There’s a lot Skyhook can tell about you based on the Wi-Fi networks you cross everyday. It’s putting that info to work with a more refined set of geofencing and profiling… Read more »
Seattle is asking its police department if it could use a new municipal Wi-Fi network to track its citizens. The short answer is yes, but the information it could collect is… Read more »
Investors are not the only ones who see Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) as a money maker these days. In a lawsuit filed today, a California company is… Read more »
Foursquare and Yelp are moving into more direct competition, feature by feature. On Monday, Foursquare launched a new feature that allows users to create lists of the places they’ve checked into… Read more »
Keeping track of where you’ve taken photos is not as easy as you might think. Your iPhone automatically geotags images, but most digital cameras aren’t GPS enabled. You can manually add… Read more »
More than 10,000 developers behind some of the hottest mobile apps are using Foursquare’s application programming interface to tap into its location and places database, the company said Friday. The most… Read more »
Topguest, a location service that ties into existing rewards programs, is coming out of beta with an expanded list of partners including HIlton HHonors, Virgin American Elevate and Wyndham Rewards and… Read more »
Our growing ability to use the Internet as a giant database, apply that information in a creative way to build interesting mash-up applications, and then apply them to markets — stock,… Read more »