San Diego, California (AFP) Sept 24, 2009 - Technology startup Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers while creating reliable street maps.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2008 - Russia could include Cuba and Venezuela into a satellite navigation system originally designed for missile targeting by the Soviet military, the head of Russia's space agency said Wednesday.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 21, 2011 - A daycare centre in the southern Swedish city of Malmoe said Wednesday it planned to test GPS devices for tracking children when they are out on excursions.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 4, 2025 - GPS interference affecting aviation over the Baltic Sea region has risen sharply since 2023 and now occurs almost daily, Sweden's Transport Agency said on Thursday, pointing the finger at Russia.
Madrid (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 - A plane carrying Spain's defence minister suffered an attack on its GPS navigation while flying near Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday, a ministry source said, the latest such incident blamed on Moscow.
San Pedro, United States (AFP) Sept 4, 2025 - Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into usable electricity.
Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2012 - Users of mobile devices are rejecting or uninstalling some apps because of concerns about how much personal and private information is collected, a US survey showed Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2013 - Most US smartphone owners use their device's location service for directions or other purposes but only a small percentage share their location with friends and others, a survey showed Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2011 - Republican lawmakers say the White House may have tried to push through a company's proposed wireless network despite objections from the military that the project could disrupt vital satellite navigation systems.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2007 - The launch of the Japanese telecommunications satellite JCSat 11 from the Russian cosmodrome at Baikonur in Kazakhstan failed early Thursday, the Khrunichev space centre announced quoted by Itar-Tass news agency.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2010 - Japan on Saturday launched a rocket carrying a satellite intended to improve global positioning systems.
Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - The struggling European navigation system Galileo faces yet another delay with a three-month postponement of its second satellite launch, a press report said Monday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 10, 2015 - Europe is poised for the launch on Friday of the next two satellites in its troubled multi-billion-euro Galileo satnav programme.
Kourou (AFP) Sept 11, 2015 - Europe sent two satellites into space Friday as it pushes to get its beleaguered Galileo satnav programme back on track.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 25, 2007 - European Commission plans to bail out the European Union's troubled Galileo satellite network have already got a cold reception less than a week after being unveiled, EU officials said Tuesday.
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 - A plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it readied to land in Bulgaria and Russia was suspected to be behind the incident, the European Commission said Monday.
