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TomTom and Microsoft declare patent war ceasefire
News The two companies settle instead of undergoing a costly open source patent war.
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ASDA maps out UK mobile first
News The supermarket chain has become the first UK retailer to use the latest location-based advertising technology to help customers find their nearest store.
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TomTom unveils online route planner
News Sat nav giant launches free web-based route planner to compete with the likes of Google Maps.
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Nokia studies traffic with GPS-enabled mobiles
News The handset maker has launched a research project that uses data from car drivers to help ease congestion.
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Royal Mail gets itself a CoPilot
News Delivery company makes major in-vehicle satellite navigation investment to streamline its business and offer near real-time parcel tracking for customers.
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EU starts looking for Galileo suppliers
News The European Union has advertised a contract for the first part of the £2.4 billion satellite navigation project.
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Microsoft launch targets your ‘sat nav’
News The software giant continues to pursue device domination with the launch of its first embedded operating system optimised specifically for portable navigation devices.
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ABI maps out prosperous future for sat-nav
News The personal navigation device market is thriving and will surpass 100 million units by 2011 according to the latest set of predictions from ABI Research.
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Garmin tops TomTom offer for Tele Atlas
News The €2.3 billion offer trumps €1.8 billion offer from rival TomTom back in July, with the market expecting a bidding war to commence.
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How Tesco uses sat nav to deliver your shopping
In-depth Case Study: Grocery giant Tesco, faced with a logistical challenge service a massive South London delivery area, successfully integrated an off-the-shelf sat nav PDA application into its order management system.
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Galileo sat-nav faces "grave crisis"
News European satellite navigation program continues to suffer delays as contractors look unlikely to meet planning deadline.
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Sat nav systems at risk from hackers
News In-car route-planning equipment could be the next target for hackers after researchers expose wireless data vulnerability.
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