SpaceOpal has been awarded the contract to control the satellites which will form the Europe’s version of GPS. Among the six work packages, the 194m euro contract is the fourth to be announced as efforts continue to roll out the Galileo sat-nav system. By late 2012, another 14 operational satellites are expected to fly. SpaceOpal [...]

US based Garmin and Taiwan based Asustek declared a new co operation schemes on Tuesday on mobile phones, with Asustek introducing its own brand smartphones from the coming year. Since early 2009, Asustek was selling smartphones under the Garmin Asus brand, from now on will not bring in new co-branded handset models although the new [...]

Seal Technology, a UK company has come out with a new sturdy mobile phone holding GPS integrated features which can endure even harsh climates. The new phone which is a IP 67 rated GSM mobile phone, is named Seals VR7. The manufacturer claims that the phone impervious to dirt, dust, drops and shocks. The VR7 [...]

For about five rhinos in North West province of South Africa has been fitted with GPS device to protect them from poachers. A small hole is drilled in the dead part of the horn to fit in the GPS chip. The chip  can track rhinos movements and alarm the game warden. Rusty Hustler, Head of [...]

HTC and TomTom just declared that they are joining hands together to come out with a new GPS navigation and location solution for HTC smartphones. It will be named HTC Locations and will hold maps of TomTom being preloaded so that users will donot have to depend upon ‘over the air – OTA‘ maps. In [...]