Then by downloading the free "FUJIFILM Camera Application, " the FinePix F800EXR is also able to record the user's current location data provided by the smartphone or tablet's location data (latitude and longitude), and display it on the F800EXR's LCD.
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Beyond search and social data, the location data set is the next big thing that companies are looking to gather in order to monetize and grow.
Senator Roy Blunt seemed flabbergasted that location data is gathered by smartphones without user consent, apparently having missed out on the series of news stories this year about how smartphone carriers, providers, and apps are all feeding on location data like zombies at a nursing home.
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Street View cars, used to collect data for location-based products like Google Maps, mistakenly collected samples of payload data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks.
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One interesting area for Retail Solutions is the potential to provide data for location-based advertising.
Barcelona, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TomTom and Telmap today announce an agreement for TomTom to supply maps and road data to location-based services provider Telmap.
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Robert Scoble and I have been collaborating since July on Age of Context, a book about the convergence of five technology forces: mobile, social media, big data, location-based and sensors.
He said Facebook's relationship with data partners could become more worrisome if Facebook leverages the location data it passively collects from mobile devices to sell ads.
As some members of the Supreme Court recognized last year when they considered the use of only a single stream of data -- GPS location -- creating a life stream of data points paints a mosaic picture of a person's actions and habits.
Owning or creating easy access to social networking data enables Apple and Google to connect location with other data about you.
Among the things that Google is typically asked for are account information and location data.
Owning the map experience is about owning location data which is critical to local discovery.
There's location data from your cell phone, there's a record of your movements from closed-circuit TVs.
The open API will allow developers to create a wide range of applications built around location data.
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Will the provider help us move our applications and data to another location when the time comes?
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Background location data, both with live GPS for backgrounded turn-by-turn, and cell tower-based for lower power draw.
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According to Petersen, Sense Networks applies big science to mobile location data for predictive analytics in advertising.
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Sherpa wants to be a larger platform for personalized location data, to which many other businesses could connect.
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Telefonica Digital Insights will offer companies and public sector bodies "analytical insights" based on users' anonymised location data.
What other location data is Apple collecting from the iPhone besides crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data?
Google in June launched Map Maker, a service that lets people upload location data to its Web site.
It includes things such as photos, status updates, location data as well as the things they have "liked".
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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It can be part of a self-hosted, on-premise architecture, with all data stored on location and protected behind a corporate firewall.
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Going forward, our mobile phones can serve as the gateway to our health information, location data, government services, and much more.
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This segment offers handheld and portable devices, and related software that can deliver real-time location data and directions to specific destinations.
Fulford-Jones narrated of Nikki, a woman who volunteered to share her location data via the GPS chip in her mobile phone.
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To others, this use of location data by law enforcement would appear chillingly invasive and unnecessary in the apprehension of defendants.
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Nearby is almost the same as City Lens in Lumia phones which is exclusive and unique in mapping and location data.
People can also take steps to better control what they share online on social networks or apps that collect location data.
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