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...I think the combination of building this community of users and games and building the underlying map really goes hand in glove....
...It comes as rivals Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are also pushing into the potentially lucrative space, building healthcare services for consumers, physicians and pharmaceutical companies....
...To place virtual objects in our world, our devices need to know the textures and contours of their surroundings, which GPS cannot see....
...Norway’s Smittestopp tracing app, which launched on April 16, uses a centralised data repository using both Bluetooth and GPS....
...“GP transactions take all the creative juices and business-building ideas of rising private equity executives and catalyses them with capital,” says Michael Brandmeyer, co-chief investment officer of the...
...SB Energy — a joint venture between Japan’s SoftBank (which has promised 20GW or $20bn of solar investment in India), Bharti Enterprises of India and Foxconn of Taiwan — last month won a reverse auction...
...“You don’t see many billionaires who became billionaires by being LPs – but plenty who did by becoming GPs,” Mr Morley said....
...In recent deals, Brazilian firm GP Investments sold the steakhouse franchise, or Brazilian churrascaria, Fogo de Chão, to Thomas H Lee Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, for $400m....
...The company, which is backed by Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Capital, is battling to win Federal Communications Commission approval to start building a data network before its funding runs out....
...severely dented in February when the US government withdrew support for Mr Falcone’s plans to take on the established mobile phone operators, citing concerns that the proposed network might interfere with GPS...
...Last month US regulators withdrew permission for LightSquared to deploy the network, citing concerns about possible interference with GPS navigation and safety equipment....
...Most industry analysts view the FCC’s decision as effectively ending LightSquared’s hopes of building its new network even though LightSquared had already signed up more than 30 wholesale customers ahead...
...However, on Tuesday the FCC said it had changed its mind because government tests showed the new network would cause widespread disruption to GPS navigation equipment....
...However, this is based on recognising the phone’s location through a GPS signal, rather than recognising the image of the street....
...LightSquared said it was “pleased” with the Federal Communications Commission’s decision and described the waiver as “an essential building block for our network” that would enable it to meet the “rigorous...
...Several new technology companies are building applications and websites encouraging users to produce images and photographs, add location data, comments and other context, and share it with their friends...
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