Google released three application programming interfaces today, one of which can sense not just when the person is moving, but in what way.
Apple updated its FindMyFriends app to allow you to get alerts when your friends enter or leave a custom-set radius around the location of your choice.
Life360, an app that helps you keep track of your family members, has reached 25 million registered users, and is rolling out new features.
Two of the more interesting companies on the mobile-development landscape are announcing a new deal for developers today, and will be making great tools for location-based apps available for free.
If you’re into mobile development, Appcelerator and Geoloqi are probably …
Geoloqi, a company helping developers add geo-location abilities to their applications, announced three partnerships today that will enable the company to reach to 1.6 million mobile developers.
Geoloqi, which is pronounced geo-low-key, provides tools developers need to add geo-location features …
Longtime cyborg anthropologist Amber Case has spent the better part of a the past several years researching how people connect to computers; now, she’s launching a startup to make those connections more seamless than ever.
“I’ve been talking about the …
Flickr is introducing a new security feature intended to keep creepers away from your most sensitive location information.
The photo sharing service is now letting account holders cordon off custom geographical areas, called geofences, and set specific privacy controls for …
Location-based digital marketing company Placecast has made a name for itself by sending text messages to users when they’re within range of a business that is offering discounts. Now the company is expanding these updates, called ShopAlerts, to work within …
Mayor Maker, a recently launched location-based application from Location Labs, is giving iPhone users the opportunity to automatically check-in to as well as check-out of locations using Foursquare. The application is currently available on iTunes.
Until today, Foursquare users had …
Location Labs, a company that helps developers implement location-based services in mobile applications, announced today that its cloud-based Universal Location Service (ULS) platform can now locate over 250 million phones.
The milestone comes after Location Labs was granted access to …
A coffee shop pinging your cell phone with a deal for latte when you’re 300 feet away? A mother alerted when her child leaves the school grounds? All this is done with “geofencing“, the latest thing in location-based services, according …
