I noticed a story (with accompanying video) on the BBC Click website titled Rise and rise of the GPS mobile.
Like many stories at the moment about GPS, the author makes a few generalisations.
In the closing paragraphs, the BBC reporter Marc Cieslak notes
“This location based technology does throw up the potential for annoying features however.
If retailers [...]
By andrew
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Posted March 9, 2008
in advertising, gps, location, mobile, social networking
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Tagged ads, advertising, advertisment, detection, gps, Local, location, maps, mobile, navigation, Nokia
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This week’s rich instalment of all things mobile is available over at the Skydeck Blog with contributions from John Puterbaugh from Nellymoser lays down a concise yet thorough review of the 700 mhz auction that defines openness, reviews Google’s impact, explains what is at stake, and addresses what it will all mean for the future of [...]
By andrew
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Posted January 28, 2008
in carnival
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Tagged barcelona, broadband, carnival of the mobilists, conference, convergence, davos, Discovery, eric schmidt, google, industry, internet, lbs, Local, location, mobile, mobilists, monday, msearch, mylocation, navigation, search, wireless, world
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I caught the release from Reuters Google CEO bullish on mobile Web advertising which quotes from Eric Schmidt’s speech at Davos.
Of interest, and quoting directly from the Reuter’s release…
The arrival of a truly mobile Web, offering a new generation of location-based advertising, is set to unleash a “huge revolution”, Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said [...]
By andrew
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Posted January 26, 2008
in mobile
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Tagged advertising, conference, davos, Eric, gmm, google, gps, internet, Local, location, mobile, mylocation, positioning, Schmidt, search
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As a non iPhone user, I almost missed the news from Steve Job’s Mac World address that the iPhone would be receiving new firmware. Because I don’t own the device, I have no need to update the firmware, but reading this official Google blog post, something caught my eye.
Then over the next few days others commented [...]
By andrew
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Posted January 20, 2008
in location
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Tagged advertising, apple, google, google my location, gps, iphone, lbs, Local, location, london, mapping, maps, marketing, mobile, mylocation, positioning, skyhook
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