Groupon files for $750 million IPO
On Thursday, Groupon — the popular location-based coupon service — filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The start-up, which …
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Internal emails from Google manager suggest Android isn’t so open
The “is Android open?” question is one that constantly fades in and out of focus on blogs and in the tech media. The latest snippet that …
ShopAlerts brings location-based advertising to AT&T phones
AT&T on Monday announced ShopAlerts, a new mobile advertising service that will introduce location-based ads to the AT&T wireless network. The service, developed by AT&T …
Yobongo for iPhone hands-on
Yobongo, if you haven’t heard, is a new iPhone app that meshes location-aware messaging with a chatroom-like environment, and it’s kind of amazing. By using …
New ‘Find My Friends’ feature coming to iPhone in iOS 4.3
Apple released its first developer build of iOS 4.3 on Wednesday and needless to say, developers have been on a treasure hunt ever since. We …
Nokia-owned Navteq acquires Trapster
Navteq, a mapping and navigation solutions company owned by Nokia, has acquired California-based Trapster according to a Reuters report. The somewhat controversial move suggests that …
Google Latitude for iOS hits the App Store
Remember Google Latitude — Google’s location-based social network that allows users to easily share their locations with friends? Yeah, neither did we… at least not …
Facebook announces mobile platform; Single Sign-On, location APIs, deals to start
Facebook today announced the introduction of its mobile platform. The purpose of the project is to provide a social environment for mobile devices that will …
Antoine Dodson plays pitchman for Sex Offender Tracker app
Could there possibly be a better way to introduce the world to an app that locates sex offenders? Antoine Dodson, who inadvertently earned a place …
Google now serves up mobile ads based upon your location
Google has introduced new location-aware advertising for iPhone and Android handsets. Advertisers will now have the ability to select a “location extension for display” option …
Google admits to collecting private data during Street View sweeps
Google came clean on its blog yesterday and admitted to accidentally collecting personal data while canvassing positioning data during Street View sweeps. The potentially damaging …
Motorola to replace Google's Android location services with Skyhook Wireless
Motorola is reportedly ditching Android’s built-in location services on much of its Android handset lineup and replacing it with the location service code from Skyhook …
Facebook to use QR codes for new location-based service?
Without warning or explanation, non-functional QR codes began appearing on random Facebook profiles earlier this week. After a few days of speculation, a new rumor …
Palm’s location-based advertising patent likely sheds light on background location reporting in webOS
Remember last month when a developer revealed some hidden functionality in webOS that periodically reports a user’s location back to Palm? Well as it turns …
RIM quietly acquires Dash Navigation?
According to an article published yesterday by GPS Business News, RIM may have quietly acquired struggling nav/LBS firm Dash Navigation. The site’s co-founder and Editor …
Garmin-ASUS announce the nuvifone M20
It wasn’t long ago when both Garmin and ASUS announced that they were teaming up to bring the nuvifone G60 to market and promised to …
Palringo adds maps and location data to its iPhone app
Palringo first launched its instant messaging app for the iPhone back in July and for six months it has been one of the best options …
Tagggit is hitting geotagging from a different angle
These days in the mobile world, it seems like geotagging applications are a dime a dozen. Snap a pic, add a position to the EXIF …
