Earlier this week, Sina, a leading Chinese online media company, announced a strategic partnership with AutoNavi Holdings Limited, a provider of digital map content and navigation and location-based solutions in China, in an effort to enhance the social, location and mobile offerings of both the companies.
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The Magellan SmartGPS communicates with Magellan's custom-built Smart Ecosystem, a cloud platform for an extensive database of constantly-updating, location-relevant social media and navigation content that is automatically pushed to the SmartGPS display to create a uniquely-rich driving experience.
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Foursquare is used for the location-based content we get from shows like Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
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The 2013 lineup also supports LG Cloud, which allows the user to remotely stream high-quality content from practically any location.
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The latest BMW Approved Apps include Audible (downloadable audio books and other spoken-word content), Glympse (location sharing), Rhapsody (subscription music service) and TuneIn (Internet radio).
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The SmartGPS intelligently manages and updates location- relevant social media and navigation content through an onboard WiFi connection.
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Maps and location content come preloaded on HTC Locations while turn-by-turn navigation can be purchased and downloaded through HTC Locations or HTC Sync.
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AMSTERDAM, Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TomTom has signed a strategic deal with Samsung whereby TomTom maps and location content will power the Wave3 smartphone.
This encourages a content redirect that becomes more me-based, home-based, entertainment-based, not solely geo-location based.
However the location of digital content is shifted with over 60% of storage capacity expected in cloud applications by 2020-versus about 25% today.
Time magazine, for example, has formed a partnership with Foursquare, a location-based mobile check-in service, for the conventions, in which Time has provided content that users can unlock when they get to certain locations in Tampa and Charlotte.
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