Location, location, location. It’s not just for real estate transactions anymore. From finding getaways just outside town to avoiding civil unrest in foreign lands, innovative travel apps are giving ...

Why geolocation? Why mapping? At the time, I couldn't quite put my finger on it, except for the fact that the CRN Test Center has looked at some GPS solutions and geolocation apps over the past year ...

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 ...

Nearly 60 percent of smartphone users employ apps that access their location data despite having concerns about risks to their privacy and even personal safety, according to a survey conducted by ...

More indications that carriers worldwide are taking an active role to leverage the growth in popularity of location services and augmented reality today came from Singapore carrier SingTel, which is ...

Allow me to interrupt your regularly scheduled Snap Map stalking with a timely update about the wild, wonderful world of geolocation map apps. Thanks to Snapchat’s recent addition of the Snap Map, ...

Facebook has finally announced its long-rumored location feature, called "Places." Available to iPhone users and mobile devices that have HTML5 and geolocation capabilities, the feature is similar to ...

As geolocation apps and features continue to be developed, they’re bringing a new dimension to the relevancy and immediacy of information. Some news organizations are now beginning to see their ...

Today’s funding announcements include enterprise technology for geolocation apps and social networking: DoubleDutch grabs funding to create check-in apps: The developer of mobile apps for businesses ...

The Pentagon is banning the use of GPS on mobile devices in war zones and other sensitive locations, saying that fitness trackers and smartphone apps pose a "significant risk" to U.S. military ...