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WCA LBS Event

July 29th, 2008 No Comments

This event held at Parc in Palo Alto was about what’s next in Location Based Services. The style of the event was similar to how Demo is run. Presenters get a tight timeframe to present the company and their product/service. Afterwards a rapid fire question and answer session ensues. It’s grueling, but for those who [...]

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LBS Update

July 22nd, 2008 1 Comment

Earlier tonight, I attended a seminar on LBS, setup by SVCWireless.
Moderator:
Breaux Walker, Partner, America’s Growth Capital
Panelists:
Glenn Chen, Partner, Woodside Capital Partners LLC
Kris Kolodziej, CTO, Spime Inc
Marc Prioleau, VP Marketing & Business Development, deCarta, Inc.
Dave Reid, Director, Business Development, Wireless Segment, SiRF Technology Inc.
It was a fairly good session with a lively panel covering a variety [...]

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Apple WWDC Keynote - loopt

June 9th, 2008 No Comments

The loopt demo at Apple WWDC, was pretty good to show off the friend finder program. Interesting that in the demo, it showed them using Microsoft Visual Earth. OUCH!
Maybe would have been better to have Google Maps?

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CeBit Navigation Day

March 8th, 2008 No Comments

I had the pleasure of being a moderator for the last panel (slides here)of the event at Navigation Day 2008 at CeBit in Hannover, Germany. Many thanks for Abbie Badcock for the opportunity. As I review my notes to distill some of the key themes regarding the event, three seem to boil to the surface: [...]

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Navigation and Location 2007 USA - Section 3 Business Models

December 4th, 2007 No Comments

 
Moderator:
Phil Magney, President, Principal Analyst, Telematics Research Group
Panelists:
Steve Andler, VP Marketing, Networks in Motion
Kal Mos, Engineering Director, Consumer Electronics Integration and Connected Audio and Video, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development, North America, Inc.
Kiyoshi Hamal, Senior Director Sales & Marketing, Mio Technology USA

Agenda
Can factory installed navigation systems keep up with cell phones and PNDs?

Find out if factory [...]

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