Last year, the admin team were brought over to our location due to their building lease coming to an end.
"Our location and infrastructure give ready access to the developing all-Ireland economy, access to the British market and into Europe, " he said.
Then, as we add services, we give it access to our e-mails, our friends and even our location data through our mobile phones.
Just as the baby expects a magazine page to be interactive, will we start expecting our friends to be part of our location ecosystem?
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We already knew that our smartphones tracked our location over time.
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We did a quick data test -- at our location we went from 104Kbps on the EDGE iPhone to 215Kbps on the 3G model. 2x ain't bad, yo.
Now mobile network operators are just starting to realize how they can shop our location data to advertisers (with our consent of course), to give us discounts on everything from a cup of coffee to groceries if we happen to be nearby.
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Those testifying suggested that there are three big trends that Congress needs to take into account in updating the law: cloud computing (as we store more of our data on third party servers rather than at our homes and offices), the increasing use of mobile and smartphones (which so conveniently provide our location information), and the rise of social networking platforms.
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We thumbed our phones trying to getting a signal, exchanged texts and surfed Twitter for storm updates, both for our location in lower Westchester County in New York, and for the traditional summer stomping grounds of Beach Haven, New Jersey, a spot of barrier island off the pine barrens where my toes have met sand and salt since the 1960s.
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Second, our exact location is shown on the map, which means that Google can find out which stores we have visited in a mall, or which areas of a museum have drawn our interest.
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And when we left a book behind in our room at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, the staff emailed us within 10 minutes of our departure offering to send it on to our next location.
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This year, the dominating trend is sharing: Meeker has noticed that many more of us are willing to publish our media and location data.
And then beyond that, just a month ago, we opened our fifth retail location, which is crazy, over the lake in Bellevue, and with that, we added another 15 jobs.
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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We also place heavy emphasis on getting to know our employees in each location and try to engage each of them accordingly.
Apple would like to respond to the questions we have recently received about the gathering and use of location information by our devices.
"Motorola is committed to providing rich location services for our customers and developer partners, " said Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services product management for Motorola Mobile Devices.
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Will our posts and pictures be location-tagged?
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"Our research clearly indicates that location has quickly gained traction with consumers as an essential contextual component for many of the applications they use and depend upon with their mobile devices, " said Tim Bajarin President of Creative Strategies, Inc.
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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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Our iAds advertising system can use location as a factor in targeting ads.
Many of our Key Clubs went to the location where Buckner had their first collection point and helped to sort and tie shoes.
Policymakers may argue that 2012 could be the tipping point when our largest online retailers realize that e-commerce transactions deserve location-based taxation simply due to the volume and impact on our economy.
One of the first lessons learned was that before we could import our trademark brand of quality guest service, we would have to embrace the cultural identity of each location, and seek a comfort level for our employees.
It is for these reasons we have selected the UK as the location for a number of our centres of excellence.
"In a difficult global economy, Northern Ireland has provided us with an effective and competitive location from which to grow our business, " he added.
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As our eyes travel over this superbly convincing location, we realize that he is telling us a great deal about the larger meaning of the dramatic event occurring here.
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