Android phone users can now access location-specific maps of select airports, museums, malls, and department stores.
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Recent members of Foursquare are jumping into the location-based network for social recommendations and the promise of location-specific rewards.
Read location-specific travel guides before you go to learn about the ease or difficulty of using a credit card at your destination.
In fact, simply shopping for property can present location-specific difficulties, Kraft says.
Social media sites like Twitter are being monitored for real-time, location-specific impact to individuals and communities to deliver situational intelligence to emergency response teams as quickly as possible.
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The applications received by Monday, which must work successfully on an "emulator" or computer model of Android, likely run the gamut from productivity to entertainment, with plenty of games, location-specific services and applications aimed at helping keep people organized.
Dr Blobel hypothesised, and then proved, that each of these location-specific proteins is created with a tag that tells it where to go or, rather, latches on to the place it is supposed to be in when it gets there.
Understanding that this data is even more useful in real time, we developed a smartphone app that allows users to explore a great deal of location-specific data (and to find out, for example, whether money is walking to or from their own MSA).
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In practical terms, this will mean that developers will need to develop China-specific location-based services, which routinely access map services sanctioned by the Chinese government.
Consumers are drawn to the mobile Internet because it can be highly contextual and leverages information such as geo-location, presence, and user-specific information to deliver a rich and intensely personal experience.
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Before you are able to launch one of these apps, a standard dialog box will appear at the top of your screen (just like with geo-location apps) asking for specific (one-time) permission for this (and only this) site to access your camera that you can either allow or deny.
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Experts suggest the rise of GPS-enabled devices means the efforts could hold the key to future profits if the firms add location-triggered adverts or use the data to promote situation-specific services.
This segment offers handheld and portable devices, and related software that can deliver real-time location data and directions to specific destinations.
However, the women in the study connect significantly less than the men when outside the home, and the difference in location might be partly linked to gender-specific usage patterns.
"If a camera has been installed at a specific location, it is there for a very good reason - to prevent accidents and deter motorists from speeding, " he said.
For instance, by combining Web-type analytics with location-based services, brick and mortars can track what consumers in their specific area are searching for and buying, and then create highly targeted stores that carry just what their local consumers need.
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If it senses that you've fixed your gaze on a specific location for more than a few seconds, a nose-bridge mounted HD camera will take a 50 x 50 pixel snapshot and compare it to its image database -- much like Google Goggles.
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They will include dynamic functionality through open technologies like JavaScript and HTML5 to deliver amazing performance, access to device features (location-based GPS, accelerometer and multi-touch), and device-specific functionality and features where they fit.
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It works by using myriad user info, including location, web browsing and mobile app usage data "to create specific insights" -- i.e.
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