Get Lost, GPS: China Invests $810 Million to Create Products for Homegrown Navigation System
Always concerned about being reliant on foreign technology, China has been developing a homegrown satellite navigation system for the past d...
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Chinese Man Tries to Track Ex-Girlfriend via GPS, Loses Hundreds
The advent of mobile phones with GPS technology may have made people easier to track, but even GPS can’t save us from karma. That̵...
Baidu Maps Brings Free Voice Navigation for Drivers in Android App Update
Chinese search engine Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has today updated its mobile Baidu Maps app for Android and added free voice navigation for driver...
MapmyIndia Will Lead You to Businesses, Places, With New ShowNearby App
Today, MapmyIndia has launched a useful location-based service (LBS) app called ShowNearby that leads users to nearby places and venues, suc...
Sogou Maps Expands 3D Maps API, Brings Free Voice Navigation to Android App
Sogou Maps has Google’s rival service in its sight in China as its opens up its 3D maps API and adds voice navigation to its Android a...
How Mobile Devices Help Indonesians Return To Hometowns for Eid
As the Eid celebration is only a week away, Indonesian tradition compels people to start returning to their hometowns. Using cars, buses, tr...
Google Maps Now Provides Traffic Information in Jakarta
If you are driving on the streets of Jakarta and have the Google Maps service switched on, you can now find information about traffic aroun...
Mobile Service Disruption from Great Japan Earthquake Visualized
When the tragic earthquake hit Japan back in March of 2011, mobile communications were severely disrupted in the affected regions, even in m...
China’s Satellite Navigation System to Serve Asia-Pacific, Launch More Satellites
Without GPS technology, we would all be lost — increasingly, that’s a literal truth. China’s “Big Dipper” GPS ...
Sina Weibo Adds LBS Features to Mobile Apps, Feels Like an Invasion of Privacy
Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) has added some location-based services (LBS) to the mobile apps for its microblogging platform, Weibo. A new update to bo...
The Chinese Fitness App Start-Up That’s Chasing Smartphone Users
A Chinese start-up is trying to ride a new wave in health and fitness in the country with its multi-platform exercise app called Codoon. As ...
SafeAutoRickshaw.com Makes Auto Rides Easier, Safer and Friendlier
SafeAutoRickshaw.com, a new initiative by Viswanath Seetharam and Bangalore City Traffic Police Force, hopes to solve some of the problems b...
Japan’s KDDI to Launch Innovative Handset For Elderly
This September KDDI will begin selling the Mi-Look, a mobile phone created by manufacturer Kyocera, which aims to help people in Japan take ...
Toresto Serves Restaurant Info to Indonesia
As consumers spend more time researching purchases online, so too are culinary connoisseurs turning to the web to find information and recom...
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