One challenge ahead is for ad agencies to learn how mobile location-based messaging works best.
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Foursquare is used for the location-based content we get from shows like Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
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There is no question location-based services are changing the way businesses market their products and services.
The growth in consumer acceptance of mobile devices opens up the opportunity for location-based gaming.
There are location-based devices in phones and even cameras, too, which increase their travel utility.
Android phone users can now access location-specific maps of select airports, museums, malls, and department stores.
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It would also provide a key channel for serving location-based ads from nearby businesses.
Such an app is location-enabled so it knows what to show based on where you are.
Yesterday came and went and nobody from the company mentioned anything about any location-based features.
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Each photo they take is location-stamped using a GPS antenna accurate to within six inches.
And the company said it has acquired Krillion, a provider of location-based product search services.
But it also means that Facebook has leverage over Foursquare, Gowalla and other location-based companies.
Each photo they take is location-stamped using a GPS antenna accurate to within 6 inches.
Iridium offers an open development platform for custom location-based solutions providing real time tracking.
Crowley went on to start Foursquare, another location-based social networking service that boasts 15 million users.
The photographer this year is a Frenchman, Patrick Demarchelier, and the location--yet another beach--is in Brazil.
Location-based shopping app provider shopkick has been quietly making huge inroads in the retail industry.
So I think these location-aware services are now in their prime time to be fully commercialized.
Yahoo announced today that it has acquired Koprol, a location-based social network in Indonesia.
One interesting area for Retail Solutions is the potential to provide data for location-based advertising.
Finally, going gently into that good night were location-based networks Loopt, Brightkite, and Gowalla.
Many tech companies, such as Google and Microsoft, have been working on indoor location-tagging technologies.
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That is the consensus of mobile media enthusiasts who are using location-based advertising and marketing.
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What matters is location, location, location -- and that's what we can give people.
Forty-four percent know their teens' passwords, and one in 10 uses a location-monitoring device.
Two of these young women founded Frestyl, the first location-based online music finding service.
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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Seaton also adores UrbanSpoon, a similar geo-location-powered recommendation service, with especially strong user-powered listings for restaurants and cafes.
Another challenge facing location-based networks is to prevent tech-savvy individuals from gaming their systems.
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