Have you ever been out in public and wondered if someone you knew was nearby? Well, there’s now an app for that. A group of “ambient awareness apps” were spotlighted during the SXSW Interactive ...

No-one can suggest those behind the wealth of location-based service apps don't have ambition. While Foursquare has been signing deals with every major company under the sun, Booyah's MyTown has seen ...

Life360, a popular family safety and tracking app, is getting deeper into the advertising and analytics platform business. On Thursday, it announced its first location-based ad targeting solution, ...

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 ...

No audio available for this content. HERE Mapmaking allows users to create detailed interactive maps of private sites, outdoors and indoors. This includes sites not covered by public maps, such as ...

Gowalla co-founder and CEO Josh Williams is heading to the annual SXSW music, technology and arts festival in Austin, Texas this year to do something he’s already done — launch a location-based social ...

Bulbs, starting at $69 for two, can screw into regular fixtures and broadcast offers, maps, or information to customers or guests of businesses--and send movement and behavior data to business owners.

Autio, a location-based audio entertainment app co-founded by actor Kevin Costner and formerly known as HearHere, has raised $5.9 million in a second seed round with new terms. The funding round was ...

Location-based services (LBS) have become integral to modern society, offering personalised and context-aware information across diverse applications such as navigation, emergency response, and social ...

Finnish technology company IndoorAtlas sells location-tracking software that it says can leverage Earth’s magnetic field to map the unique magnetic signature inside modern steel-structured buildings, ...