A company called LowestMed has launched a mobile app that allows consumers to compare drug prices at their local pharmacy chains.
The app will be a mobile extension of the company's Web resource for comparative drug prices and prescription discount cards.
- eWeek
Waze launched version 3.0 for Android. "The latest iteration of the app features a complete overhaul from the ground up, including a new minimalist graphic interface as well as Foursquare and Yelp POI integration to make it the most powerful local search navigation system on the market."
- press release
RunKeeper has nine new partners using its API, bringing the total to 45. New ones include:
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Fleetly: Lets users track and improve their Fitness Level in a social game.
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Pedometer Ultimate: Turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a powerful GPS stopwatch.
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Nexercise: An interactive game that makes fitness fun.
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CleverRun: Predicts your target time for your next race and compares your runs to runs of the same distance.
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Cycle Log: Helps cyclists track performance with GPS mapping, interval timers, voice cues and more.
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Coachya: Helps coaches provide training plans, track, manage and bill their teams and athletes.
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Vitogo: Lets you log your strength training with coaching, motivation and social support.
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Weighty: Allows you to submit your weight and fat percentage to the Health Graph.
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Scosche myTREK: A wireless pulse monitor that is worn on your forearm and lets you manage your pulse, training type, calories burned, distance/speed/pace and more.
(I don't use RunKeeper or any phone based workout app. I just use my old Garmin Forerunner 201. It's the one Kate M. gave me after I lost my first one.)
- Bostoninno
Safely, the family safety app suite from Location Labs is announcing it "has enabled more than one billion family safety location checks since inception." And, there's a new feature: a check-in feature for the kids - so they don't have to call to say where they are.
- press release
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/01 at 03:00 AM |
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Phillip K. Mol of G-1 Aerial Surveys has offered to replace a 1978 aerial mosaic that hangs in the Bureau County, IL Court House. He does such work for about $1000 but will give the county a new one for free. No, there will be no new pics - he'll assemble it from IDNR and USGS orthoquads that date to 2005. But, he does want his company to get credit on the image.
- News Tribune
The City of Indio [CA] has been approved to receive grant funding in the amount of $47,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety to implement an automated traffic collision and tracking program with Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities. "This is a significant upgrade and modernization of how we'll be able to prevent collisions and make Indio's roads safer. This program will greatly assist the city in proactively reducing the number of reported traffic collisions city wide, said Indio's Mayor Glenn Miller.
- My Desert
As many as 56 medical marijuana facilities in Colorado are located within 1,000 feet of a school, according to an I-News analysis of school addresses and licenses issued to more than 700 medical marijuana facilities statewide.
Federal and state laws require a 1000 foot buffer. So, the feds are cracking down as they recently did in California. GIS was part of the analysis.
- Inewsnetwork.org
Forget OSM and Google Maps, Hillsborough, NJ is using GreenMap.org for its community mapping efforts.
- Hillsborough Patch
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/16 at 05:15 AM |
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Your local Patch site might have an article like the ones I saw for Duluth and Chevy Chase yesterday. It highlights how Patch now hosts live traffic thanks to MapQuest.
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/21 at 04:51 AM |
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Contract to implementation: 45 days.
Geekwire calls the deal "multi-milion dollar" and has some quotes from CEO Bryan Mistele .
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/27 at 04:38 AM |
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Traffic Information (a Texas LLC) is suing a long list of financial and geo companies (below) for infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,466,862 issued Oct. 15, 2002, for System for Providing Traffic Information.
Abstract:
A system for providing traffic information to a plurality of mobile users connected to a network. The system comprises a plurality of traffic monitors, each comprising at least a traffic detector and a transmitter, the traffic detector generating a signal in response to vehicular traffic and the transmitter transmitting the signal. A receiver receives the signals from the traffic monitors. A computer system is connected to the receiver and is further connected to the network. The computer system in response to a request signal received from one of the users transmits in response thereto information representative of the signals transmitted by the traffic monitoring units. Alternative systems for gathering traffic information are disclosed.
The defendants are Bok Financial Corp., Bank of Texas, National Association, Capital One Financial Corp., Capital One Bank (USA), National Association, Glympse Inc., Layar B.V., Move Inc., Opentable Inc., Poynt Corp., Redfin Corp., Scvngr Inc., Smarter Agent LLC and Trulia Inc. and Traffic Information is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages, interest, court costs and attorney's fees.
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/21 at 04:08 AM |
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