I hate listy blog posts, so the only time i resort to punchy point sorting is when i’m really stuck on the fence.  Yahoo’s Fire Eagle has been one of those mixed bag releases that i think has tons of potential, but also many reasons that the bird might burn….  the following is a glance [...]

Outside.in has taken another huge step down the path of location based innovation, bringing us one step closer to better connecting content with geo-context; introducing the GeoToolkit.  Launched yesterday, this beta program aims at helping content authors better pinpoint the geographic relevance of their work through a simple online toolset. The core of the [...]

Plazes posted some big news this morning,  announcing an agreement for their acquisition by Nokia .

Based in Berlin, Plazes started out strong in 2005 as an early LBS social networking concept. While European adoption was far greater than US audiences, the general spotlight on it’s value seems to have shifted over the last year to [...]

Nearing the one year anniversary of their momentous deal with Google, Immersive Media announced another noteworthy addition to their Board of Directors yesterday: Winston Guillory
Guillory is an Location Based Services (LBS) industry legend, having headed up sales at NAVTEQ, Intermec, and Weblink Wireless in recent years. This move shows a strong commitment by Immersive to continue the expansion of [...]