MapmyIndia Releases Paid Mobile Application: Will You Buy?

by | posted: December 7, 2009
MapmyIndia has announced the launch ‘MapmyIndia Sygic Mobile Maps’ to convert GPS-enabled mobile phones into GPS navigators. An app made in association with Europe based Sygic, it will help...
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Google Causes Market Disruption With New Free GPS Product

by | posted: November 27, 2009
Google seems to be getting on the nerves of GPS manufacturers with their latest innovation. Recently in news, Google launched their GPS product as part of the Motorola Droid handset  which is now being...
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MapMyIndia Launches GPS Gizmo, While NAVTEQ Starts Global Centre In India – Mapping Opportunities In India?

by | posted: September 15, 2009
Ever been lost in a blizzard, trying to figure out where did you land up out of nowhere? Today its actually hard to happen, with GPS ‘this’ and navigation ‘that’ all around the...
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Some BIG News: BIG Maps Goes Live On Mobile And Releases API

by | posted: September 11, 2009
The first reports on Reliance’s BIG Maps came out around late 2007, while the official word went out sometime in May 2008. At that time we had reported on bits regarding the team and their plans...
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MTNL’s Location Based Services – Threat To GPS?

by | posted: September 10, 2009
Ever lost finding a place? Ever wanted to know where your friends really are? If you have a MTNL connection and you are in Mumbai, you now can. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) launched its new Value-Added...
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SatNav Ties Up With HTC – Bundling Deal

by | posted: May 21, 2009
Smartphones from HTC have a decent niche market in India among the upper middle class. Especially their HTC Touch phone has done rather well on the back of the iPhone hype around the world and its expensive...
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Satnav Launches ‘Call Us For Directions’ Service – Now Call Them When You Are Lost

by | posted: February 27, 2009
Well if you are like me who find roads more confusing that the jigsaw puzzles and who would get lost driving around bombay even with a navigator fitted on his car dashboard then Satnav has just launched...
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SatNav Technologies Launches Initiative For GPS Enthusiast, To Enable Community Involvement

by | posted: September 24, 2008
SatNav Technologies, a Hyderabad based IT company has just launched “Citizen Mapper” – an initiative for encouraging the community involvement in enhancing the quality of its GPS software...
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Google’s Mobile Search, Powered by “My Location” – The Idea, Applications & Limitations

by | posted: September 12, 2008
  It’s been a while since big-wig search engines like Yahoo, Google and MSN Live had launched their local search engines but how many times have you ever used it to find a certain eatery joint or...
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Updated: MapmyIndia Ties Up With Ford & Targets 1 Million+ Sales Of Navigator Device In 3 Years

by | posted: September 11, 2008
Updated: MapmyIndia has now tied up with Ford. The MapmyIndia Navigator is now included with the Navi Gear package of Ford Endeavour and it is also offered as a new accessory feature available at all authorized...
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MSN Announces API for its MSN Direct Feature with GPS support

by | posted: July 30, 2008
MSN, Microsoft’s collective of Internet Services, have now launched an Open Application Programming Interface (API) for its MSN Direct Feature.   MSN Direct’s Send to GPS feature will...
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Convert your Laptop into a Navigation Device

by | posted: May 5, 2008
SatGuide, India’s 1st GPS Navigation Systems Provider now sells a GPS enabled Bluetooth Reciever that can convert your laptop into a Navigation Device.     “When an individual is planning to travel...
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Mobile Positioning and Location Based Services: An Insight into the Future of Mobile

by | posted: April 16, 2008
What is LBS? Location based services are basically services built on knowing where you are and knowing what’s around you. Challenges for LBS in India 1) India does not have standardised addresses 2)...
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MapmyIndia on TV? Now Plan your Holidays in India Using the Idiot Box

by | posted: March 8, 2008
We recently caught up with Mr. Rohan Verma, the Head of Marketing for MapmyIndia and the creator of the mapmyindia.com portal and he hinted towards maps moving to the idiot box.    It seems like...
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MapmyIndia to power General Motors premium cars for in-car GPS navigation

by | posted: January 11, 2008
MapmyIndia, that recently launched MapmyIndia GPS navigator, has now signed up with General Motors for in-car GPS navigation. It will come equipped as a standard accessory in all variants of General Motors’...
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Google Launches Open Handset Alliance To Develop Android OS for Mobile Phones

by | posted: November 16, 2007
  Though we had earlier blogged about Google confirming the existence of Gphone which sources such as WSJ and CNET suggested, Google is not announcing its Gphone as yet amidst lot of speculation....
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