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Twitter For BlackBerry Updated With Geotagging And Push Mentions

Rue Liu — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:07:50 +0000

The Twitter app for BlackBerry has been updated to version 1.1 in the Beta Zone. This new version of Twitter for BlackBerry will have geotagging capabilities, push mentions, topic autocomplete, and chat-style messaging. The geotagging capability is nice, but can be easily turned off for those who don’t want everyone to know where they’re tweeting

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MobileMe Makeover? To Add Facebook Style Front Page, Mobile Check-Ins, And Video-Streaming?

Rue Liu — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:26:21 +0000

Information has leaked about Apple’s ambitious revamp of MobileMe. The update would give the service geo-tagging, location based check-ins, and video-streaming capabilities. In addition users would have a Facebook style front page with your current location and status updates. Cult of Mac has a source that says Apple is focusing on streaming media and location-based

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Samsung rolls out HZ35W & HZ30W point and shoots with 15x optical zoom

Paul Fang — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:49:18 +0000

Samsung has revealed two more high optical zoom digital cameras in the aftermath of CES, the HZ35W and HZ30W both presenting an impressive 15x optical zoom and a 24mm wide angle lens. Both camera can also record up to 720P High-Def video. The HZ series feature a 12MP sensor, 3-inch AMOLED screen and in the

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Nokia Ovi SDK plus Navigation and Maps APIs launched

Chris Davies — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:22:43 +0000

Nokia have announced a new set of APIs for mapping and navigation, which developers can use to add location-based information – such as showing nearby search results – and display location-based data. The Ovi Navigation Player API and OVI Maps Player API are also joined by the new Ovi SDK, a platform which the company claims

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Twitter Gets Some Geo-Tagging Goodness

Evan Selleck — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:52:30 +0000

Are you tired of tweeting and having to tell people where you are? You only have 140 characters, and that space is precious, right? Well, good news for you. Twitter is offering some geo-tagging APIs for developers, letting them expand on the service before they officially launch it on their website. It’s not a surprise

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ATP GPS PhotoFinder mini gets reviewed: slow geotagging

Chris Davies — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:33:37 +0000

Geotagging and location-based services are fashionable right now, and if you have the right cameraphone then you could already be taking high-resolution shots with embedded GPS data. If, though, you’re using a standalone digital camera, it’s far more unlikely that it has GPS built in; that’s when something like ATP’s GPS PhotoFinder mini steps in,

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Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M20: GPS-obsessed WM6.1 smartphone

Chris Davies — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:12:07 +0000

As promised, the first new devices out of the Garmin-ASUS partnership are beginning to show their hand. First up is the Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M20, a 2.8-inch touchscreen Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro device with dualband HSDPA, triband GSM and WiFi b/g. In keeping with the pairing’s obsession with location-based services (LBS), GPS and navigation get top billing: it

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Sony GPS-CS3KA geotagger adds location to your photos & video

Chris Davies — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:29:37 +0000

Sony have quietly announced a standalone GPS geotagger, the GPS-CS3KA, intended to be used with cameras and camcorders to record the location stills and footage were taken at. The compact device uses the time and date stamp on your photos to match up your location, as stored by the GPS-CS3KA, with the whole process automated

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Jobo’s PhotoGPS Geo-tagging for DSLR is now Mac-friendly

Daniel Lim — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:08:42 +0000

The compact and lightweight Jobo’s PhotoGPS grabs GPS data such as country, city, street and point of interest, whenever your digital camera takes a picture. It unique design fits directly on your camera’s flash mount, and the physical locations of the shots taken are determined later with bundle software. The application used to work for

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