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<title>Facebook reportedly in talks to acquire Waze with near-$1 billion bid</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/09/crowdsourced.navigation.app.may.become.part.of.facebook.mobile/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357150204_waze-icon.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Crowdsourced traffic and navigation app service Waze may be acquired by Facebook, according to a report. The discussions between Waze and Facebook come months after a possible acquisition offer from Apple and appears to be reaching the same financial levels as the billion-dollar Instagram deal in April last year....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/09/crowdsourced.navigation.app.may.become.part.of.facebook.mobile/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China aims for mobile phone adoption of Beidou navigation</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/03/localized.positioning.service.expanding.allowing.public.access/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/satellitein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China is promoting its own global positioning satellite system, with a view to making it available to mobile phone manufacturers and related services. By offering the Beidou navigation system to public-interfacing companies, China hopes that it will eventually replace the current GPS service in most devices in the next few years....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China enables BeiDou satellite positioning service for use</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/28/commercial.public.access.to.gps.competitor.live.in.asia.pacific/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/satellitein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China has turned on its BeiDou satellite navigation system across the Asia-Pacific region, with coverage spanning not only across China, but also over Japan and as far south as Australia. Commercial and public access to the network has been enabled, and follows successful trials on its already-launched satellite network....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple's Maps holds its own in head-to-head driving test</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/08/faced.off.against.samsung.galaxy.note.gmc.terrain.car.nav/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349753035_Apple-Maps-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[While Apple's new Maps application has taken a public drubbing over early inaccuracies, graphic anomalies, mislabelled places and the loss of essential features such as transit directions and a street view, there are areas in which the app has been an improvement over the old version since day one: maps are vector based and thus cleaner and more scalable, the maps use dramatically less 3G or LTE d...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Consumer Reports: Apple's Maps not that bad after all</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/28/testing.limited.to.new.york.city.area.however/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1209/Apple-iOS6-Maps-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Testing and recommendation magazine Consumer Reports has taken a closer look at Apple's Maps and compared it more closely with Google's Android Maps, specifically testing navigation features for driving. While initially condemning Apple's Maps as inferior last week, the more "thoroughly tested" Apple Maps has now been deemed to hold up well, though not quite up to the Google standard. Both, said C...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia, Samsung, others form indoor navigation group</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/23/in.location.alliance.to.standardize.internal.location.service/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/drivesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A number of handset manufacturers and technology companies are working together to standardize location services for inside buildings. The In-Location Alliance, made up of 22 companies including Nokia, Samsung, Sony Mobile and Qualcomm, will pool resources in an attempt to improve and push the services onto the mobile phone market....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia updates Maps, Drive apps for Windows Phone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/20/navigation.now.works.when.phone.is.offline/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/drivesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nokia has quietly updated its Maps and Drive apps for Windows Phone. The Drive turn-by-turn navigation app now enables users to cache map content for offline use. Users can also take advantage of an audio speed limit alert that provides notification when the vehicle speed exceeds the posted limit....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bing, Nokia, Windows Phone debut unified map style</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/29/new.color.palette.separates.map.from.overlays/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/Bing-Nokia-maps-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Designers with Bing Maps and Nokia Maps have coordinated with the Windows Phone team to bring a unified look to maps across both services, now available on the desktop and mobile version of Bing and Nokia maps. The goal was to update the color palette to better distinguish roads from rivers while keeping overlaid information, such as traffic, distinct.  The redesign extends to collaboration across...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Garmin adds Street View, Active Lane Assist to Navigon apps</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/28/navigon.to.launch.for.bada.cisco.cius.tablet/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/Garmin-Navigon-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Shortly after adding social networking, Wikipedia and check-in features to its iOS Streetpilot onDemand app, today Garmin announced the addition of Google Street View in the Navigon app for iOS, and an Active Lane Assistant feature in the Android version. In addition, the company announced that it will soon make the Navigon app available for Samsung's Bada OS for the Samsung Wave 3, and also for C...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/28/navigon.to.launch.for.bada.cisco.cius.tablet/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Where To? 1.4 update, OfficeJet 100 Lion driver</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/06/where.to.expands.navigation.integration/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/briefly0602.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Future Tap has updated Where To?, its iOS tool that can help find the closest and best rated restaurants, shops, and services, with support for five additional navigation apps. Building upon existing support, version 4.1 adds integration with Sygic, Waze, Navfree, Navmii, and Navigon Urban. Additionally, the update includes multiple images for listings, additional reviews, and landscape support fo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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