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UK’s FocalPoint raises $17M for its software-based approach to repairing the flaws of GPS

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UK’s FocalPoint raises $17M for its software-based approach to repairing the flaws of GPS

September 8, 2022 Ingrid Lunden 163 ViewsAndroid, Apple, articles, Broadcom, cambridge university, ceo, connected devices, CTO, Draper Esprit, fleet management, focalpoint, Global Positioning System, GLONASS, Google, Google-Maps, gps, iPhone, London, Molten Ventures, navigation, partner, smartphone, smartphones, technology, United Kingdom, United States, wireless 5 min read

GPS in its many regional flavors has become a ubiquitous feature in phones, smart watches, cars and other connected devices, but for all the location-based features that it helps enable (mapping being the most obvious) it has a lot of shortcomings: it can be slow and inaccurate, it can contribute to faster battery drain, and […]

Google now lets merchants add an ‘Asian-owned’ label to their profiles on Maps and Search

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Google now lets merchants add an ‘Asian-owned’ label to their profiles on Maps and Search

August 3, 2022 Aisha Malik 165 ViewsApps, Google, google search, Google-Maps 1 min read

Google announced today that it’s adding a new label on Maps and Search that will allow people to identify their business as being Asian-owned. The new label is now available to merchants in the United States with a verified business profile on Google. Once a business adds the label on their Business Profile, users will […]

This Week in Apps: French developers sue Apple, time spent in apps grows, Instagram adds NFTs

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This Week in Apps: Elon wants out, TikTok’s content ratings, a new milestone for subscription revenue

July 16, 2022 Sarah Perez 161 Viewsandroid apps, app stores, Apple, Apps, AR, augmented reality, data, dating, developers, Facebook, families, giphy, Google, google search, Google-Maps, Instagram, iOS apps, kids, Match Group, meta, Mobile, mobile apps, Netflix, NGL, parents, Reddit, sensor tower, social, social media, social networking, streaming, streaming service, Teens, This Week In Apps, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube 19 min read

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […]

Google’s new ‘multisearch’ features hint toward an AR glasses future

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Google’s new ‘multisearch’ features hint toward an AR glasses future

May 11, 2022August 10, 2022 Sarah Perez 169 ViewsGoogle, Google Glass, google io 2022, google search, Google-Maps, Mobile-Search, search engine, smartphone, visual search, voice search, world wide web 5 min read

In April, Google introduced a new “multisearch” feature that offered a way to search the web using both text and images at the same time. Today, at Google’s I/O developer conference, the company announced an expansion to this feature, called “Multisearch Near Me.” This addition, arriving later in 2022, will allow Google app users to […]