A Boston, Mass.-based start-up says it has developed software that uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can. On Monday Skyhook Wireless ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Fifteen times around the world every day; that's the distance Nokia's Ovi Maps guides users every day, and with the quiet introduction of Ovi Maps SR4 (v3.0.4) that number is likely to get even bigger ...

How Bluetooth 5.1, UWB and Wi-Fi 802.11az provide micro-location. How these technologies compare to deliver the next-generation of micro-location. Using wireless technologies for positioning isn’t new ...