Location Labs & Non-GPS API based LBS
I'm a heavy FourSquare user and am intrigued by Location Based Services at
large. LBS related stuff will lead to the most significant behavioral changes on
Earth since the network came online 15
iphone
Google I/O: My Impressions
Photo from Matthias Schicker's post.
[http://www.medien.ifi.lmu.de/fileadmin/mimuc/mmi_ws0405/uebung/essays/matthias.schicker/Devices_for_text_input.htm]
[http://www.medien.ifi.lmu.de/fileadmin/mimuc/mmi_
The Mess of Carriers, Handsets, App Stores & Consumers.
I remember the day my mother brought home her first cell phone. It was the true
brick (pictured here), and looking back it was the result of the carriers of the
day defining
BrightKite for iPhone.
The fact it took
BrightKite
and
Loopt
as long as it did to distribute their iPhone apps must be some indication as to
how niche the market continues to be. That's a bummer
Loopt for iPhone; wow
If you don't want to see a grown man gush like a tween at a Britney Spears
concert, stop reading.
I've been a sucker for the pairing of lat/lng based data/apps