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• in Small Business
  Zaarly 2.0: Interview with Eric Koester, CMO
  Zaarly: Think of it as the old-school PennySaver getting much cooler with the help of social media tools and mobile technology.
  by socialmktgfella / on Mar 29, 2012
• in Technology
  Gowalla Confirms Facebook Acquisition
  Facebook did not acquire user data
  by cblaha / on Dec 5, 2011
• in Gadgets
  Family and Friend Locator App Moby Releases in Android
  The wait is finally over for Android users. The private and secure friends and family locator app Moby was just released.
  by dopodomani / on Oct 18, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “location based services”

 

• Facebook stock offer

  
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  Facebook has set its stock price at 38 dollars a share, ahead of its initial public offering on Friday. That values the company at more than 0 billion. The sale is expected to raise as much as .4 billion dollars for the social network and its existing shareholders. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds has more details. ...
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• The Transformation of Yellow Pages Companies

  
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  Once upon a time, Yellow Pages companies were monopolists selling advertising to smalll and medium sizes businesses (SMBs). Today the development of digital advertising completely changed their landscape, forcing them to transform into local Internet companies facing web giants such as Google and - increasingly - ...
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• Meridian: Mobile Apps for Indoor Venues

  
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  With the growing interest of large venues to provide mobile application to help their visitors, a new type of software provider has emerged to cover this space. Last week GPS Business News covered VisioGlobe (France), this week we are interviewing with Meridian (USA). Meridian provides a fully wysiwyg mobile ...
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• Beginning Android Tablet Application Development

  
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  Beginning Android Tablet Application Development: 2thread.com A full-color, fast-paced introduction to developing tablet applications using Android. The new release of Android 3 brings the full power of Android to tablet computing and this hands-on guide offers an introduction to developing tablet applications using ...
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• Three-quarters of smartphone owners use location-based services

  
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  Overview A new report finds that 74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends. Over the past year, smartphone ownership among American adults has risen from 35% of ...
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• The Android Developers Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK

  
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  The Android Developers Cookbook 2thread.com Want to get started building applications for Android, the world’s hottest, fast-growing mobile platform? Already building Android applications and want to get better at it? This book brings together all the expert guidance and code you’ll need! Completely up-to-date ...
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• VisioGlobe: “We have Delivered 50+ Indoor Maps for Malls in Europe & Middle East“

  
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  As shopping mall owners, airport operators and trade shows promoters are moving forward with their mobile strategies they quickly realize that indoor positioning and indoor maps are a key differentiating features for their mobile apps. Visioglobe, a start-up company based in France is serving this need in offering a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Baltimore Based FunSeek Makes Finding Local, Personalized Events Easy

  
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  There’s an unspoken rule that every social circle has a DPP (Designated Party Planner).  It’s one person, and one person only.  If ever this person were to fail to formulate the day or evening’s plans, the balance of said social circle falls into a paralyzing state of disarray.  There is great power in this ...
  3 weeks ago

• Startup Update: Drippler and Echoer Apps Take Off, GrubHub Releases New Mobile Technology

  
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  If you’re an app developer, what’s more exciting than rave reviews and happy users?  How about 1 million downloads, which Drippler is just about to reach?  The app, which delivers personalized news to you about the devices you own, also just launched a new Android app that features a brand new design and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Leboncoin Selects Location-Aware Ad Network Admoove to Monetize Mobile Inventory

  
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  Leading French classifieds/auction site Leboncoin.fr has selected French location-based advertising network to help monetize its fast growing mobile web inventory. Fully owned by Norwegian media group Schibsted, Leboncoin.fr is the third largest classifieds/auction site in Europe with 14.5 million ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mobile Local Social … All the Stats…

  
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  Mobile Local Social Mobilize A lot of research today is focused on how consumers communicate socially through mobile devices mainly smart phones and tablets. Figures from various sources show that more than 53% of TV viewers in the UK multi-screen while watching television (IAB.org). This basically means that users ...
  3 weeks ago

• DigitalGlobe Adds Tencent to Chinese Customers

  
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  Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe has signed an agreement to provide leading Chinese Internet portal Tencent with images of 350 major Chinese cities via DigitalGlobes exclusive distributor in China, China Siwei. DigitalGlobes imagery will first be integrated into Tencents online mapping service; ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)

  
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  Following news of the first successful white space trials in Cambridge, UK, Nokia is now touting its research in the area with a demonstration of location-based services for the unlicensed spectrum. Traditionally, proponents of white space usage have positioned this unused portion of the airwaves as a viable, low-cost ...
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• Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)

  
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  Following news of the first successful white space trials in Cambridge, UK, Nokia is now touting its research in the area with a demonstration of location-based services for the unlicensed spectrum. Traditionally, proponents of white space usage have positioned this unused portion of the airwaves as a viable, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)

  
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  Following news of the first successful white space trials in Cambridge, UK, Nokia is now touting its research in the area with a demonstration of location-based services for the unlicensed spectrum. Traditionally, proponents of white space usage have positioned this unused portion of the airwaves as a viable, ...
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• 5 Early Stage Startup Founders Share Valuable Advice on Starting Up

  
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  At Tuesday night’s Tech Cocktail Champaign Mixer event , we had the unique opportunity to showcase 5 startups that are so early stage they are still in either conceptual or research mode.  Thanks to the University of Illinois’s focus on engineering and science at their Urbana-Champaign campus, 4 of these ...
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• Location-Based Services: The #1 Most-Wanted Mobile Feature. Here’s Why. (Research)

  
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  People want to be found. Among the key findings from this year’s just-released TNS annual Mobile Life study , which explores mobile use among 48,000 people in 58 countries:  the majority of people around the world now recognize the value of sharing their location to benefit from a range of services.  Access to ...
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• Startup Update: ParkingPanda is in DC; New Features at UrbanSitter, Womply, BiteHunter and PowerInbox

  
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  Following the lead of metro-targeted startups like Uber, ParkMe and SeatMe, UrbanSitter is now offering an online payment feature.  With this new feature, the site that connects parents with babysitters through people they know should continue on its path of stellar growth, especially with the infusion of $1.75M in ...
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• Eniro Launched iPad Apps powered by myVR Software

  
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  Eniro, the leading Yellow pages company in the Nordic market has released this month their new iPad application for Norway (Gulesider.no), Sweden (Eniro.se) and Denmark (Krak.dk) through the Apple app store. These iPad apps have made it into the number 1 spot for Norway and Sweden. Eniro is using mMap ...
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• Echoer Hopes To Be Your Guide To Helping You Figure Out Where The Hottest Place Is In Town

  
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  What’s the hottest new place in town? Can you tell me where the coolest party is taking place? These are probably some of the questions you might be asking yourself when you’re walking around town after work or just need to find a place to chill and unwind.  Sure, you could use a service like Foursquare or ...
  4 weeks ago

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