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Skyhook Expands Wi-Fi Positioning to Cell, GPS

2008-06-30 10:25:33 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
Skyhook Wireless will combine information from Wi-Fi wardriving, GPS radios, and cell tower signals for better location: The pitch at Skyhook Wireless is that despite its accuracy, satellite-based GPS remains relatively expensive, that it's slow to get a fix when it powers up, and that it's not accurate enough in the middle of cities. Their XPS...
 
Tags: gps, wi-fi, a-gps, stand-alone gps gear, gps system grab, skyhook, gps-only device, gps chips, gps radios
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Routing Out an Address; Badger-Fi

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2008-09-12 11:34:26 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Skyhook Wireless is exposing people's addresses: Yeah, whatever. Skyhook has accidentally offered an API that lets you query their Wi-Fi positioning system for latitude and longitude using a MAC address. Skyhook constantly drives major cities around the world and integrates scans created by users of their systems as well. The poster defines a...
 
Tags: wi-fi network, madison wi-fi network, madison, wi-fi, network, mac address, skyhook, skyhook wireless, skyhook constantly
 
 
 
 
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Eye-Fi Adds Geotagging, Splits Up Product Line

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2008-05-09 14:07:15 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Skyhook Wireless's system of analyzing the signal strength of nearby Wi-Fi networks to extrapolate latitude and longitude. Eye-Fi ties that into their system to stamp images with locations. This deal also ties into Wayport's domestic network of 10,000 hotspots, most of which are McDonald's outlets, allowing free uploading via those systems....
 
Tags: eye-fi, wi-fi, simple wi-fi, wi-fi networks, eye-fi ties, eye-fi home, eye-fi handles, wi-fi environment, eye-fi explore
 
 
 
 
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Charting a Landscape with Wi-Fi Signals

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2008-04-14 13:55:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Driving, biking, and walking to gain a sense of Wi-Fi geographies: Paul Torrens wore out the patience of his friends and family, but gathered 500,000 Wi-F samples across a 12 sq km area of Salt Lake City, Utah, for his paper " Wi-Fi Geographies ," published in the 1 March 2008 issue of Annals of the Association of American Geographers. (The...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi geographies, gather live data, gather, data, wi-fi cloud, data sets, time, space-time topography
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Hughes Ups Downstream Speeds; Eye-Fi Raises More Cash

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2008-08-06 11:59:34 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Skyhook with Wayport hotspot access, and the review appears in Saturday's Seattle Times. Eye-Fi's biggest challenge is better camera integration, so that cameras can handle power management in discussion with the card; camera makers have to not feel threatened by Eye-Fi's smart technology, though
 
Tags: eye-fi, eye-fi explore recently, mbps downstream, eye-fi raises 11m, mbps, wi-fi, onboard wi-fi, camera makers, pairs wi-fi gps-like
 
 
 
 
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Nikon Adds Wi-Fi with S610c with Wayport Uploads, WPS Security

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2008-08-07 11:13:26 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Skyhook's system and cached some location information), as well as offering automated uploads, and Wi-Fi positioning when GPS signals couldn't be reached Seems like a missed ship here
 
Tags: wi-fi, wayport, camera, wi-fi camera, wi-fi inside, gps, wayport hotspot link, built-in gps receiver, supports wi-fi
 
 
 
 
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Review: Eye-Fi Explore Hits the Mark

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2008-08-12 12:13:02 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Skyhook Wireless's Wi-Fi positioning data combined with Wayport's network of 10,000 hotspots, mostly McDonald's, along with revised firmware and software that dramatically improves the experience of uploading photos The company shuffled its products into three versions several weeks ago: Eye-Fi Home ($80), which uploads only to a specific...
 
Tags: eye-fi explore, explore, computer, specific computer, eye-fi share, review, network, weeks ago, wi-fi radio
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Indian Terror over Wi-Fi; Fastest Wireless; Health Fears; Wi-Fi Tub; and More

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2008-09-15 10:03:26 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Skyhook Wireless's Wi-Fi positioning data. You can now tie the package of settings that control what email account you use, iChat status, programs launched, disks mounted, and other factors, to where you're currently at
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi network owned, wireless, wi-fi position, network, skyhook wireless, broadcast island wide, island, dbi external antenna
 
 
 
 
 
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