Comments on: Location, location, location: The iPhone with GPS nears

By: DARPA’s Project GANDALF: You shall not pass (without us knowing your location)! » VentureBeat

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:05:21 +0000

[...] While I mainly write about the upside of location-aware services, projects like Gandalf should serve as a warning for the potential downside of such things. Imagine if you were always transmitting your location and the government could use a device to track you at all times. I think we all know that is coming eventually, whether we like it or not. [...]

By: Location comes to the desktop browser with Mozilla’s Geode » VentureBeat

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:49:40 +0000

[...] is a hot field in mobile computing. It makes sense, you’re on the move and more phones such as the Apple iPhone and T-Mobile’s Android-based G1 have global positions systems (GPS) built-in. Applications [...]

By: iPhone apps like Whrrl preview the power of location, but there is far greater potential » VentureBeat

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:12:12 +0000

[...] could easily be turned off for private moments. But many, including Forrest in his piece, realize the power of being able to know when a friend is nearby. Or passively updating your location which can likewise tell your friends where you [...]

By: Google enters the location ring…with the mobile OS it hopes to destroy » VentureBeat

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:42:43 +0000

[...] Following the official roll out of Yahoo’s Fire Eagle location-based developer platform ten days ago, a lot of responses seemed to be, “yeah that’s great, but what happens when Google comes out with something similar?” Given Google’s dominant position on the web, that seems to be a fairly common response anytime a new web service or platform emerges. But location is particularly interesting since the first phones running Google Android are close to launching. In order to compete in mobile these days, location has to be a part of the plan. [...]

By: Yahoo pushes its location platform Fire Eagle out of the nest so it can spread its wings » VentureBeat

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:30:40 +0000

[...] said it before, I’ll say it again: Location, location, location. As computing continues to go mobile it’s an increasingly important feature for many web [...]

By: Tapulous wants to be leading application ecosystem for the iPhone » VentureBeat

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:18:55 +0000

[...] The iPhone App Store is where people can download applications for their phones — these apps will work on the new iPhones, old iPhones and iPod Touches. Tapulous aims to offer developers a home to help them build applications and monetize them, Decrem says. One intern asked for a room to sleep as the only condition to build applications for Tapulous.Decrem is a great salesman. Previously, he co-founded Flock, the browser, and he pitched it so well in the valley that it became overhyped and it never lived up to its promise. Flock is still alive and kicking, but Decrem has moved on. At Tapulous, he’s trying to dampen his salesmanship this time around, he concedes, but it’s only minutes into the conversation before his enthusiasm picks up and he speaks in superlatives: “This will be bigger than the PC revolution,” he says of the iPhone, citing a statement made by John Doerr, a partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins. He also cites an Piper Jaffray analyst prediction that there will be 90 million Apple smartphones in use by the end of 2009. He co-founded the company with Andrew Lacy and Mike Lee. He’s hired developers like Sean Heber, who became a legend of sorts when he built thirty applications for the iPhone in thirty days.On the surface, Twinkle (screenshot above, and more at bottom) is the most intriguing of Tapulous’ applications. It is a Twitter client, meaning users access the popular micro-messaging product Twitter on the app, pulling and pushing in tweets (Twitter messages) just like they would on Twitter. But Twinkle will support photos, and it is more flexible than rival Twitter client Twitteriffic because it allows people to message with other services besides Twitter. Twinkle allows people to see which user are located close to them (by tapping into the iPhone’s location technology). [...]

By: The iPhone 3G reviews are in: It’s good, but the App Store will be better » VentureBeat

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:22:11 +0000

[...] also excited for the GPS functionality and all the possibilities that can open up for location-based services. The reviewers couldn’t really go into that since they didn’t yet have access to many [...]

By: Five trends driving the mobile web » VentureBeat

Five trends driving the mobile web » VentureBeat — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:54:49 +0000

[...] the last few months the 3G iPhone and its location-based service (LBS) potential gathered a lot of positive PR. Traction remains small, although some enterprise tracking [...]

By: Google locks up its map maker, Tele Atlas, for Android » VentureBeat

Google locks up its map maker, Tele Atlas, for Android » VentureBeat — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:37:33 +0000

[...] the buzz around location-based services (LBS) continues to grow, it’s often overlooked that for them to have any meaning there is one crucial component: A [...]

By: Thousand Tiny Tigers » Blog Archive » Struck with indecision over a restaurant choice? Let the iPhone 3G decide

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:45:39 +0000

[...] going to be important for business such as local restaurants as well. Yelp and other competitors know this as well. The iPhone 3G could soon be the weapon they all battle [...]

By: Location buzz continues: Nokia buys Plazes, Verizon backs Loopt & NIW » VentureBeat

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:10:26 +0000

[...] The move comes at a time when location-based services are all the rage. [...]

By: Struck with indecision over a restaurant choice? Let the iPhone 3G decide » VentureBeat

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:07:08 +0000

[...] going to be important for business such as local restaurants as well. Yelp and other competitors know this as well. The iPhone 3G could soon be the weapon they all battle [...]

By: The local revolution in mobile is coming. Verve Wireless is ready to spread the news » VentureBeat

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:14:19 +0000

[...] the inclusion of GPS in the new iPhone 3G, Apple is kicking off a wave of excitement about location-based services (LBS) — and the device isn’t even out yet. One aspect that may not be as sexy as [...]

By: The WWDC keynote had me at $199 » VentureBeat

The WWDC keynote had me at $199 » VentureBeat — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:40:02 +0000

[...] really believe this iPhone 3G with its combo of the Wi-Fi/Cell triangulation and now with GPS will lead to an explosion of location-based applications that are actually useful. Social networks like Whrrl (and I’m sure eventually Facebook and [...]

By: Firmware leak firms up 3G iPhone specs » VentureBeat

Firmware leak firms up 3G iPhone specs » VentureBeat — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:10:02 +0000

[...] of the belief that location-based applications could be the next field to explode thanks to this new location-aware [...]