Today, at the Where 2.0 Conference in Silicon Valley, JiWire announced that it has licensed the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) from Skyhook Wireless. WPS is software that uses known locations of Wi-Fi ...

A Boston, Mass.-based start-up says it has developed software that uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can. On Monday Skyhook Wireless ...

Skyhook Wireless today announced that it is powering the next-generation location-based plugin for users of AOL's AIM service, the largest instant messaging community in the U.S. The Wi-Fi-based AIM ...

Chipmaker strikes a deal with Skyhook Wireless to use its Wi-Fi positioning technology in its chips for mobile devices. Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET ...

If your smartphone couldn’t rely on its Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), its location abilities would be slower and less accurate. However, WPS can prove dangerous when it exposes your whereabouts.

How Bluetooth 5.1, UWB and Wi-Fi 802.11az provide micro-location. How these technologies compare to deliver the next-generation of micro-location. Using wireless technologies for positioning isn’t new ...

“OH DEAR! OH DEAR! I SHALL BE LATE!” That’s what the White Rabbit said in the opening chapter of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland just before checking the time on its pocket watch.