Posts Tagged ‘LBS’

Losing Yourself in the Real World – Foursquare Cardinal Sins

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Last week Foursquare hit a pretty significant milestone of 100M check-ins. At 2M users and about 1M check-ins a day, it stands to reason that the community has begun to suffer from a lot of unintended behavior which negatively effects [...]

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Location Based Advertising: Starbucks and Foursquare

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Some one has the be the first to try this out. Starting today, if you are the Mayor of a Starbucks on Foursquare, you will start seeing discounts when you Check-In.

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EVENT: MetaPlaces – How To Monetize Location Data & Services

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I’ll be speaking at the MetaPlaces conference in San Jose today. Below is the abstract:

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Carnival of Mobilists #185

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This is my first time hosting CoM. Sorry for those who normally read my blog, I’ve been offline for a few weeks, but back at it again.

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EVENT: Mobile Technology for the Business Traveler

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Thanks to Rearden Commerce and The ACTE Global for setting this up. It’s a rather interesting topic on how people are using their mobile for a variety of business activities while traveling and needing everything in the palm of their [...]

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EVENT: Mobile Monday Silicon Valley June 2009 – LBS Applications

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Tonight I attended the Mobile Monday Silicon Valley monthly event. The venue was really nice and they even had quite a few corporate sponsors: AT&T devcentral and Skyhook Wireless. Not sure if this is a good sign that it’s going [...]

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iPhone, GPS and LA Driving

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Can LBS Be Free?

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Today I spoke at the Telematics Update event, Navigation and Location USA 2008, in San Jose. The basic question of “Can LBS Be Free?” can be summed up quickly: “Yes, but there is no free lunch. Someone will have to [...]

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Navigation and Location USA 2008

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I will be speaking later this week at the Navigation and Location USA 2008 event. Thanks to Puja and the Telematics Update staff for helping to setup this event which I attended and blogged about last year. Here is the [...]

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Under the Radar Mobility Event – The Place to Be Heard

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Many thanks to Rudy De Waele and his contest for Free Tickets. What is the event? Here’s a short description: Under the Radar: Mobility is a one-day conference uncovering 32 vetted, test-driven startups that have launched within the year in [...]

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