Recent Entries in GPS
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Walmart Most Popular, Los Angeles Most Traffic Re-Routing and Routing, Says TeleNav
TeleNav, released data that shows all kinds of interesting preferences for TeleNav users. Walmart is the most popular business location. Los Angelenos use GPS the most for navigation for routing and re-routing around traffic. The favorite food for searching is...
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Verizon Navigator Updated to 5.0 with Facebook Integration & Roadside Assistance
Verizon announced the launch of VZ Navigator 5.0, the newest version of its award-winning map, navigation and local search serviceBeginning today on select devices, VZ Navigator 5.0 will enhancements to the existing service that take advantage of location-based technology, including...
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BlackBerry WinMo Apps 2Day: Get Directions from the Great Navigator Santa and Support Toys for Tots
GPS directions provider TeleNav is offering a fun gift/experience for the holidays. If you would like to hear more from Santa, you can now have him give you directions on your phone rough the month of December. TeleNav will give...
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NAVTEQ and Microsoft Partner for 3D Mapping
NAVTEQ, announced a new agreement which will allow NAVTEQ to more rapidly deploy innovative collection capabilities and accelerate the collection, creation and storage of 3D map data and visuals. NAVTEQ and Microsoft have agreed to work together to support...
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Android 1.6 Apps 2Day: Google Maps Nav(Beta) Navigates to Android 1.6 Phones
Google Maps Navigation has just been made available for Android 1.6. It will work on myTouch 3G, and the T-Mobile G1. Since well-reviewed Droid Eris and Motorola CLIQ run Android 1.5 Google Maps Navigation will not work on the Droid...
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Free Android Apps Update 2Day: Google Maps 2.0 (Beta) Nav on Moto Droid
Google Maps for Android 2.0 Beta offers stiff competition to paid GPS navigation services. This free app is loaded with new features and familiar Google Maps features. The video that follows shows the new Android Map app on a Verizon...
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Verizon Updates Chaperone to Family Locator Service: Finds Family Members
Verizon Family Locator now helps families find each other and stay safely connected. Family Locator, replaces Verizon Wireless’ Chaperone service, can help find a family member’s location for peace of mind, safety, scheduling or other reasons. This service could means...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm), Android, iPhone Apps2Day: zhiing Direction Sender
Here are new apps for letting people friends know where you are and sending them directions. It's called zhiing (LBS) mobile location messaging. Zhiing is work across-devices and works via messaging.. Zhiing follows the trend of Bing, and people turn...
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PNDs Losing Ground to GPS Smartphones, Says iSuppli
Portable Navigation Devices (PND) are losing ground as worldwide usage of GPS-equipped smar phones in the coming years, according to iSuppli Corp. After several years of strong sales growth, PNDs will continue to lead the navigation market in 2009, with...
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Avoid Labor Day Trafric Tips from NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ offers Labor Day drivers five ways to avoid traffic for their last minute summer trips. Here are their suggestions: Go against the grain - The worst Labor Day traffic will be to the most popular summer destinations in the...
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Drivers with Real-time Traffic Data Spend 18% Less Time, Says NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ, revealed insights from a esearch study designed to assess the consumer impact of everyday use of navigation devices. They found that real-time traffic information really saves real time....
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Whole US Crowdsourced by Google Maps: Shows Traffic Data from U
Google expanded its traffic layer to cover all U.S. highways and arterials when data is available. The maps show how fast traffic is moving. Is done through “crowdsourcing,” using data from Google Map users and how fast they are traveling...
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GPS Smartphone Shipments to Grow to 77 Million, Says Strategy Analytics.
Worldwide GPS smartphone shipments will grow 34 percent from 57 million units in 2008 to 77 million units in 2009, reports the latest research from Strategy Analytics GPS adoption in smartphones is being fueled by widespread consumer acceptance of portable...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: Poynt GPS 411 with Movie Info & Maps
Searching for local information on your BlackBerry Tour is easier with Poynt. Poynt is a feature-packed 411 that uses the BlackBerry GPS, cell-site-location and input to find businesses, and events near where you are.Poynt has been pointed out to be...
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Verizon Wireless Data Used 4 AirSage Real-Time Traffic Data
Verizon Wireless and AirSage have entered into an agreement where non-identifying data from Verizon Wireless' network will be used to help AirSage provide real-time traffic information.Verizon Wireless' network data will be made anonymous and integrated into AirSage's patented Wireless Signal...
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Up-to-Minute Traffic Updates on Mobi.Traffic.com
NAVTEQ is now offering a new version of its free NAVTEQ Traffic.com mobile website at http://mobi.traffic.com. It could be very helpful this holiday weekend. The mobile website will let you know the traffic Jam Factor and real-time traffic information.The website...
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New Ovi Map Update: Ovi Maps 3 with Night View and Download
The latest version of Ovi Maps App has just been released for Nokia devices and the web. The service offers high resolution satellite and terrain maps - both in 2D and 3D views - 3D landmarks for over 200 cities,...
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Turn-by-Turn Navigators to Incresase to 26 Million by 2010 End, Says ABI
While PNDs and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment. ABI Research expects the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn navigation users to increase to...
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Verizon GPSGolfShot Real-Time Yardage Goes the Distance
GPSGolfShot is available exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers and shows golfers the distance. Using GPS technology, GPSGolfShot helps golfers navigate both new and familiar golf courses, giving them information to improve their games, right on their wireless phones. GPSGolfShot provides...
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RIM Buys Dash Naviagtion: Will BlackBerry Have Traffic Probbing?
RIM has confirmed that it has bought Dash Navigation but hasn't revealed many details on the purchase.Dash's technology turns a personal navigation device (GPS) into a traffic reporting tool, also called a traffic probe. Last year, Dash made a device...
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NAVTEQ Adds Lonely Plane to NAVTEQ Travel Guide
NAVTEQ, expanded its travel and leisure guide portfolio with the addition of Lonely Planet for NAVTEQ: Travel Guide. At launch, the travel guide will cover 19 cities in Australia and New Zealand, with expansion planned to other countries such as...
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NAVTEQ Mapped Deal to Be On Samsung Mobile Phones
NAVTEQ announced that it has signed an agreement to supply NAVTEQ map data and content to Samsung Electronics. Samsung Electronics will have access to all 76 countries in the NAVTEQ map database. The agreement also allows Samsung Electronics the...
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NIM GPS Navigation Coming on Sony Ericsson Phones
Networks In Motion announced it will partner with Sony Ericsson, to offer NIM's location-based services (LBS) for GPS-enabled mobile phones to Sony Ericsson customers worldwide. Carrirers will be able to offer their own branded versions of NIM's mobile phone navigation...
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TeleNav for T-Mobile G1 Starts Navigating on February 24
Beginning February 24, T-Mobile G1 users can get turn-by-turn GPS navigation from TeleNav. The TeleNav service includes speech recognition, traffic alerts, business listings, gas prices, weather updates and restaurant reviews. TeleNav GPS Navigator will be available for a free...
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Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 Supter GPS LBS Smartphone Revealed
Garmin-Asus, announced the Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20, a web-browser and premium super navigation smartphone with a Windows Mobile operating system. The Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 will be on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The nuvifone M20 is powered by Windows Mobile...
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Xiam Zooms into LBS with Location Based Suggestions
Xiam Technologies announced that subscribers can now receive recommendations to guide them to places and events when they are on the go or traveling. Xiam has enhanced its MPOS (My Personal Offers System) platform to deliver recommendations ranging from...
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GPS Tracking Service for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry Smartphones
Rocky Mountain Tracking, released its newest tracking application for GPS-enabled smartphones, NavIQ Mobile. BlackBerry or Windows Mobile smartphone users can track their smartphone via web-based tracking software. This software can help track teenagers, get users out of a speeding ticket...
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Garmin and ASUSTek Team for Line of nüvifones
GPS icon Garmin and ASUSTeK Computer have partnered to design, manufacture and distribute co-branded location-centric smartphones.The first nüvifone has GPS friend finding, a parking space recorder, dashboard mount, and photo geotagging to allow other people to find the location of...
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New Google Latitude Mobile App Shows Where U At to Friends
Google Latitude is mobile social map app that shows you where your friends and family are. Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on mobile devices. It can also be used as an iGoogle gadget on computers. Once a...
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Trimble Outdoors GPS Adventure App Available from Verizon
Trimble Outdoors is now available on select GPS hones from Verizon Wireless. Trimble Outdoors is a GPS app service for outdoor recreational activities.The service helps with trip planning software, off-road navigation and journaling tools for outdoor activities such as hiking,...
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Sprint Adds GPS to Nextel Direct Connect and Shows New Ads
Sprint has added push-to-send location capability to the Nextel Direct Connect portfolio, and started a new advertising campaign.With NextMail Locator, customers with select Nextel Direct Connect phones now can push-to-send their location, date, time and voice observations to a dispatcher,...
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Beta Release of Free SPOT Shared Pages
SPOT launched the beta release of SPOT shared pages - a free, web-based software application that enables users to share their GPS location waypoints and SPOT messages with others via an email link displaying mapping and real time tracking on...
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PocketFinder Found to Be Downloaded 10,000 Times
Personal locator devices and service provider Location Based Technologies, says that its PocketFinder service has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its debut as an Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone application two months ago.The software allows users...
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BlackBerry Storm TeleNav Location Mapping and Traffic App
TeleNav GPS Navigator, GPS and mapping app, is now available for the BlackBerry Storm. There is 30 day free trial for this well rated GPS navigation service. This gives Verizon users an alternative to Verizon’s VZ Navigator. Some reviewers have...
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Outdoor GPS Trekking and Tracking from Trimble on Alltel GPS Phones
Alltel is now offering the Trimble Outdoors application. The Trimble Outdoors applturns a wide range of Alltel GPS-enabled handsets into a off-road navigation and journaling tool. It can be used for hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, hunting and many other...
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AT&T Offers TeleNav Vehicle Tracker
TeleNav Vehicle Tracker is now offered through AT&T’s enterprise mobility services. TeleNav Vehicle Tracker is a GPS-enabled device that is hard-wired or embedded onto a vehicle. It helps monitor and manage fleet operations.Once installed, TeleNav Vehicle Tracker powers up and...
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Trimble Offers Rugged Windows Hanhelds with GPS
Trimbe is offering next generation of durable, computing devices with integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology—the new Trimble® Juno SB and Juno SC handhelds. The devices have integrated GPS, both models include wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth connectivity, a...
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Touchscreen Smartphones Fuel LBS, Says ABI Research.
The recent launches of GPS-enabled touchscreen smartphones including the BlackBerry Storm and G1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS). Even in an economic downturn, it drives both third party LBS application development and the roll...
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Trapster Mobile Alerts to Speed Traps
Nothing can ruin that holiday spirit faster than a $300 speeding ticket. It may be time to try Trapster. Trapster mobile will alert you as you approach police speed traps with hands-free audio alerts, and one-touch reporting.Trapster apps are available...
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Free Traffic GPS App Keeps Track of Traffic in Bay Area from Nokia & UC Berkeley
Starting at midnight Monday, Nov. 10, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto will release pilot software that turns cellular devices into mobile traffic probes providing real-time information on traffic flow and travel times...
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Pedestrian-Friendly Tele Atlas Urban Maps to 120 Cities
Tele Atlas is now offering Tele Atlas Urban Maps, for pedestrians with out-of-car content such as enhanced views of sidewalks and footpaths, 2D representations of notable structures and building footprints that better orient pedestrians in city centers....
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AllSport GPS from AT&T Tracks Outdoor Exercise
Trimble and AT&T helps keep you fit with the AllSport GPS an exercise tracking application that tracks exercise activity via GPS.AllSport GPS keeps track of time, speed, calorie burned, and distance traveled during outdoorworkouts such as running, walking, biking and...
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PockFinder LBS Service Ready for T-Mobile G1
Android smartphone users can now download the PocketFinder service for their handsets. Location Based Technologies (LBT), has fully tested this service for just-launched T-Mobile G1. The Android-based PocketFinder service is now available for a 15-day free trial and then will...
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Wayfinder Found on Sony Ericsson Phone
Wayfinder extended its agreement with Sony Ericsson which will preload Wayfinder on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. To date, Wayfinder has provided a three-month trial of its Navigator application on a range of Sony Ericsson handsets, including the recently launched GPS-handsets...
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AT&T Navigator Goes Global Including China in Time for Olympics
AT&T announced the availability of AT&T Navigator Global Edition, the only GPS-based service available from a U.S. wireless carrier to provide international navigation capabilities. Beginning today, AT&T Navigator Global Edition can be used in 20 countries on AT&T-powered smartphones...
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Knight Rider Car K.I.T.T. NAVI-tainment GPS Device
Mio Technology, will introduce the world's first NAVI-tainment portable navigation device with the launch of the Knight Rider GPS. The design inspired by the original Knight Industries Two Thousand, or K.I.T.T., the Knight Rider GPS by Mio, brings the TV...
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NAVTEQ Upgrades Traffic Patterns N.A. to v3.0
NAVTEQ anounced the availability of NAVTEQ Traffic Patterns North America v3.0, a significantly updated historic database which includes typical traffic speeds on nearly one million miles of primary and secondary roads across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. NAVTEQ...
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Verizon Upgrades VZ Navigator
Verrizon Wireless, announced today that VZ Navigator (Version 4) is now available on select consumer phones. First announced during CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the newest version of VZ Navigator allows customers in 75 cities from coast to coast to access information...
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New VZ Navigator Includes Traffic, Gas & Ent. in 75 Cities
Verizon Wireless, and Networks In Motion (NIM), the award-winning wireless navigation and hyper-local search company, announced that the newest version of VZ Navigator will be available sometime in April. With the new VZ Navigator (Version 4), customers in 75 cities...
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GPS Phone Locator Service for Kids from Kajeet
At CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas, kajeet (www.kajeet.com), the cell phone service made for kids, today announced a new GPS Phone Locator service to help both kids and parents find the kajeet phone. This makes kajeet the only pre-paid...
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Loopt GPS and Verizon Network for Social Mapping
Verizon Wireless and Loopt, a social-mapping service, announced today Loopt will be available next month on select Verizon Wireless phones. With Loopt, Verizon Wireless customers can leverage their phones’ location-based services capabilities to share location information, status messages and geo-tagged...
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Blip & Track Your Friends/Workers with GPS for BlackBerry
BlackLine GPS offers Geo-socializing for BlackBerry ussers with Blip Friends, family, and co-workers can now share their location with any GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone. BlackLine GPS Inc. (“BlackLine”), released Blip, a free geo-social networking platform for GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphones that allows...
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Free GPS for Outdoor Activities from Wayfinder
Wayfinder the leading supplier of innovative location and navigation services for mobile phones, today announced that it is introducing its Wayfinder Active application in the U.S. and Canada. Wayfinder Active is a free GPS application for mobile phones with a...
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GreenFinder with GPS for BlackBerry
Golfers can now have a caddy in their smartphone with GreenFinder software. GreenFinder provides rangefinder capabilities by leveraging the always connected nature and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in select BlackBerr) smartphones from Research In Motion. GreenFinder automatically calculates the...
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Roaming National Location Based Services Now Available from Alltel
Alltel Wireless customers now have access to GPS applications outside of their home network area with the availability of LBS (location based services) Nationwide Roaming. Alltel Wireless customers with GPS-capable handsets will benefit from this feature, they now have the...
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Rave Guardian Keeps Students Safe with GPS
Rave Wireless, announced the introduction of its upgraded Rave Guardian product. Rave Guardian is a personal safety tool that lets students use their mobile phone to instantly share location and critical safety information with campus security, whenever and wherever they’re...
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uLocate Enhances Buddy Beacon
With the release of a new version of Buddy Beacon, uLocate Communications introduced the world’s most advanced location enabled mobile friend finding service. With Buddy Beacon, users can choose when to share their location, and what they are up to,...
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UCB & Nokia Test GPS for Traffic Flow and Montioring
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia today (Friday, Feb. 8) tested technology that could soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and obtain information about road conditions. In the unprecedented field experiment, transportation researchers tested...
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Sprint Family Locator Now Available on All Web-Enabled Sprint Phones
Sprint announced access to its popular Sprint Family Locator service is available on all Web-enabled Sprint phones, an industry first. Parents on the go now can use any Web-enabled Sprint phone to locate their loved ones with Sprint Family Locator....
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Helio Gets LBS Buzzd
Helio announced their partnership with Buzzd (http://www.buzzd.com http://www.buzzd.com/ ), a local entertainment service that provides real-time information for bars, clubs and restaurants to Helio members based on their location. Accessible on all Helio devices via the carrier’s WAP deck, Buzzd...
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Mio and Qualcomm Partner for Connected Personal Nav with GPS
Mio Technology Corporation, maker of mobile GPS devices, and Qualcomm announced a collaboration to develop connected personal navigation devices (PNDs). These new connected PNDs will leverage Qualcomm’s technology with the QST1100 chipset to deliver industry-leading GPS performance and cellular connectivity...
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Alltel Launches Employee GPS Track & Time App
Alltel Wireless, announced the availability of TimecardGPS, an application that enables users to track an employee’s location, record shift time and capture job or work order information from LBS-enabled wireless phones. Available for $12.49 per handset per month, the service...
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Alltel Axcess Service Helps Parents Watch Over Kids
Alltel Wireless, announced the launch of Axcess Family Finder, a service that enables parents to determine the location of their child’s Axcess Family Finder-capable (GPS enabled) phone from the Web or their mobile phone. Axcess Family Finder features easy-to-use interactive...
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Realtime Traffic Maps Without Monthly Fees from Garmin for $99
Garmin announced the release of Garmin Mobile XT, a unique, all-in-one software solution that turns select smartphones with internal GPS into high-end Garmin navigators. This mobile phone software application seamlessly pairs the phone's built-in GPS with Garmin's software so that...
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