Waze Joins Google for shared vision of a global mapping service - Well, it's official and we all knew this one was coming... myself, I'm just glad it was Google that won out in the end and not that other social media company that was bidding up Waze! This via the Waze Blog...

Apple Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC 2013 By the Numbers - Some noteworthy numbers to share that we picked up on in this year's 26th annual Apple developer conference - for example, Users have now Downloaded over 50,000.000.000 (billion) apps!

• Shipments of quad-core smartphones reached 40 million units worldwide in 2012
• Navigating the New Mobile World
• GeoJot+ iPad App Facilitates Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance
• Survey - Most Drivers Using GPS Say It Has Led Them Astray
• Trimble Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft System for Photogrammetric Aerial Mapping
• Learn to Build and Deploy Mapping Apps on Android Devices
• Capitol Hill Briefing: What Should Congress Do About Cell Phone Unlocking?
• Visualize Your Foursquare History via Time Machine from Foursquare and Samsung
• Local Measure 'Starbucks' Social Index finds Malaysians are the most active on social media
• INRIX Traffic Maps Show Colorado Wildfire Backups Stretch 10 Miles
• Dev Tip - The GeoJSON Format Specification
• App User Base Is Growing 15 Times Faster Than Stationary Internet User Base
• PhoneProtect combats rising threat of lost & stolen devices
• Mobile Future Forward 2013 - Mining the trillion dollar opportunity
• Juniper Systems Receives Supplier of the Year Award from American Innovations
• Friday Deadline for V2V & V2I for Auto Safety USA 2013
• CSR launches SiRFstarV 5e GNSS location solution for best navigation experience
• USAF to deploy non-GPS positioning technology at White Sands Missile Range
• Waze Joins Google for shared vision of a global mapping service
• Trimble Acquires Actronic Technologies to Extend its Machine Monitoring and Reporting Solutions
• Vuzix Nominated for Two Augmented Reality Awards at the AR Summit London
• Yosee: The New Mobile Social Network Coming to France
• White Paper: Twenty Myths of WiFi Interference!
• Apple Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC 2013 By the Numbers
• Smartphone and Tablets -- Rapidly Growing Devices of Choice
• New Technology Could End US Wi-Fi Traffic Jam
• GCS Adds Seats for First ‘Geospatial Big Data’ Webinar
• Travellers are More at Ease Staying Connected Across the Miles than their Partners
• Update - Google finalizing $1.3 billion deal for Waze
• iVAULT Web GIS Mobile is released
• Metaio Announces 50k Developers, Updates to AR platform and International Developer Contests
• Android Mobile Survey GIS—SuperSurv 3.1 Supports to Apply Web Map as Basemap
• Leica Nova and Leica Infinity Easy data processing and seamless workflow for fast, reliable results
• Hertz Optimizes Travel Experience In And Out Of Car With Updates To Award-Winning NeverLost
• Consumer Electronics: The Next Frontier
• iVAULT Web GIS Mobile is released

10 Resources To Help You Get Started Programming with Python - There's no question that if you want a head start in your career as a GIS Analyst, programmer, or other technology professional that Python programming is a must. Just look around on twitter, follow some geo hacks on Google +, check out the developer resources, and attend a GeoGeek meetup of WhereCamp and you'll hear about python.

Exploring Foursquare with The Explore foursquare map - A look at some clever mapping functionality available to users of the foursquare service

58% Use Location-based Apps Despite Privacy Concerns - A telephone poll of 1,000 Americans shows that many people are concerned about geolocation, which uses data from a computer or mobile device to identify a physical location

The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools  - The Mobile Ecosystem... no question that mobile is huge and the opportunity for developers, in particular, geo developers! There's loads of developer resources on the web so to help the developer, here's a listing of just some of the fine dev resources, blogs, toolsets and more to consider when developing or porting your app to a smartphone or Tablet.

Mobile Technology Feature - Top 10 Business Apps for Android - Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems in the world due to advanced software, competitive manufacturers, and an app market that is filled with exciting and useful applications. Read on for this fine Top 10 List compiled by tech writer, Blake Sanders

ArcGIS.com Mashup Tutorial with Flickr and Foursquare data - Here's a simple "how to" tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS to create your own custom map mashup.

Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say Adding Cool Effects is Most Useful  - Adding cool effects to photos was rated as the most useful thing by more than half of consumers surveyed using free online photography services, according to CatchFree a free online service that helps people find the best free mobile and web applications to perform useful tasks.

10 Things That You Should Be Including In Your Press Release - We'd like to share a short list of 10 items that anyone creating a press release might/should consider including in their press release. 

Flickr GPS Photo Tag Tip  - Here's a tip for Flickr users who want to share their GPS information with their photos. note, in order to do this you'll need to be capturing photos using a GPS-enabled or GPS-aware camera (see you're smartphone hardware settings to ensure that GPS or location sharing is turned "ON)". 

• Mesa Geo 3G Rugged Notepad + 3G cellular modem
  
• ByteLight Impressive Indoor Positioning Using LED Lighting
  
• Checkin to Google Places, Share on Google G+ Via the New Google Maps Mobile on Android
• GIS Technology Vehicle Supports Asset Mapping and Public Safety Operations in Monroe County, NY
• So You Wanna Hack! - OpenHackDay Tips, opendata sources and tools for hackers
• RIM CEO Lazaridis Provides A Glimpse At the Future
  
• Symbian Dominates Browsing, Apple iOS Users Loving Apps 
• Travel Tip Feature - 10 Ways To Manage Your Cell Phone Bill and Usage More Effectively
• Nokia Connection #NokiaCnxn - The Nokia N9 Launched and Connecting the Next Billion
  
• Expert Feature: Lets drop the whole GIS tag, We are in the location services industry
  
• Could LightSquared Overload or Jam GPS Signals?
• Reporting Map Errors to Google maps, Bing, Mapquest, OSM, and others
  
• Blunt Look at Nokia's Future With Microsoft, the market, developers, and the bloggosphere
• Video - Google Mobile App for iPhone, now with Google Goggles - A fun video from Google showing off the Google Goggles technology.
• How To Add Your Business & A Special To foursquare
  
• Data Is Still King... Innovate, Keep It Simple, and Think Mobile
  
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• Wavefront Summits - Wavefront Wireless Summits Week 2013 connects technol­ogy solution providers with global business leaders to accelerate ideas and market opportunities.
• Telematics India and South Asia 2013 Apr 17, 2013 - Apr 18, 2013, India

• The Underground Guide To The iPhone: The iPhone is – if I may say so – one of the greatest mobile revolutions of the past decade. More and more, mobile phones seem to materialize out of our wildest dreams. Because of the tight integration of third-party applications, you can do nearly everything with your device — be it gaming, working, fooling around, and of course phoning.