Foursquare said Thursday it has raised $41 million to expand its location-based service, but the financing is convertible debt rather than equity, which increases the pressure on the company to prove… Read more »
Ever wanted a single app that check you into any airline or an app that could aggregate healthcare data from multiple doctors and insurance companies? Apigee’s new API Exchange aims to… Read more »
Google released its Maps app for iOS today, and the title is already drawing rave reviews as it tops the App Store charts. That’s very bad news for Nokia, whose Here… Read more »
Looking for the latest trend in location-based startups? Companies are increasingly looking to the intersection of location and community with the neighborhood, an ideal place to target people for providing information… Read more »
Apple’s iOS is the next battleground in the mapping wars, as both Google and Nokia are preparing to compete with Apple’s flawed offering. The window is open for Google and Nokia… Read more »
Nokia said it make its mobile mapping technology available for Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS and Mozilla’s Firefox OS. The Finnish company is wise to look beyond Microsoft’s Windows Phone to expand… Read more »
In the online local listings and reviews segment, US big boy Yelp is giving a five-star review to Hamburg-based peer Qype – and buying it to expand the breadth of its… Read more »
Dennis Crowely of Foursquare has a big goal of creating an ambient-aware location service that will recommend people, places and events happening nearby, but the hardware isn’t quite up to snuff… Read more »
Nokia, Samsung and 20 other companies have formed the In-Location Alliance, a consortium aimed at increasing the adoption of indoor positioning and location-based services. The group issued a press release saying… Read more »
Location data provider Skyhook has an update to its mobile SDK for Android that will provide persistant background location tracking with no or negligible impact on battery life. That could be… Read more »