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Dog tracking by mobile phone gets even smarter

Just over a year ago – podcast number 116 if you're counting – we mentioned Retrieva, a tracking and anti-theft dog collar that combined GPS, GSM and RFID technologies.

Today we hear that Retrieva is working with mobile phone sat-nav company ViewRanger to offer an even smarter service. The new features allow you to track your runaway dog on your mobile phone with on-screen maps. By showing the speed and direction of your missing dog, it can even help you to predict where your dog may be headed.

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Google Nexus One sales forecast slashed by over half

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BuNGee aims for faster mobile broadband with amusing acronym

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The mobile industry's most-innovative companies

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Nokia lagging as smartphone performance increases?

A report by Ovum shows that a significant number of smartphones are now using more powerful hardware for graphics and video processing, moving to ARM Cortex A8 and Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets. However, Ovum analyst Tim Renowden says Nokia appears to be lagging behind the performance curve, with a specification gap opening between it and rivals.

"Extra hardware grunt provides a significant boost to user experience", he says, "but Nokia is struggling to keep pace with its rivals in this respect, with only the niche N900 handset sporting a next-generation chipset."

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