Tag: Location Data

Google Sued by Australian Consumer Watchdog Over Location Data
The International Business Times (IBT) is reporting that the Australian Co...
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Facebook Uses Check-In Data To Find World’s Top “Social Landmarks”
It's summer and that, of course, means travel. And when people go places, the common thing for them to do in the last few years is check-in and let all of their friends know exact...
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A Look at Google’s Location-Based Mobile Alerts Patent
As pointed out by Endgadet, Google owns the right...
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Malls Planning to Track Smartphones During Black Friday?
Location data, and the privacy issues related to the subject are a touchy subject, especially among those who value their privacy. With that in mind, would you go shopping on the...
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iPhone Fireflies Look Awesome
Whatever your feelings are about mobile device tracking, the fact is, it's a reality we live with. Even before the iPhone location data hoopla hit the wires, mobile devices, parti...
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Google Places Now Imports Your Foursquare Data
Late yesterday evening, the Google Places blog announced an update to their location-based service that aims to give you "better access to your content." The first tweak is the...
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iOS 4.3.3 Out, Fixes Tracking “Bugs”
The newest update to iOS, version 4.3.3 is here - earlier than projected. Rumors about the upda...
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Google’s South Korean Offices Searched for “Illegally Collected Location Data”
Google was probably not jealous that Apple has been getting more of the attention regarding location tracking these days. But today, Google is receiving some international press....
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Verizon Addresses Location Tracking, Announces New Warning Label
In a letter dated April 19th, 2011 - one day before the Apple iPhone tracking hullabaloo all bega...
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South Park Does Steve Jobs Tonight, Looks Promising
Historically, it's not exactly been an honor to make a cameo on South Park.  Just ask Barbara Streisand, immortalized as MechaStreisand, a giant malevolent robot that hid a special...
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Apple Responds to Location Tracking (About Time)
Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so. This is the unequivocal opening statement from...
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Steve Jobs Responds to iPhone Location Data Logging
Part XVII of the Apple Location Tracking Saga: Or, the one where Steve Jobs maybe responds. Senators, representatives, state officials and entire foreign countries have all requ...
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