Tag: services

Add infrastructure improvement to the list of things social networking is trying to tackle: GPS and mapping companies now use community feedback to improve everything from road information to traffic alerts and speed-trap warnings.

Tele Atlas, which provides maps to its corporate parent TomTom as well as to other navigation companies, on Wednesday rolled out its first geographic database containing information based on map users' feedback.

Federal regulators approve a plan to use currently unlicensed parts of the US TV airwaves to deliver broadband services.

Companies, including Google, HP and Microsoft, say opening up the spectrum would improve internet access for Americans, especially in rural areas