Mass market geo-location services appear to be just around the corner for U.S. consumers, creating the potential of much-needed revenue for wireless carriers. But such services could still get lost ...

The rapid evolution of geolocation technology is reshaping the mobile app landscape. It enables developers to create more interactive, responsive, personalized user experiences. Whether real-time ...

Facebook wants to know “What’s on your mind?” Twitter asks “What’s happening?” But that’s getting old already. The burning question for the next wave of social networking is “Where are you?”–and ...

Strong forces are behind the development of geolocation services to identify and segregate consumers on the Internet. Clearly, various government agencies, businesses and families would like to exert ...

The proliferation of mobile phones has led to a surge in applications that track user data in various formats. As part of the growing gig economy, ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft have ...

Web-based geolocation services are popular with civilian users because they tell them and their friends exactly where they are. This has the Air Force very worried. The service has warned its ...

Twitter has enhanced geolocation services provided on its messaging service by buying Mixer Labs, the company said on Wednesday. Mixer Labs’ GeoAPI is a service that helps developers build geolocation ...

Car rental agency Avis this month started selling a service called Avis Assist that lets lost customers learn where they are and then get back on track with turn-by-turn directions read to them over a ...