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By: Janice Partyka Wireless Pulse, February 2012 In the public dialogue about mobile privacy concerns, I’ve yet to hear a plea to turn back the clock to when mobile apps were supported by subscription fees. Surprisingly, many consumers don’t understand the devil pact that free services come with a loss of privacy. With the exception of …

LocMi™ is our iPhone App. This app is filled with many Location Based features. Some of the features are: Get your current Location Share your location with Friends on Facebook, The Office, Twitter etc Share your location via Email Use the LocMi™ functionality to communicate a Location. Reminder Service – Vehicle Reminders like NCT, Service …

Let’s Hear It for the Supremes! January 24, 2012 By: Alan Cameron GPS trackers are a form of search, and police must obtain a search warrant to use them, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled. This comes as a setback to government and police agencies who increasingly rely on GPS surveillance. Justice Scalia said the government’s …

Location Technology, All in the Cars January 18, 2012By: Janice Partyka Wireless Pulse, January 2012 Microsoft says this is its last year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Fine. Move over because the car manufacturers are using the show to unveil stunning location and mobile offerings. It has only been a few years since automakers started …

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Where Am I? By: Don Jewell Defense PNT Newsletter, January 2012 I have long advocated that our warfighters and first responders deserve the best equipment available so they can answer the basic question, “Where Am I?” quickly and with complete certainty. Or, “Where am I now and how do I get to someplace of relative safety …

2011 Showed Better LBS Market Gains, But Was It All About Google? December 14, 2011By: Kevin Dennehy LBS Insider, December 2011 2011 was a decent year for the location-based services industry. It was an even better year if your company was lucky enough to get bought out by an ebay, Google or Intel. While acquisitions stood …

Freemium Model for in-Vehicle LBS December 20, 2011By: Janice Partyka Wireless Pulse, December 2011 Cloud-based infotainment, more tightly integrated apps, and more personalized offerings will change the in-vehicle mobile experience. Interfaces will morph towards combinations of heads-up displays and voice. These were some of the conclusions from my December 1 webinar “Car as a Mobile LBS …

I stumbled upon the below information which would indicate that this is the future and a perfect fit for QR codes. The days where you can copy Tom Cruise in the movie the Minority Report will soon be upon us. Some inventors out of MIT have come up with an ingenius computer device that does …

John Hartnett Enterprise Accelleration Centre Glenn Pearson meets John Hartnett at the opening of the New John Hartnett Enterprise Accelleration Centre, at LIT Limerick. John is President & Founder of ITLG. Established in October 2007, the ITLG is an independent organization comprised of a number of high-level technology leaders in Silicon Valley who are Irish …