10 of the 15 Semi-finalists in the 2008 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(R) - Americas Are Built on The WHERE(TM) Developer Platform.The WHERE Developer Program is North America's dominant platform for Mobile LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning. application development BOSTON Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. -- Today, uLocate Communications announced that ten of the fifteen applications selected as semi-finalists in the 2008 NAVTEQ Navteq (NYSE: NVT) is a provider of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. The company was founded in 1985 in San Francisco, and currently has its world headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. Global LBS Challenge - Americas A·mer·i·cas , the See America. were built on WHERE[TM]. These semi-finalists used the WHERE Developer Program to turn creative ideas into mobile location based applications. The semi-finalists have the opportunity to win from a prize pool of $3 million (U.S.) and immediately reach consumers across multiple carriers through WHERE. First launched in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in October October: see month. 2003, the annual NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge invites developers to build mobile location-enabled applications using dynamic location technology and NAVTEQ[R] map data. Participants compete for a global prize pool of cash, licenses and services from NAVTEQ and sponsors of the event. The WHERE Developer Program provides developers with simple, powerful tools to create and launch location-enabled applications. WHERE has been adopted by virtually all North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. carriers eliminating development complexity of porting across multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , handsets, and working through the carrier certification process. "With their ability to aggregate location-based content, WHERE proved to be a tremendous asset to developers in this year's NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge," said Marc Naddell, Vice President, Partner and Developer Programs, NAVTEQ. "Their offering simplifies the process for creating innovative location-based applications and distributing them on multiple carriers." The 2008 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge - Americas semi-finalist applications built on WHERE are: [TABLE OMITTED] "We congratulate this year's NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge semifinalists who built their application on WHERE," said Matt Gross, General Manager, WHERE Developer Programs. "We believe that any creative location idea should move quickly from conception to adoption across a range of consumer handsets. It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have our top priority to help developers gain promotion, distribution, and a path to build a successful business." For more information on the WHERE developer program, please visit http://developer.where.com. For more information on the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, visit www.LBSChallenge.com. About WHERE(TM) WHERE, a service of uLocate Communications, is a wireless application that provides people with a single point of access to the world's most comprehensive library of location based content. With WHERE, consumers can connect with the world around them and customize their experience by choosing which location based applications they want to use. Each of these applications, including options for local search, news, weather, events and friend finding, deliver contextual content based on a user's current location. For more information, please visit www.where.com. |
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