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Poor Sales In India Force Maps Provider Sygic To Release Navigation App For Free

 App developers are struggling to make money in India because of low credit card penetration, according to Michael Stencl, CEO of maps provider Sygic, which has now dropped the $5.58 fee to download...

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TomTom Is Applying Its GPS Technology To Self-Driving Cars And Fitness Watches

 GPS device maker TomTom has moved beyond turn-by-turn directions into smartwatches and embedded car software that could be used for self-driving vehicles. The portable mapping device maker announced...

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Garmin Releases Three New Exercise Watches To Keep You Unflabby

 Another day, another fitness device that can track your distance, pace, heart rate, and nag you when you don’t exercise. This time we have the Garmin 230, 235, and 630, three great smartwatches with...

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HUDWAY Gets Your Eyes Off Your Smartphone And Back On The Road While Driving

 HUDWAY is a piece of glass that turns any smartphone into a heads-up display on the front of your car. The device beams information from your phone to a thin layer of curved glass mounted to the front...

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A Tiny Selfie Drone You Don’t Need To Register With The FAA

 The palm-sized ONAGOfly is an affordable GPS-enabled drone that automatically takes photos using smile and obstacle recognition technology. Normally the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires...

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With Augure Merger, Fashion GPS Launches Another Season

 Fashion GPS, a software and services startup focused on fashion, said it is merging with Augure, a French-based global influential marketing company. Read More

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New Air Force Satellites Launched To Improve GPS

 This morning, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS). This $131 million satellite...

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The Garmin vivofit 3 makes me want to move again

 I’ve long been an activity tracker kind of guy. I strapped them all onto my fleshy wrist: the Fitbits, the Nikes, the Polars. I’ve watched circles fill up on my Apple Watch and I’ve watched ghost...

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The Garmin vivoactive HR is the Swiss Army knife of health wearables

 There are a plethora of ways to track and improve your fitness, from a simple notebook to hiring a team of Crossfit coaches who will work your core until you scream. One of the most compact and...

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Garmin releases its first luxury smartwatch, the Fenix Chronos

 Garmin has just announced the Fenix Chronos, an amazingly elegant smartwatch with all the features of their standard GPS exercise watches – the Vivoactve, for example – with a case and aesthetic that...

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Expanding fitness wearables in Africa, Garmin launches a watch line in Ghana...

 Garmin has partnered with mobile telecom giant MTN to launch a line of fitness watches in Ghana. The GPS navigation and sports tech company will offer its vivoFit3, vivoMove, vivoActive, Fenix3, and...

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Gatwick Airport now has 2,000 beacons for indoor navigation

 Complex indoor environments such as airports and shopping malls can be a nightmare to find your way around. And while Google is eyeing smartphones with 3D sensors as one potential fix for places GPS...

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The Casio GPW-2000-1A Gravitymaster will follow you around the world

 With a name like GRAVITYMASTER the Casio GPW-2000-1A had better make you fly. Sadly, it doesn’t. However, it can help you while you jet from spot to spot. The $800 GPW-2000-1A is specifically designed...

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Poor Sales In India Force Maps Provider Sygic To Release Navigation App For Free

App developers are struggling to make money in India because of low credit card penetration, according to Michael Stencl, CEO of maps provider Sygic, which has now dropped the $5.58 fee to download its...

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TomTom Is Applying Its GPS Technology To Self-Driving Cars And Fitness Watches

GPS device maker TomTom has moved beyond turn-by-turn directions into smartwatches and embedded car software that could be used for self-driving vehicles. The portable mapping device maker announced...

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Garmin Releases Three New Exercise Watches To Keep You Unflabby

Another day, another fitness device that can track your distance, pace, heart rate, and nag you when you don’t exercise. This time we have the Garmin 230, 235, and 630, three great smartwatches with...

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HUDWAY Gets Your Eyes Off Your Smartphone And Back On The Road While Driving

HUDWAY is a piece of glass that turns any smartphone into a heads-up display on the front of your car. The device beams information from your phone to a thin layer of curved glass mounted to the front...

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A Tiny Selfie Drone You Don’t Need To Register With The FAA

The palm-sized ONAGOfly is an affordable GPS-enabled drone that automatically takes photos using smile and obstacle recognition technology. Normally the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires...

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With Augure Merger, Fashion GPS Launches Another Season

Fashion GPS, a software and services startup focused on fashion, said it is merging with Augure, a French-based global influential marketing company. Under the new holding company name Launchmetrics,...

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New Air Force Satellites Launched To Improve GPS

This morning, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS). This $131 million satellite was...

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