by Surur
7 years
The latest back-end update to Cortana is intended to make location-based services easier. The app will not offer to remember more places you frequent, and also let you give them nick names (previously you could only nick name a pl...
by Surur
10 years
While we are all salivating for a taste of Windows Phone 8 it seems a selection of Geo-Spatial Computer Science students have an opportunity to get early access to the new OS. Microsoft is offering undergraduate or graduate studen...
by Surur
10 years
One of the holy grails of advertising is location-based ads, and when combined with search ads it makes for a rather good revenue opportunity for the provider. Techie-buzz noticed that Microsoft finally got into the game, by offer...
by Surur
10 years
Nokia has announced the availability of real time traffic updates for their Nokia Drive users on Symbian and Windows Phone 7. The service will initially only be available in Delhi and Mumbai, but will eventually expand to ot...
by Surur
10 years
After Nokia Drive being updated to version 2.0, Nokia did not rest, and have just published an update for the Nokia Maps app which brings it up to version 1.3. Unlike the Nokia Drive update Nokia did not provide a change log, but ...
by Surur
10 years
It seems updated Windows Phone documentation on Microsoft’s Windows Phone Help site has revealed a minor new feature in Windows Phone Tango. When an application utilises the Location API a new notification ico...
by Surur
10 years
Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop appears to have indicated that the integration of Nokia’s map data with Bing Maps is due. "Part of the relationship we established with Microsoft is that we a...
by Surur
11 years
Microsoft has issues a statement admitting to the accusations that their camera app ignores user preference and still transmits location data to Microsoft even when the user declines the request. In a statement the spokesman said:...
by Surur
11 years
From a now removed Vimeo video we learn Nokia is launching a coupon service called Nokia Perks, designed to generate paperless coupons which can be used to score discounts. The system would allow one to look up deals from your pho...
by Surur
11 years
Video: Bing Feature Update: Check out top city attractions before you go Bing always touts itself as the decision engine, and a question which comes up very often is “What should we do today.” Bing plans to make that...
by Surur
12 years
Jamie Thompson asks, on his blog, whether Windows phone 7 needs a seventh hub, for location-based services. Of course it would be a good location for native features such as turn by turn GPS navigation and future Microsoft locatio...
by Surur
12 years
There are not many FourSquare clients for Windows Mobile, and the most high profile one also seems to be the most buggy. Users will therefore appreciate that a new update for WinMoSquare has been released. WinMoSquare Beta 1.5.0.0...
