Telenav said that Ford has chosen the company’s SmartHorizon application to enable ADAS features in Ford vehicles in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. SmartHorizon offers Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA), mandated for driver safety by EU regulations for all newly manufactured light vehicles starting...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. last week rejected a $790 million offer from investment firm Acacia Research Corp. to take over the company.
In October, Acacia made $30-per-share offer to acquire the location services provider after a failed merger with Gilat Satellite Networks. At...
Privacy issues are not going away for the industry...
Three U.S. states and the District of Columbia have sued Google for alleged ‘deceptive’ collection of location data on Android devices. The attorney generals of Texas, Washington state and Indiana joined with the District...
WASHINGTON—While it isn’t as big as the gigantic car shows they have in Detroit and Geneva, the Washington Auto Show here is known as “the policy auto show,” with government and industry officials trying to assess when fully autonomous vehicles will...
Study says HERE Technologies maintains the location platform leadership ahead of Google and TomTom in 2021
A new location industry study said HERE Technologies has moved ahead of Google Maps as the top mapping platform in automotive, enterprise and other market segments. The study, Counterpoint Research’s Location...
New sensor technologies, a shift from robotaxis to trucking, increased Lidar market penetration and industry consolidation will be among the most important trends in 2022, said autonomous company executives in a recent interview.
Paul Drysch, PreAct Technologies CEO, said that the...
The editors of Location Business News recently interviewed Alexey Panyov, Navigine CEO, to get his insight on what’s happening in 2022. Navigine provides integrated positioning technologies that enable worldwide wayfinding and tracking solutions.
LBN: What do you view as the top market for indoor positioning in 2022?
Panyov: “I...
A new product will allow electric vehicle owners the ability to plan trips and search for points of interest while charging their batteries.
After a starting point and destination is entered by a user, Chargeseeker will plan the trip to include recommended stops...
According to a company blog, Esri has announced its ArcGIS IPS, a new indoor positioning system that adds the blue dot to indoor maps. The company says the new system allows companies to improve workplace operations.
Esri Launches Indoor Positioning System (Image: Esri).
Essentially, the...
The editors of Location Business News interviewed Cyrille Michaud, Geoflex chief sales officer, to discuss 2022 opportunities for the France-based precision positioning company.
LBN: How does Geoflex add more value to car data with precise positioning? Is that a market you see that will...
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