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Angry Birds NFC-Based Magic To Add Location Perks To All Platforms

, Jun 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Late last month, we learned that the company behind the popular Angry Birds game, Rovio, is working on a new edition called Angry Birds Magic that will bring NFC-based features. One of the features revealed involve tapping two NFC-enabled phones together to unlock new levels. And now, Rovio has further revealed that they are also planning to add location-based perks. Read The Full Story

Foursquare Testing NFC, Adds Merchant Rewards

, Mar 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

The Foursquare mobile check-in service has just launched v3.0 of its mobile app, the biggest update the company has ever launched. Foursquare employees have been working around the clock to finish the update in time for SXSW, in what co-founder Dennis Crowley calls Foursquare’s “shock and awe” campaign. The company is focusing on the potential of near field communication in this new update. Below, you can see the Foursquare team up past midnight, celebrating as the update launched. Read on past the cut for more details. Read The Full Story

Yobongo location-based chat now available in App Store

, Mar 3rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Yobongo, a location-based chat app that allows you to chat with people that are nearby, is now available on the App Store. The application has been in beta testing for a month, and claims to make it "super fun and easy to chat with people nearby." Right now the app covers New York City, San Francisco and Austin. The company says that it will determine other cities to add based on "demand from passionate fans". Read The Full Story

ShopAlerts By AT&T Sends Location-Based Text Ads

, Feb 28th 2011 Discuss [4]

AT&T is preparing to step beyond typical carrier duties, by launching a new location-based text ad service. The carrier will be sending out text ads such as coupons and other special offers to subscribed customers based on their locations as detected by their phones. The program will start only in certain metropolitan areas including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco. Read The Full Story

MobileMe Makeover? To Add Facebook Style Front Page, Mobile Check-Ins, And Video-Streaming?

, Feb 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Information has leaked about Apple’s ambitious revamp of MobileMe. The update would give the service geo-tagging, location based check-ins, and video-streaming capabilities. In addition users would have a Facebook style front page with your current location and status updates. Read The Full Story

Google bakes Hotpot into search in push for NFC adoption

, Feb 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Google is broadening support for its Hotpot recommendations system, adding 38 new languages - including French, German and Chinese - and adding search results for the crowd-sourced review system to Google.com. The news is important since Google plans to tie Hotpot in with its Android NFC drive; Hotpot window stickers - currently seeing a trial roll-out - already work with the NFC reader on the Nexus S. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Facebook Places Deals hits UK and Europe

, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [1]

Facebook has officially announced Places Deals for the UK and Europe, extending the location-based discount and loyalty scheme first rolled out in North America back in November 2010. Users of the social network will be able to check into businesses such as shops, cafes, bars and restaurants, and obtain coupons and discounts in the process. Read The Full Story

Gowalla Disney deal announced as the Magic Kingdom checks-in

, Nov 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

Gowalla has inked a deal with Disney, which will see visitors to Disney parks able to check-in at over 100 locations across Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California, earning featured stamps as you go. The Gowalla Passport pages will show what's happening at the parks, together with maps, check-in streams and other special items, and each ride or attraction can be automatically tweeted or announced on Facebook. Read The Full Story

InvisiTrack launch super-accurate GPS alternative

, Mar 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

We're already familiar with GPS and pseudo-GPS triangulation technologies, that use cellphone towers or known WiFi base stations to figure out roughly where you are, but InvisiTrack reckon they can use spectrum bands more commonly found carrying TV signals to pinpoint position down to under 3m indoors or 1m outdoors.  Their InvisiTrack LS system relies on the fact that the 512 and 698 MHz bands can better penetrate through walls and other structures than higher-frequency bands like the 2.4GHz used for WiFi. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm patent app embeds LBS on SIM-style module

, Jan 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm have applied for a patent whereby location-based services (LBS) could be supported by a removable module, which the user could switch between different devices such as cellphones.  The module - which could be a SIM card or similar - would store personal details and, potentially, other information about the individual user, and streamline setup of new devices.  It would also ensure consistent LBS behaviour across devices. Read The Full Story

AT&T and Loopt Are Now Offering Always-On Location Services For Your iPhone

, Sep 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

Firstly, this should be noted that this application is not running in the background on your iPhone. It's a server-to-server agreement between AT&T and Loopt, so that you can always have location-based services working, and so people always know where you are. If you're into that kind of thing, then this is the application for you. We're sure that most of you out there are already using Loopt, so perhaps this is exactly the update you've been waiting for. Read The Full Story

Apple iPhone May Be Getting Location-Based Home Screens

, Aug 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Location-Based Services (LBS) is huge right now, and while there's already phones out there that take advantage of this service via weather and the like, it looks like Apple has plans to up the ante, so to speak. Phones like the HTC Hero for example, have a weather widget that is always on, and when you change cities, the widget reflects that in real-time. However, Apple wants a handful of applications/icons to reflect this, and to be honest, if Apple can get it to work, it would be pretty fantastic. Read The Full Story
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