Apple iPhone and iPod (touch) support a new self-localization feature that uses known locations of wireless access points as well as the device's own ability to detect access points. Now researchers ...

The boss wants it both ways. On one hand, she doesn't like me hanging around the office, disrupting a normal, pleasant working environment. On the other hand, she wants to know where I am at all times ...

Qualcomm has licensed Skyhook Wireless's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), a method of combining massive professional wardriving databases with geographical latitude and longitude. WPS can be used to ...

In January, Skyhook Wireless Inc. announced that Apple would use Skyhook’s WiFi Positioning System (WPS) for its popular Map applications. The WPS database contains information on access points ...

Computer manufactuer Dell is investing in location-based services, adding GPS and WiFi positioning to its Mini 10 netbooks in the first step in its mobile strategy that may include a smartphone.

There are numerous instances where we need to know our location, but cannot do so due to GPS / GSM signals being unavailable and/or unreachable on our Smart Phones. [Blecky] is working on SubPos to ...

Today, at the Where 2.0 Conference in Silicon Valley, JiWire announced that it has licensed the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) from Skyhook Wireless. WPS is software that uses known locations of Wi-Fi ...

Skyhook Wireless today announced that it is powering the next-generation location-based plugin for users of AOL's AIM service, the largest instant messaging community in the U.S. The Wi-Fi-based AIM ...