SlashGear » Search Results » skyhook http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sat, 18 May 2013 21:53:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Skyhook sues Google over Android pseudo-GPS block claims http://www.slashgear.com/skyhook-sues-google-over-android-pseudo-gps-block-claims-16102616/ http://www.slashgear.com/skyhook-sues-google-over-android-pseudo-gps-block-claims-16102616/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:52:11 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=102616 Skyhook CEO Ted Morgan, Google changed ... device owners misleading warnings about Skyhook's use of personal data.... improve their advertizing revenue, while Skyhook charges fees to manufacturers instead....]]> …that unfavorably penalized them.

According to Skyhook CEO Ted Morgan, Google changed … device owners misleading warnings about Skyhook‘s use of personal data…. improve their advertizing revenue, while Skyhook charges fees to manufacturers instead….


Skyhook sues Google over Android pseudo-GPS block claims is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/skyhook-sues-google-over-android-pseudo-gps-block-claims-16102616/feed/ 0 Internal emails from Google allegedly show desperation over Skyhooks/Motorola deal http://www.slashgear.com/internal-emails-from-google-allegedly-show-desperation-over-skyhookmotorola-deal-10151077/ http://www.slashgear.com/internal-emails-from-google-allegedly-show-desperation-over-skyhookmotorola-deal-10151077/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 11:26:00 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=151077 Skyhooks claims that once Google realized its... just how afraid Google was of Skyhooks according to some. Google notified Motorola...issue to force Motorola to ditch Skyhooks. The alternative for Motorola was ...]]> … GPS data that Android users access.

Skyhooks claims that once Google realized its… just how afraid Google was of Skyhooks according to some. Google notified Motorola…issue to force Motorola to ditch Skyhooks.

The alternative for Motorola was …


Internal emails from Google allegedly show desperation over Skyhooks/Motorola deal is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/internal-emails-from-google-allegedly-show-desperation-over-skyhookmotorola-deal-10151077/feed/ 3 Skyhook promises always-on mobile location tracking with tiny battery hit http://www.slashgear.com/skyhook-promises-always-on-mobile-location-tracking-with-tiny-battery-hit-18239091/ http://www.slashgear.com/skyhook-promises-always-on-mobile-location-tracking-with-tiny-battery-hit-18239091/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:53:50 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=239091 Skyhook is coy on exactly how the ...access points to compare their location with Skyhook's database of known positions, the... a specific location. With the new Skyhook engine, the geofencing API can use ...]]> …without a noticeable change in battery life.”

Skyhook is coy on exactly how the …access points to compare their location with Skyhook‘s database of known positions, the… a specific location. With the new Skyhook engine, the geofencing API can use …


Skyhook promises always-on mobile location tracking with tiny battery hit is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/skyhook-promises-always-on-mobile-location-tracking-with-tiny-battery-hit-18239091/feed/ 0 Apple App Store "Bulk Apps" misleading figures claims report http://www.slashgear.com/apple-app-store-bulk-apps-misleading-figures-claims-report-1649533/ http://www.slashgear.com/apple-app-store-bulk-apps-misleading-figures-claims-report-1649533/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:00:08 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=49533 Skyhook Wireless "Bulk apps" are generic software ...of travel guides or local search apps; Skyhook Wireless, the company responsible for the ...i.e. outside of the LBS remit Skyhook examined - similarly feature large amounts of...]]> … of one killer app” Kate Imback, Skyhook Wireless
“Bulk apps” are generic software …of travel guides or local search apps; Skyhook Wireless, the company responsible for the …i.e. outside of the LBS remit Skyhook examined – similarly feature large amounts of…


Apple App Store "Bulk Apps" misleading figures claims report is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/apple-app-store-bulk-apps-misleading-figures-claims-report-1649533/feed/ 0 Apple iOS Developers Found to be in better position than Android due to app Piracy http://www.slashgear.com/apple-ios-developers-found-to-be-in-better-position-than-android-due-to-app-piracy-08178232/ http://www.slashgear.com/apple-ios-developers-found-to-be-in-better-position-than-android-due-to-app-piracy-08178232/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:50:58 +0000 Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/?p=178232 Skyhook, Apple users download six times more paid apps than Android ... apps as the main reason why. As Yankee Group and Skyhook note, several findings point toward a more positive developer world ...]]> According to a study conducted by Yankee Group and Skyhook, Apple users download six times more paid apps than Android … apps as the main reason why.

As Yankee Group and Skyhook note, several findings point toward a more positive developer world …


Apple iOS Developers Found to be in better position than Android due to app Piracy is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/apple-ios-developers-found-to-be-in-better-position-than-android-due-to-app-piracy-08178232/feed/ 15 Eye-Fi Pro X2 Review http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-pro-x2-review-0384103/ http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-pro-x2-review-0384103/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 13:52:31 +0000 Ewdison Then http://www.slashgear.com/?p=84103 Skyhook Wireless' WiFi hotspot triangulation system to add location data to ...taken. Since it's not true GPS the limitation is Skyhook's database: they quote 70-percent of the US/Canadian...]]> … only ever have that re-sized version.

Geotagging, meanwhile, uses Skyhook Wireless’ WiFi hotspot triangulation system to add location data to …taken. Since it’s not true GPS the limitation is Skyhook‘s database: they quote 70-percent of the US/Canadian…


Eye-Fi Pro X2 Review is written by Ewdison Then & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-pro-x2-review-0384103/feed/ 7 Eye-Fi 4GB Anniversary Edition WiFi SD card released http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-4gb-anniversary-edition-wifi-sd-card-released-1222433/ http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-4gb-anniversary-edition-wifi-sd-card-released-1222433/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:35:39 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=22433 Skyhook Wireless, Eye-Fi has automated the process to make it ... is a fast growing trend, and through a partnership with Skyhook Wireless, Eye-Fi has automated the process to make it ...]]> …: Geotagging is a fast growing
trend, and through a partnership with Skyhook Wireless, Eye-Fi has
automated the process to make it … is a fast growing
trend, and through a partnership with Skyhook Wireless, Eye-Fi has
automated the process to make it …


Eye-Fi 4GB Anniversary Edition WiFi SD card released is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-4gb-anniversary-edition-wifi-sd-card-released-1222433/feed/ 0 Eye-Fi announce 3 new WiFi SD cards: hotspots and geotagging http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-announce-3-new-wifi-sd-cards-hotspots-and-geotagging-1211569/ http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-announce-3-new-wifi-sd-cards-hotspots-and-geotagging-1211569/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 13:32:11 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=11569 Skyhook's pseudo-GPS WiFi triangulation system to give each image location data. The Share is basically the same as the...]]> …Eye-Fi partner with hotspot company Wayport, allowing for automatic photo uploads in around 10,000 US hotspots. It also supports Skyhook‘s pseudo-GPS WiFi triangulation system to give each image location data.

The Share is basically the same as the…


Eye-Fi announce 3 new WiFi SD cards: hotspots and geotagging is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/eye-fi-announce-3-new-wifi-sd-cards-hotspots-and-geotagging-1211569/feed/ 0 iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 Updates http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-firmware-113-updates-169688/ http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-firmware-113-updates-169688/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:48:19 +0000 James Allan Brady http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-firmware-113-updates-169688.php SkyHook is probably the coolest new Maps feature, but there is another feature. You can drop a pin anywhere on the map, and its...]]> …select all of their names each time.

Now for the new Maps features, the assisted GPS thing they have going on with Google and SkyHook is probably the coolest new Maps feature, but there is another feature. You can drop a pin anywhere on the map, and its…


iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 Updates is written by James Allan Brady & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-firmware-113-updates-169688/feed/ 0 Macworld 08: Keynote Summary & Transcript http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-keynote-summary-transcript-159679/ http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-keynote-summary-transcript-159679/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:35:58 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-keynote-summary-transcript-159679.php SkyHook Wireless  09:32 am James Allan Brady: is what allows them to pinpoint your location  09:32 am James Allan Brady: they have ...]]> …: and you can have up to 9 pages 

09:31 am James Allan Brady: of SpringBoard stuff 

09:31 am James Allan Brady: SkyHook Wireless 

09:32 am James Allan Brady: is what allows them to pinpoint your location 

09:32 am James Allan Brady: they have …


Macworld 08: Keynote Summary & Transcript is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-keynote-summary-transcript-159679/feed/ 0 Macworld 08: iPhone update with Multi-recipient SMS, improved maps and more http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-iphone-update-with-multi-recipient-sms-improved-maps-and-more-159673/ http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-iphone-update-with-multi-recipient-sms-improved-maps-and-more-159673/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:45:46 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/macworld-08-iphone-update-with-multi-recipient-sms-improved-maps-and-more-159673.php SkyHook Wireless supplying real-world physical location data that enables the cellphone to pinpoint your location, similar to Google's...]]> … be organised into chapters and now supports subtitles.

Google Maps on the iPhone has also been improved, with SkyHook Wireless supplying real-world physical location data that enables the cellphone to pinpoint your location, similar to Google’s…


Macworld 08: iPhone update with Multi-recipient SMS, improved maps and more is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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