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TripAdvisor, PayPal and more to attend Location Business Summit

TripAdvisor, PayPal and more to attend Location Business Summit

Among the 120 plus senior execs gathering in Amsterdam to discuss the 'SoLoMo' revolution.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Apr 25th 2012 at 2:33PM in News
Urban Airship unveils 'Segments' location based notifications

Urban Airship unveils 'Segments' location based notifications

Push messaging 'sliced and diced' by location, time, context and preferences.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Apr 4th 2012 at 11:11AM in News
Join Orange, BBC, Google and more at Location Business Summit Europe

Join Orange, BBC, Google and more at Location Business Summit Europe

Over 150 execs expected at the big LBS summit in Amsterdam.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Mar 22nd 2012 at 2:23PM in News
Green Dot buys Loopt for 43.4m

Green Dot buys Loopt for 43.4m

Prepaid credit card firm wants to build 'location aware' financial services.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Mar 12th 2012 at 10:33AM in News
skobbler withdraws from Android

skobbler withdraws from Android

Fed up with business model, security worries and pre-installed alternatives.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Feb 20th 2012 at 1:00PM in News
Find your way round MWC with free 'indoor GPS' app

Find your way round MWC with free 'indoor GPS' app

sensewhere giving away SatNav-type product to Android users.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Feb 17th 2012 at 11:26AM in News
Foursquare adds NFC to Android app

Foursquare adds NFC to Android app

Check in with a wave.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Feb 13th 2012 at 10:48AM in News
Foursquare: more menus on the menu

Foursquare: more menus on the menu

Update adds 13m items from 250,000 restaurants. Sorry, fries are extra.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Jan 19th 2012 at 9:18AM in News
Rumour: Facebook buys Gowalla

Rumour: Facebook buys Gowalla

Preparing to add some location-based sparkle to its Timeline feature?

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Dec 5th 2011 at 10:45AM in News
Mobile LBS to hit 435m euros by 2016

Mobile LBS to hit 435m euros by 2016

Set to grow 13.4 per cent a year between now and then.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Nov 24th 2011 at 12:38PM in News
O2 unveils £4m Priority Moments campaign

O2 unveils £4m Priority Moments campaign

Festive proximity offers promo with House of Fraser, HMV, Café Rouge and BHS

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Nov 3rd 2011 at 8:53AM in News
Urban Airship buys SimpleGeo

Urban Airship buys SimpleGeo

Marriage of two firms will make push notifications more 'context aware'

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Nov 1st 2011 at 12:54PM in News
MocoSpace boosts location features with purchase of Geocade

MocoSpace boosts location features with purchase of Geocade

Will enhance in-house games to become 'location-aware'.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Oct 4th 2011 at 9:20AM in News
Intel buys Telmap

Intel buys Telmap

Significant move to bolster chip giant's mobile software activities.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Sep 30th 2011 at 10:20AM in News
Gowalla relaunches as 'a social atlas for the world'

Gowalla relaunches as 'a social atlas for the world'

Two million users later, service pivots to be less like Foursquare and more like a social Lonely Planet.

Stuart Dredge
by Stuart Dredge
on Sep 23rd 2011 at 5:20PM in News
Foursquare passes 1bn check-ins

Foursquare passes 1bn check-ins

It's the mayor of the milestone hotel.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Sep 21st 2011 at 5:33PM in News
Red Robot Labs raises $8.5m for location-based mobile games

Red Robot Labs raises $8.5m for location-based mobile games

Adds former EA Mobile boss Mitch Lasky to board of directors.

Stuart Dredge
by Stuart Dredge
on Sep 15th 2011 at 11:45AM in News
Navmii GPS apps now have 3.2m users

Navmii GPS apps now have 3.2m users

1m added in last three months, but now the company is branching out into... football?

Stuart Dredge
by Stuart Dredge
on Sep 13th 2011 at 12:22PM in News
Echoecho raises $750k funding for friend-finding location app

Echoecho raises $750k funding for friend-finding location app

Google Ventures chips in to help fledgling company grow its business.

Stuart Dredge
by Stuart Dredge
on Sep 9th 2011 at 12:27PM in News
O2 More has six million users

O2 More has six million users

Opt-in operator ad service adds four million in six months.

Zen Terrelonge
by Zen Terrelonge
on Sep 8th 2011 at 12:29PM in News