Maintaining our habit of sharing really great content with the industry, I have
some goodies to show you. Telematics Update has been conducting industry
interviews that are just too interesting to go unseen!
*Martin Rosell, Managing
Director, WirelessCar
*John Horn, National Director, T-Mobile
*Joe
Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer & President, Pandora
*Alistair Adams,
Business Development Manager, Nokia
*Partha Goswami, Technology Manager,
Infotainment and Telematics & Lead Technology Planner for Chevy Volt
Electric Car Program, General Motors
*Joseph Berry, CEO, JBJ Advisors
(Former Chief Architect, Ford SYNC)
*Sheldon Drobot, Scientific Program
Manager, NCAR
*Roger Jollis, Marketing Director and Business Segment Leader
Automotive OEM business, Garmin
*Brian Droessler, Vice President of Strategy
& Portfolio Infotainment and Connectivity Business Unit, Continental
*Gary Gale, Director of Engineering, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
*Michael
Slattery, Consumer Innovation, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
*Doug VanDagens, Director of
Connected Services, Ford Motor Company
*Pranish Kumar, the Group Program
Manager for Windows Embedded Automotive, Microsoft
*Roger Jollis, Marketing
Director and Business Segment Leader Automotive OEM business, Garmin
*Partha
Goswami, Technology Manager, Infotainment and Telematics & Lead Technology
Planner for Chevy Volt electric car program, General Motors
*Gary Gale,
Director of Engineering, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
*Michael Slattery, Consumer
Innovation, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
*Fredrik Åkerlind, CMO, Telenor
Connexion
*Jan Hellaker, VP Business Development & Government Programs,
Volvo Technology
*Robin Harbage, C-Counsel Consultant, EMB America
*Jeff
Curry, Head of Global Product Marketing, Better Place
Telematics Update
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Also: If you're free on June 8 & 9, why
not join the industry elite at Telematics Detroit? There is no better time to
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Telematics Detroit is now only 5 weeks away and over 450 executives are busy
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Hackday - Tips, Tricks, OpenData sources, and Developer Resources for Mobile Application Developers - Hackday events are becoming quite common, many local government
agencies embracing the format and opening the doors, and their data
vaults, to local developers, hackers, and those simply looking to mashup
some data. Read on for Tips, Open Data sources, Developer Tools, Mobile
Dev resources and more!
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 halfof
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.
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)".
Social Location Directory
Do you have a location-aware application, social location service or other location-sensitive service that you'd like to share with us? Please browse this growing directory of Social location Services and feel free to leave a link to your favorite service! See the Directory HERE
Suggested Reading
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.
Good Mobile Messaging: Executives and professional field forces spend an increasing amount of time on the road tending to business.
Mobile Apps - Native or Web?:
You probably have a plan to build a mobile app, but you've struggled
with the basic question - Should I build it using open web standards
such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or should I build it as a native app
for the devices I want to target?
Location summit 2012 - Back for its third year, the Location Business Summit will bring
together senior level executives from across the whole breadth of the
location ecosystem to discuss strategies, form partnerships, compare
trends and forge new business ventures. May 22-23, 2012, Amsterdam
WhereCamp Berlin 2012 - For those passionate about geographical specialties, WhereCamp Berlin
is gathering its attendees on the 22nd and 23rd of June. Everyone is
free to present and share topics, news and trends
