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The good news? Nokia is revving up to compete in the touch screen phone space against Apple. The bad news? Worst quartely profits in 10 years. And, in our little corner of geospatial: Recently acquired NAVTEQ “saw sales fall by 36% as people bought fewer maps and as other vendors signed up fewer devices to use the service.”
The reason I note this launch? JumpTap was one of the companies that selected Autodesk Location Services technology to power its LBS services. ALS is no longer part of Autodesk. The strategic alliance between the two companies was announced Oct 31, 2006.
Adidas Marathon Run Tracker
CareerBuilder.com iPhone Application
Nokia viNe
Palringo Local
Sony Ericsson ‘Find It’
Not the apps you might have thought? Vote here.
Right here in Peabody MA, a grant for technology enabled the purchase of GIS software (not clear what software). Eight students signed up for the first offering which included a project with the cosmetology dept to help its students develop a business plan. (Note to New Englanders, how about getting the instructor to speak at a local GIS event?)
The Canadian federal government will chip in $500,000 alongside a contribution from ESRI Canada, to help Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie) create a Health Informatics Research Institute on its campus.
The research chair position was announced in December and the university is trying to fill it quickly.
