as a “leader in the U.S. mobile navigation market,” Panasonic has finally launched its Strada CN-NVD905U, the company’s first in-car GPS receiver for American consumers. Besides getting you from here to there using NAVTEQ maps on... More...

Scotsman.com: In-car gadgets, such as DVD players and sat-nav systems, could badly injure child passengers if they are involved in even a low-speed crash, research showed. German road-safety experts crash-tested a car equipped with add-on equipment including sat-nav, mobile phone holders and DVD pl... More...

TFOT: The California based company SiRF and the Swiss company U-Blox recently announced a new generation of GPS chips which will be cheaper and have improved reception under difficult conditions, such as in tunnels, canyons andd nearby high-rise buildings. SiRF recently unveiled a new technology ca... More...

NaviGadget: Korean Mercury just announced a new navigation system called Black Eagle (or MD3000) that doubles as a black box. The black box uses a special camera to record video of accident for about 18 seconds (12 seconds before the accident and 6 seconds after), considering any situation of reach... More...

GPS Business News: TomTom, today announced the introduction of TomTom Map Share on the new TomTom GO 520 and TomTom GO 720. This new map improvement technology allows TomTom users to improve their maps as soon as they spot changes in the roads. According to TomTom: “Thanks to the smart user interfa... More...

Smarthouse:?Here’s a demo video of Google Maps’ fantastic new?street level imagery of various cities (only in the US for now).? Street View is a new feature that enables you to view and navigate within 360 degree street level imagery of major cities The company has also launch... More...