A double set of bad news sent Garmin stock tumbling on Wednesday. Not only did rival Tom Tom release a good earnings report, Garmin also had the bad luck of seeing an announcement regarding a hot new Droid phone that will challenge its standalone GPS units.

I can see it now: "Here, honey, let me slip this Little Buddy Child Tracker GPS transmitter into your backpack." Then hours later: hey, why is he still at school hours after the school day is over? Maybe because he took the transmitter out and put it into his locker?

Say hello to Garmin's nuvifone G60, which after a long (long) delay, finally launched on Sunday with AT&T. Just what we all need, right, another hot device clogging up AT&T's network?

We've all experienced the feeling of not knowing where we are. Being disoriented is not pleasant, and it can even be scary, but luckily for most of us, this sensation is temporary. The brain employs a number of tricks to reorient us, keeping our confusion to a minimum and quickly pointing us in the right direction.

Today Microsoft Corp. released an open application programming interface (API) for the MSN Direct Send to GPS feature for navigation devices.

Applied Data Research Analyzes Key Applications and Demand Drivers influencing the market for commercial fleet location based services

Programmable Single Frequency Synthesizer and Flexible Receiver Channels Allow Acquisition of Parallel Signals from GPS, GLONASS and Galileo Systems; Optimised For Current High-End Applications and Future Multi-Band Consumer Applications

Sky Detective, Inc. and Preco Electronics today announced that the two Idaho-based companies are working together to deliver a new level of asset tracking capabilities to the heavy equipment industry.

NemeriX VP Marketing to Head GPS Panel Session at Major Industry Forum for Global Semiconductor Industry