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FEATURE...Video - 2010 GIS On Blackberry Awards at ESRIUC - Once again, the second annual GIS on Blackberry Award winners were announced in a special session held at the 2010 ESRIUC. In the video, Chuck Bridgeman of TDC Goup / Freeance gives a live demo of a field application connecting to the ArcGIS server and loading data directly from the field on a Blackberry running Freeance Mobile.
Wavefront is hosting a matchmaking session in Vancouver on August
23rd for Canadian entrepreneurs and innovators to meet one-on-one with
representatives from Rogers Ventures.
San Francisco, London and Tokyo - 29th July 2010 The Symbian
Foundation today announced its annual event, the Symbian Exchange and
Exposition 2010 (SEE 2010), which will be held at Beurs van Berlage in
Amsterdam on the 9th and 10th November. Attendance is free and the
event is open to all. To register, visit www.see2010.org.
Coastal Angler Magazine's smartphone FishOn application instantly
delivers up-to-the minute local weather, marine conditions, tides,
fishing regulations and other details across the United States and the
Bahamas that can affect a day on the water.
This guide supplies you with numerous tips, tricks and free
applications. Get the hang of the interface and discover what your Mac
is really capable of.
Wayland, Mass., 23 July, 2010 - The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
(OGCr) is seeking public comment on a Geography Markup Language
(GML) XML encoding for describing the characteristics of a moving
object, such as a GPS enabled car.
More LBSzone Feature Articles & Special Submissions
How To Add Your Business & A Special To foursquare-
Ever wondered how you can take control of ownership of your business on
foursquare? Read on for tips including details about the foursquare
business page and tips on how to create a special offer for your
customers.
5 Twitter Tips for the Geo Business user There's many ways to use Twitter and perhaps most important, there's
many ways that a business can take advantage of Twitter to support
marketing efforts, branding, customer support, and most important, to
communicate with clients and would-be clients. The following are 5 ways
that any GIS/Geo business can use Twitter to support their business.
Adobe Flash vs. The World Does it seem like everyone is ganging up on Adobe these days? Apple and
Microsoft have made some bold moves lately in an attempt to prevent
Adobe's Flash technology from transferring the same dominance it has
on the PC onto mobile devices.
2009 The Year of Social Location - 10 Geo Social Location-Aware Apps Making Waves... With
Twitter's opening of their location API to developers there's going to
be a ton of third party apps that will enable Twitter users to share
location-aware information via their Twitter accounts. And so, In typical Top 10 fashion, here's my Top 10 list of ways to Geo enable your tweets... enjoy!
Nokia Booklet 3G, unboxing video and image gallery...
Those of you in the USA who pop in to BestBuy occasionally, you may
have seen a stand showing off the Nokia Booklet 3G. A sleek, 3G
enabled, SIM slot (AT&T) sporting netbook. The device retails for
as little as $199 (with 2 yr AT&T contract) and will definitely
turn heads
Real-time GPS Mapping and GIS Solution Aids Efficient Disaster Management
- Saturday, February 7, 2009 will forever be known as Black Saturday in
the State of Victoria, Australia. In the midst of a 10-year drought, a
record breaking heat wave descended upon the state, with temperatures
exceeding 45 degrees C (110-120 deg F), breaking all-time record highs
in some cities - Victoria Police Use Trimble Juno SC Handhelds to Speed
Assessment of Damage Caused by Bush Fires
5 cool, free, fun Social Media Location-Aware iPhone Apps with Twitter Connect - We love Friday and we also really dig sharing, so we're glad to share with
you a few very cool, handy, and best of all, free FollowFriday apps for you iPhone
users (some of these apps may be available for others mobile platforms
so search if interested).
10 Things A Company Should Consider when starting their Twitter social media presence
- Many of us on Twitter take it for granted that getting up and running
is a breeze, however, many potential corporate users are still craving
more information on how/where they should start. Here's a basic
introduction for corporate Twitter users with 10 very useful tips on
getting started along with some useful links to third party apps and
tools.
Wi-Fi Roaming and Cell Phone Roaming Options - an introduction for the new user-- The Canadian company, Seaboard Group crystal ball is glowing with Wi-Fi predictions. In a recent commentary on this issue, Canadians Cut Their Wires on the Wi-Fi phenomenon, Seaboard Group predicted that by 2007, Wi-Fi hardware equipment and integration services will exceed 800 million with shipments of 1.7 million base stations and 3.2 million access cards.
Nokia Develeoper Summit - You’ll discover how Nokia can help take your app from creation to
market faster — with practical advice, technical sessions with Nokia
experts, and hands-on coding labs using new, powerful and easy tools. September 14-15, 2010, London.
Location-Based Marketing Summit - Companies considering using location based applications and services for the following purposes should attend Location-Based Marketing Summit: marketing, branding, entertainment, content delivery, social networking, promotions, test-marketing, commerce, new product development and more. September 29 - 30, 2010 in New York City
Location Business Summit 2010
- The Location Business Summit USA brings together key companies from
across the ecosystem, with over 30 top speakers, 200 hundred plus
attendees and a highly focused agenda which gets to the core of local
search, optimizing content, monetizing context and harnessing the hype
behind Location Based Advertising and the `Check-in'.