Last summer, Boston-based Where, which runs a mobile ad network and location-based recommendation service, opened a development center in Croatia to supplement its 18-person U.S. mobile engineering staff.
Time magazine, for example, has formed a partnership with Foursquare, a location-based mobile check-in service, for the conventions, in which Time has provided content that users can unlock when they get to certain locations in Tampa and Charlotte.
Google and Apple were grilled by Congress about location privacy in mobile phones, just a week after being grilled by Congress about location privacy in mobile phones.
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"We're delighted to add Telmap, a world leader in mobile location-based services, to our portfolio of partners, " says Charles Cautley, Managing Director Licensing at TomTom.
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The pivot is a smart one because mobile location data is one of the hot growth area, with users increasingly using their mobile devices to search for products and services.
Barr also works as a social media consultant to Location Labs, a provider of mobile safety apps to wireless carriers, and she is occasionally paid by other app developers to review their products.
This mobile application provides a location-enabled, social network exclusively for the military veteran community.
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Online education website Udemy and Retailigence, a location-based mobile marketing company, are notable graduates.
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JiWire is a mobile advertising company that places location-based ads, it calls Compass ads, on mobile apps as well as on Wi-fi service websites in places like cafes.
First, it skims Twitter for public check-ins published to the site from a bevy of location-based mobile services like Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp that can be integrated with Twitter.
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Acres of beige or putty-colored cubicles, like the herds of buffalo that ranged across the American west, are long-gone, replaced by a mobile, distributed workforce who is no longer tethered to a central location.
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WifiSLAM, which is roughly two years old, is among a slew of technology companies trying to crack the problem of how to detect a mobile-phone user's location when the user is indoors and traditional GPS technology doesn't work.
If Loki Studios can achieve these goals, it could bring a new generation into a new world of mobile, geo-location games.
After all, consumers make most of their purchases close to home or, if they have a mobile device, close to their current location.
Today there are thousands of mobile applications that incorporate location as a part of their user experience.
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On a mobile device buzz.com could further narrow the field based on a person's location, using opt-in global positioning system data.
Glassey says the patent, which was approved in April 2002, laid a foundation for subsequent location based services on mobile computing devices, such as smartphones.
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TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) (Nasdaq: TSYS), is a leader in location-based technology whose mobile services empower consumers to make quick, smart decisions when they're on the go.
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This agreement is a key pillar in JiWire's mobile audience and location data platform that combines both Wi-Fi and mobile media.
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This in fact is already happening, with a select number of companies already deploying enhanced mobile and location-based technology to improve the in-store and impulse buying experience.
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The popularity of location-based services and the increasing acceptance of mobile advertising have opened the door to a host of opportunities to draw traffic into stores, such as sending targeted coupons to mobile users based on their location or allowing consumers to check product availability before entering the store.
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These systems are becoming location-aware so many run on a mobile device and can show you local gigs automatically.
The search for local products and services continues to shift away from the Yellow Pages and online directories and search engines to location-based services via a plethora of mobile apps.
They can access mobile phone operators' data that pinpoints a user's location within a few hundred yards.
The new devices, which are tightly integrated with enhanced Ovi services and apps, reinforce Nokia's vision of a mobile industry that is increasingly being defined by socially connected, location-based devices and experiences.
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In another talk at Black Hat, researchers Don Bailey and Nick Depetrillo showed how they were able to take bits and pieces of mobile information (such as the IMSI), Caller Display Name (CNAM) and the Home Location Register (HLR) to put together a mobile White Pages that would allow them to stalk someone.
Each vehicle would transmit its location back to a central computer, probably via the mobile phone network.
The device fits into a checked bag and reports city location in real time to any mobile, Apple, Android, or SMS capable devices.
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He notes the irony of using technology, from GPS location data to mobile social-sharing, to report on a uniquely high-tech form of warfare.
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