Leaders from across the location space came together this week to discuss the business, development and marketing implications of location at the Where 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, Calif. The event has concluded, but you can still check out a host of keynotes and presentations.
Researchers and reporters are exploring many of the issues related to mobile location data.
by Pete Warden
| @petewarden | 24 April 2011
The iPhone tracking story led to a host of related investigations. Here's a look at some of the latest developments.
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Analysis and criticism came in the wake of our iPhone tracking story.
by Pete Warden
| @petewarden | 21 April 2011
The iPhone tracking story published here a few days ago struck an unexpected nerve. Here's a selection of the most interesting immediate reactions.
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Ebay buys Where, the White House wants identity protection, and researchers find interesting data about themselves on the iPhone.
by David Sims
| @ndwoods | 21 April 2011
EBay's purchase of a mobile advertising and check-in service adds another piece to its mobile payment puzzle. Also, the White House calls for an online identity ecosystem and two researchers discover caches of location data left unencrypted on their iPhones.
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A hidden file in iOS 4 is regularly recording the position of devices.
by Alasdair Allan
| @aallan | 20 April 2011
Featured: Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan have discovered that iPhones and 3G iPads running iOS 4 are regularly recording the location of devices into a hidden file.
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Android could soon own half the market, NFC Simm cards in China, and Quova challenges developers
by David Sims
| @ndwoods | 14 April 2011
Gartner says Android can take half the smartphone market by the end of 2012. Also, China's mobile customers can slip NFC SIMM cards into their handsets, and geolocation company Quova challenges developers.
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Darian Shirazi on location's trickiest issues and how an open places database could work.
by Bruce Stewart
| @bruce_stewart | 14 April 2011
With the goal of indexing the entire web by location, Fwix founder Darian Shirazi has had to dig in deep to location-based development issues. In this interview, Shirazi discusses challenges he sees in location and how Fwix is addressing them.
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