Tagged: Location-Based Services

Foursquare Is Now Irrelevant, Thanks To Facebook's 'Nearby' Update

With Facebook showing its hand in mobile, Foursquare and its ilk are in major trouble.

OptioCore: Super-Secure Android Wants To Invade The Enterprise

Will a new extra-secure version of Android reassure enterpriess that it's safe to adopt Google's mobile operating system?

Enterprise Cormac Foster comments

Location-Based Services

3 Apartment Hunting Tools Compared: Craigslist, Padmapper & Lovely

I'm about to embark on the nightmare that is apartment hunting in a major city... again. Craigslist has a near-monopoly on online housing listings, but two upstart virtual real estate brokers are bent on beating the hoary king of Web classifieds at its own game. Let's see what they have to offer.

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Location-Based Services

Apple Maps Update Creates Opportunities for App Developers

Apple has announced that its upcoming Maps application for the iPhone and iPad won't include local public transit directions, formerly supplied by Google. While the absence of bus, train and subway information is sure to irritate some users, it represents an opportunity for developers.

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Android

Don't Call Apple's New Passbook Feature an E-Wallet - Yet

Passbook, touted as part of the upcoming IOS 6 operating system for Apple’s vaunted array of mobile devices, takes only a tentative step into the world of mobile wallets. It may seem surprising that Apple is doing so little to grab a potentially lucrative stream of revenue, but given the in-fighing within the e-wallet sector, this approach…

Mobile Brian Proffitt comments

Location

Foursquare Takes on Yelp With Recommendations. Our Verdict: Good Start, Not There Yet

Today location check-in app Foursquare unveiled a new design for its iOS and Android mobile apps. It now focuses on recommending places for you to go, based on your current location. It's also more social. This is a sensible pivot, but Foursquare is not yet at the place it needs to be.

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Analysis

Defining the Post-App Economy

Even as the battle rages over native apps vs. the mobile Web, the real question is already becoming "What comes next?" Developers are looking for ways to disrupt the so-called "App Economy," especially as it pertains to Apple's handling of the App Store. Assuming that the mobile Web's cross-platform openness carries the day, as it has so many times…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

Android

Appcelerator: Mobile Trends for 2012

Google and Facebook are in a war for user attention on the Web. This is not just about how many eyeballs are on Google+ versus Facebook but also from an end-to-end platform perspective. That includes messaging, application deployment, social graph implementations and content discovery. Like everything else in the world of technology, this…

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Android

Geoloqi Targets Enterprises With New SDK

The holy grail of mobile geo-location services is persistent, aware, real-time data delivered straight to your device. It is incredibly difficult to pull off. Especially if the idea is to, "give you vision beyond the Greek gods." Accuracy, battery life and location-aware push messaging are hard to build and even harder to implement on a scalable…

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Location-Based Services

[Infographic] The Cost of Stolen Laptops

Did you know that a tenth of all laptops will eventually be stolen? That is a depressing thought. Mine was stolen many years ago from the trunk of my car, parked in a suburban shopping mall lot. Or that half of you keep passwords and other personal information on your laptops? These and other stats come from a study from Kensington, maker of…

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Foursquare Is Now Irrelevant, Thanks To Facebook's 'Nearby' Update

OptioCore: Super-Secure Android Wants To Invade The Enterprise

3 Apartment Hunting Tools Compared: Craigslist, Padmapper & Lovely

Apple Maps Update Creates Opportunities for App Developers

Don't Call Apple's New Passbook Feature an E-Wallet - Yet

Foursquare Takes on Yelp With Recommendations. Our Verdict: Good Start, Not There Yet

Defining the Post-App Economy

Appcelerator: Mobile Trends for 2012

Geoloqi Targets Enterprises With New SDK

[Infographic] The Cost of Stolen Laptops