http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/03/09/location-based-disservice/ Ripping mobility from the clutches of telecom Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/03/09/location-based-disservice/#comment-44304 Mike Rowehl: This is Mobility » Blog Archive » Microsoft Doing the Big Drive in the US Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:47:22 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=110#comment-44304 [...] I think location based services are a fantastic idea, in theory. However the cost structures the carriers generally want to provide, and the cartel of cartography data keeps most of the interesting stuff that could happen with LBS from really making it out to the public. The map stuff is really a sore point for me, because innovation is being stiffled in order to protect entrenched business models. [...] [...] I think location based services are a fantastic idea, in theory. However the cost structures the carriers generally want to provide, and the cartel of cartography data keeps most of the interesting stuff that could happen with LBS from really making it out to the public. The map stuff is really a sore point for me, because innovation is being stiffled in order to protect entrenched business models. [...]

]]> http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/03/09/location-based-disservice/#comment-983 Spencer Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:50:50 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=110#comment-983 Bones in Motion is an 'example case.' We were about to start a Google Maps implementation for plotting GPS for BiM Active just when the Yahoo API was announced. We decided to evaluate both Yahoo and Google as tools, then saw the Yahoo restriction, and walked away. Bones in Motion is an ‘example case.’ We were about to start a Google Maps implementation for plotting GPS for BiM Active just when the Yahoo API was announced. We decided to evaluate both Yahoo and Google as tools, then saw the Yahoo restriction, and walked away.

]]> http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2006/03/09/location-based-disservice/#comment-842 Sandeep Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:16:39 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=110#comment-842 Damn, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. Either way, this is just way too stupid, even for TeleAtlas. Damn, I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. Either way, this is just way too stupid, even for TeleAtlas.

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