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Articles tagged “gps”

Online Travel

Startup Social Bicycles partners with AT&T to offer bikes riders can leave anywhere

It’s clever to create a virtual network of bikes that don’t need to be docked in one place; however, the built-in GPS requires users to have a smartphone, which eliminates half its potential customers.

Skift | 12 years ago

Startup Social Bicycles partners with AT&T to offer bikes riders can leave anywhere

Online Travel

New EU-backed satellite navigation system gets off the ground in Prague

The 30-satellite system will complement the U.S.-led system that provides data for the current generation of GPS devices.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Travel Technology

Why it’s your fault the GPS system took you in the wrong direction

On-demand maps may help drivers and other navigators get around unfamiliar destinations, but reliance on them have been shown to dampen users instincts more than traditional maps.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Why GPS technology will never replace real-life survival training for trekkers

A new generation of outdoor enthusiasts relies heavily on GPS and tracking technologies to explore new terrain, but their lack of proper training has created dangerous, even deadly, scenarios.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TomTom shares get a boost after analyst report reminds market of Apple deal

This fall should see TomTom edge closer away from the edge and to a position where it'll be able to figure out how to run a mapping and GPS company when people are using smartphones in place of dashboard devices.

Maaike Noordhuis, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Online Travel

The surprising utility of old-school maps when your GPS goes awry

When Google Maps or GPS directs you on road that hasn’t been used since horse-and-buggies, the best idea may be to lift your eyes from the screen, consult an old-fashion map, or take in some clues from your surroundings.

Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

Call it a tracker, not a phone — that’s more app

The genie is out of the bottle -- smartphones track your every movement for law enforcement and travel apps' developers purposes. The backlash is coming.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Geocaching turns to tourism to draw in more participants

It's not as sexy or hot as location check-in sites, but as far as user adoption and active participation goes geocaching still has something to teach the upstarts -- especially when it comes to making money.

Skift | 12 years ago