In its first report on the use of “geosocial” or location-based services, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project finds that 4% of online adults use a service such as Foursquare or ...

Most of us allow our Windows 11/10 computers to use the Location Service as it helps various apps like Maps, Cortana, Weather, etc, give us a better experience. For example, if you want to know about ...

Over the next four years we’ll have more than 10 billion internet-connected mobile devices, outnumbering the actual world population, according to a recent Cisco study. The sky truly is the limit for ...

Location-based social networking is getting ready to take off. As smartphones proliferate throughout the population, getting offline becomes more difficult. So why not take advantage of being online ...

Success for mobile marketers starts with a deep understanding of location data and the rich insights that mobile devices allow advertisers and their partners to unlock. However, the best outcomes — ...

Consumers use their mobile devices for more than just sending text messages and making phone calls. Today, consumers use mobile devices to let their social networks know where they are eating, ...

Over the past few years, real-time location systems (RTLS) have emerged as a subject of exploration across various industries. When combined with smart buildings using Internet of Things (IoT) sensors ...

Location-based services allow you to report your current location in real time to a given platform. This is usually done by checking into locations — such as restaurants, retail shops, airports — ...

A while back, I noted that where you compute was becoming as important as what you compute. Now that App Store has been established and Core Location has become a standard part of the iPhone SDK, ...

Magic Leap is taking some cues from one of the latest trends in virtual reality: The maker of the Magic Leap One headset is looking to use location-based entertainment to get consumers familiar with ...