The Developers Guide To What To Expect At Google I/O
We may or may not get new hardware from Google this week. But I/O will definitely be packed full of developer goodies.
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Articles tagged "Location"
Mon, 13 May 2013
Tue, 12 February 2013
Marissa Mayer Plans To Cull Yahoo's Herd of 70 Apps - And Buys A New One
With the acquisition of Alike, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer makes another move on a mobile startup.
Mon, 4 February 2013
Yes, Facebook Has Its Own Location Tracking App In The Works
Would users trust the social giant with a constant location tracking app?
Thu, 20 December 2012
The Three Most Important Trends For Mobile Developers In 2012
App developers are the lifeblood of the mobile industry and 2012 was a year fraught with questions and directions for the developer…
Wed, 28 November 2012
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Why I Think Ingress Could Redefine Mobile Gaming [Video]
Ingress, the new Android location-based augmented reality game from Google’s Niantic Labs, offers an exciting new angle on the concept…
Wed, 5 September 2012
Nokia's New Lumia 920 Could Raise Smartphone Bar with Windows Phone 8
Nokia unveiled is new line of Lumia smartphones today at an event in New York City. Building on Windows Phone 8, the company has harnessed…
Mon, 11 June 2012
Apple Wants to Blow Google Away With the New iOS Maps
Since 2005, the dominant maker of digital maps has been Google. Developers, companies and users rely on Google Maps to look up locations…
Thu, 7 June 2012
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…
Thu, 31 May 2012
5 Ways to Tell if a Co-Working Space is Right for Your Startup
What's less structured than a business incubator and more community-oriented than executive suites? For an increasing number of startups…
Thu, 24 May 2012
What It's Like for an App in Apple & Google's Crosshairs
UpNext Maps for iPhone is beautiful. It's the smoothest, fastest map I've ever used. It renders 3D buildings for virtual exploration of…
Sun, 6 May 2012
What Facebook May Do With Glancee
Over the weekend Facebook bought another mobile social app, this time a product called Glancee. One of the leading apps in a very new…
Mon, 16 April 2012
How Many of Foursquare's 20 Million Users Are Active?
On the face of it, the statistics are impressive: 20 million registered users and 2 billion check-ins. But as location check-in app…
Tue, 10 April 2012
Pronouncing the Death of the Check-In
The first generation of location-based apps has fallen short. Most consumers don't even know location apps exist, and only a tiny minority…
Fri, 6 April 2012
Fighting Google's "Best-Loved Service"
In his update from the CEO yesterday, Google's Larry Page calls Google Maps "one of our best-loved services." But all the big Google Maps…
Fri, 23 March 2012
Google Charging for Maps API Access Is Good
As developers bail out left and right, Google has launched a new developer portal for the Google Maps API. It's intended to "inspire the…
Wed, 21 March 2012
Americans Lose $30 Million in Smartphones a Year
We've all done it. You step out on the street after paying for your coffee at Starbucks or handing the cab driver a tip. Your first…
Mon, 19 March 2012
Glancee's SXSW Adventure
Ironically we couldn't find each other. I'd arranged to meet Glancee founder and CEO Andrea Vaccari at 2pm in the Hilton Austin lobby…
Mon, 12 March 2012
What Problems Ambient Location Apps Solve?
After calling shenanigans on ambient social location apps last week, the reaction I have seen has been mixed. For the most part people agree…
Sun, 11 March 2012
Amber Case & The Invisible Button
On a bone-chillingly stormy Austin Friday, I escaped into the warmth of the upmarket W Hotel and sat down for an interview with Amber…
Wed, 7 March 2012
Ambient Social Location Apps Will be Consumer Duds
I am calling shenanigans on this year's SXSW fad. The microclimate that is SXSW and San Francisco often creates hype for services that…
Wed, 29 February 2012
Foursquare Dumps Google & Goes Open-Source
Foursquare just made what it called "a little announcement", but it's really not little at all. It's switching away from the Google Maps API…
Sun, 26 February 2012
Can OpenGeocoder Fill the Platform Gap Left by Google Maps?
How do machines understand what place you're talking about when you say the name of a city, a street or a neighborhood? With geocoding…
Thu, 16 February 2012
You Don't Need My Location
When I read Jon Mitchell's post on Glassmap, my first thought was, "Who in God's name would want anyone, even friends, knowing where they…
Glassmap Maps Your Friends
Glassmap launches today. Interesting name, right? It aptly describes a touchscreen map app. Co-founder Geoffrey Woo says the name is…
