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• in Finance
  Foursquare's $41m Buys Time for Company to Locate Revenue
  Foursquare raises $41 mil through loan & other debt, buying the company time to fully realize revenue opportunities.
  by gsimon / on Apr 16, 2013
• in Social Media
  Friendthem Vs. Facebook: A Great Idea Stolen
  Facebook has come up with a great idea - That unfortunately for them they were not an innovator of... A recurring theme, perhaps?
  by makingsense / on Jun 27, 2012
• 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

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “location based services”

 

• Aruba Acquires Indoor Location Apps Maker Meridian

  
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  Enterprise Wi-Fi network vendor Aruba has acquired Meridian, a U.S. Start-up that offers apps and an app making platform for indoor geo-location. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. “The addition of Meridian will enable enterprises to tap into a wealth of network-driven ...
  3 days ago

• Handii, The Uber of Servicemen, Wins Tech Cocktail Week’s Hottest Showcasing Startup

  
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  Last night, as part of Tech Cocktail Week’s Mixer and Startup Showcase in Downtown Las Vegas, Handii was announced the hottest showcasing startup . The Las Vegas-based startup is aiming to become the Uber of handymen.  Users start simply by entering their address, tap the Handii button, and a Handii (i.e. ...
  1 week ago

• Facebook and Waze: blending your worlds together one data point at a time

  
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  Word has it Facebook is looking to acquire crowdsource navigation app Waze for a hefty $1 billion. Such a move would provide the social network with an array of location-based data far more substantial than any it has had thus far, adding the information on top of what it already knows about consumers’ likes, ...
  1 week ago

• YFind Claims New Indoor Shoppers Analytics

  
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  Singapore-based indoor location provider YFind today announced a shopper analytics dashboard product based on their indoor WiFi positioning system. A business application for retailers and mall operators, the dashboard called "TheRetailHQ" provides metrics such as identifying unique shoppers; ...
  2 weeks ago

• In Location Alliance Now 60 Members Strong

  
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  The In-Location Alliance - initially formed in August 2012 mostly by handset makers and semiconductor manufacturers to promote indoor geo-location technologies - is now 60 members strong. The latest addition to the Alliance is Austria-based indoo.rs, a provider of indoor loc technologies (read more ...
  2 weeks ago

• IAB Guide: Building a Local Search Presence

  
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  The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has just published an interesting guide about how marketers can improve their business presence in local search listings. Entitled Local Search: Managing Listings Across Digital Platforms, the guide provides a 20 pages overview of local search and how a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Glass roundup

  
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  As Google Glass makes its way into the world , there are, of course, different takes on its features and functions. Heres a roundup of recent opinions, ranging from CNN to Engadget and an entertaining Saturday Night Live skit about it.
  2 weeks ago

• EverSense™ to Be Built Locally in Austin, Texas

  
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  AUSTIN, Texas, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Allure Energy, Inc. announced today that its revolutionary product, EverSense™, will be built in Austin, Texas.  Allure Energy selected a local contract manufacturer Kodiak Systems, to manufacture EverSense™in Austin, starting next month. “Over the last year we ...
  2 weeks ago

• TripAdvisor Licenses TomTom Geocoding Service

  
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  TomTom today announced that TripAdvisor, the world largest traveller community with 200 million unique monthly visitors, has licensed its geocoding solution. Via the bulk geocoding service from TomTom the location of all hotels, accommodation, restaurants and bars that feature on th...
  2 weeks ago

• Breaking: Apple responds to Google Glass with iBall

  
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  Google Glass naysayers have my sympathy. More than that, I wholeheartedly support their point of view, even though I disagree. See, when people say "thats never going to happen", theyre really saying "I hope that never happens" and I, for one, sincerely hope that Google Glass never happens. Except its already ...
  3 weeks ago

• Placed Insights: Measuring U.S. Retail Visits and Related Demographics

  
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  Seattle-based location analytics start-up Placed has announced this week a new product called Placed Insights that measures U.S. consumer visitation at brick and mortar stores and provides actionable insights into consumer behavior by demographic segments and geographic regions. The panel includes more ...
  3 weeks ago

• Foursquare Brand Pages for Web Update [VIDEO]

  
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  Foursquare has recently updated their brand pages for web with a little bit different design, so today I thought it would be good to discuss these changes and why you should be using this location-based network. Even if you don’t have a property to check into. Watch Foursquare Brand Pages for Web Update: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Find Dog-Friendly Places and People with Where My Dogs At

  
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  Dog owners and their loyal companions share similar characteristics. They are approachable, affectionate, passionate, fun-loving, social, energetic, and silly. Dog owners take on the personalities of their dogs…or is it dogs who take on the personalities of their owners? Jonathan Kolker, cofounder and CEO of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Foursquare CEO: “1 Million Local Businesses Have Given Us Their Credit Card Number“

  
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  Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley was on the stage at Techcrunch Disrupt 2013 in New York City for a 20 minutes interview. In a defensive talk, Crowley said that jis company continues to move forward with 10 to 30 percent growth in metrics such as active users, check-in and new users. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Meet and Treat New Connections with myTreat

  
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  In recent years, online meeting sites and applications have focused on bringing the online connection offline for in-person meetings. The only problem is, these online sites are primarily focused on dating. Eric Lai and Ben Tao saw this as an opportunity to build a solution for users who want to make real-world ...
  3 weeks ago

• I want better and more targeted ads

  
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  Perhaps not surprisingly, I spend a lot of time thinking about privacy. I also spend a lot of time thinking about personalization, particularly in online services. When I lived in a village of 500 people in the 90s, I had a personal relationship with the owner of the grocery store, the pharmacy and the general store. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Issues That Survey Of India’s Complaints Against Google’s Mapathon Raises About India’s Maps Policy

  
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  ’’’ Update: A statement in Parliament is non-committal on why exactly the complaint was filed, except that the Mapathon was without permission. In our opinion (detailed below), India’s Maps policy is regressive and bureaucratic, leaving little scope for innovation, with little focus on consumers and the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Sony Intros Digital Recording Binoculars with Embedded GPS

  
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  Sony today has introduced a new model of digital recording binoculars that includes HD video capture anfd GPS. The DEV-50V model is the second generation of binoculars from Sony, it can record full AVCHD(TM) 2.0 video( )with stereo sound or snap 20.4 megapixel still photos. The built-in ...
  4 weeks ago

• deCarta Intros New Local Search Engine

  
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  San José-based LBS tool provider deCarta today launched their latest version of their local search engine. Called “L2 Geospatial Search Engine“, it allows local search companies or vertical content sites to deploy Google Map-like offering while indexing and controling their own content. Customers ...
  4 weeks ago

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