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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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.
'Signing the deal with Samsung highlights TomTom's ability to deliver the map and enhanced content needed to enable the location based services for wireless users' said Charles Cautley, Managing Director TomTom Automotive and Licensing.
The SmartGPS intelligently manages and updates location- relevant social media and navigation content through an onboard WiFi connection.
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Both native apps and Web apps will be powered by increasingly sophisticated and pervasive cloud resources: storage, computation, collaboration, transactions, location services, content distribution, and remote 3D video rendering.
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 listening modes, exclusive HARMAN technologies, allow the SB 30 to be tailored for room size, preferred listener location and type of content.
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Google News also ranks based on certain characteristics of news content such as freshness, location, relevance and diversity.
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The wireless connectivity does not require a line of sight, so home theater devices can be stored neatly away in one location, and wirelessly send content though walls to another room within the home.
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With each page request, Silk dynamically determines a division of labor between the mobile hardware and Amazon EC2 (i.e. which browser sub-components run where) that takes into consideration factors like network conditions, page complexity and the location of any cached content.
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For some experiences, such as turn-by-turn navigation or local search, location is the central feature, but increasingly, new types of applications in music, sports, and entertainment are incorporating location to personalize content delivery.
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It had previously responded to criticism in April with claims that it collected only location and address data, not actual content.
In this case, navigation and serving up location based services centered around content which can be delivered to you based on where are in the museum.
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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It eliminates the need to navigate through myriad sources and options, and provides a simple way to manage content from one central location.
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Segmentation enables marketers to capture behaviors and attributes about their Web and mobile visitors in order to create content tailored to their location, their time of day, type of browser or operating system, or even their brand of mobile device.
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Investing in original Japanese content shows Google recognizes the global nature of the streaming media business, where broadcasters and media companies can deliver their content to consumers regardless of their location, on all connected devices.
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Content on the homepage will be automatically updated depending on the users' location and the UK's leading premium department store, House of Fraser, will be the first exclusive advertiser across the outdoor O2 Wifi network.
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For some content, the channel hires production crews to shoot skateboarders, surfers and other athletes on location, but many of the athletes shoot video on their own.
The oil, competition with Russia for influence in the former Soviet Union, plus Azerbaijan's strategic location, might suggest that America and the European Union should be content with Mr Aliev and the stability he seems to offer.
Foursquare is used for the location-based content we get from shows like Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
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Away from device sales, the company's location and commerce department had a difficult quarter, but the sale of map content licenses (to companies like Amazon) offset the dwindling popularity of standalone GPS units.
Its ugly relative--heavy, sour crude--sells at a discount of 10% to 25%, depending on blend and location, because it takes more refining to break down its hydrocarbons and remove its higher sulfur content.
Once linked, the tablet can function as a remote for pausing and selecting content to stream, and users can personalize what ads and info they receive by providing details such as age, location and even clothing size.
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