This encourages a content redirect that becomes more me-based, home-based, entertainment-based, not solely geo-location based.
It will be interesting to see if other location based apps add similar features.
Define time and location based rules that dictate when and where your favorite gadgets show up.
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MoviePass is introducing an innovative geo-location based technology that acts like a debit card.
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This digitally-savvy campaign includes Foursquare location based tours, online interactive maps, and active Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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As far as developers are concerned, this is just an evolution of the growing industry of location based applications.
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There are some obvious benefits to developing a Android app, especially given the recent developments in NFC technology and location based services.
It foresaw the advantage of excellent mapping technology to sell location based advertising and other services beyong directions to the user.
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Many pitches involve ways to spread the word about ocean pollution, mostly through social media: iPhone Apps, data sharing, and location based check-in schemes.
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How are these people using all those great location based services (that rely on GPS) without killing their batteries in a couple of hours?
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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This will especially be true because of the rise of location based software and social media networks such as Google Maps, foursquare and Facebook Places.
The location based social network has been purchased by Facebook, and as part of the deal, the service will be switched off in January 2012.
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In this case, navigation and serving up location based services centered around content which can be delivered to you based on where are in the museum.
As location based services improve, working inside buildings with greater accuracy, consumers will soon be able to use their smartphones in new ways as they shop, interacting with retailers and brands.
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'Signing the deal with Samsung highlights TomTom's ability to deliver the map and enhanced content needed to enable the location based services for wireless users' said Charles Cautley, Managing Director TomTom Automotive and Licensing.
On the map, part of the Google Zeitgeist project which tracks search trends and other activity, users can post their resolution and see it appear in a location based on their zip code.
To make it easier to share your World Cup passion, CNN has teamed up with the location based social networking service Foursquare on an innovative project for World Cup fans in the 32 competing nations.
Dennis Crowley, chief executive of the hot location-based service Foursquare, talked about plans for the company and his vision of location-based services at an event organized by Girls In Tech in San Francisco Tuesday night.
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The Bike Score is the a quantitative measure of the bikeability of a location based on the availability bike lanes, hilliness, road connectivity, nearby amenities, and the percent of people in that area who bike to work.
The government's Emergency Alert System has had just such a plan in the works for a while now, and Sprint Nextel is becoming the first national carrier to trial a system capable of sending targeted, location based alerts when bad stuff goes down.
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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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Upgrades to the SpareOnePlus include a location-based service which identifies the exact location of the cell ID, accessible through a free smartphone app, as well as audible numeric feedback which reads the number dialed and incoming calls aloud.
As well as making it possible to scribble virtually anywhere, linking the real and virtual worlds through mobile devices could also change users' perception of their surroundings, says Jason Devitt of Vindigo, a company based in New York that provides location-based services on both handheld computers and mobile phones.
You may withdraw this consent at any time by not using the location-based features or by turning off the Location Services setting on your iPhone.
Recent members of Foursquare are jumping into the location-based network for social recommendations and the promise of location-specific rewards.
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.
Earlier this week, Sina, a leading Chinese online media company, announced a strategic partnership with AutoNavi Holdings Limited, a provider of digital map content and navigation and location-based solutions in China, in an effort to enhance the social, location and mobile offerings of both the companies.
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But what Steve Jobs failed to mention that many location-based services used by apps like Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp require a mapping service to show location.
One challenge ahead is for ad agencies to learn how mobile location-based messaging works best.
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