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Jack Dangermond is an American business executive and environmental scientist . In 1969, he co-founded with his wife Laura the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately-held Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software company. In 2009, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion, Dangermond joined the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. [ 1 ]
Location Based Social networking
Back in November, at our Realtime CrunchUp event, I sat on the geolocation panel with members of Twitter, Foursquare, SimpleGeo, GeoAPI, Hot Potato, and Google.
In mei 2009 interviewde Sanne ten Tije mijn collega Hein Hofman over ‘Social Media & Festivals’. Dit deed Sanne in het kader van haar onderzoek over dit thema, waarbij zij de expertvisie van We Cross wilde horen over de mogelijkheden van sociale media in de festivalsector. 2 weken gelden presenteerde Sanne de resultaten van haar onderzoek aan geinterviewden en festivalorganisatoren.
A while ago our study ‘Ownership in the Hybrid City’ was published.
Today at the RealTime CrunchUp , representatives from some of the top companies involved in location based services came together to talk about the current state and future of geo-based services. Early in the panel, the conversation turned to SimpleGeo , the new infrastructure for location that was revealed earlier this week.
Imagine a world where you sit at your computer and you never go outside. Where you never see another human being.
Just a few short years ago, if you had asked most marketers about the future of mobile, their nirvana most likely would have been a consumer strolling down the aisle of her local grocery store receiving text messages offering 50 cents off a bottle of ketchup or jar of peanut butter. But not so much today, as industry heavyweights and upstarts like Google , Facebook , Twitter and SimpleGeo are racing to map out a digital, geo-tagged future where our physical and virtual worlds will increasingly collide.
You can buy music or books and download them to your phones, so why not maps? Apparently, Avenza Systems asked that question, and answered it with its PDF Maps App. To find out more, GeoWorld editor Todd Danielson interviewed Ted Florence, president of Avenza Systems Inc.
In 2010 brands will allocate larger portions of their digital media plan towards mobile to further capitalize on the most personal marketing medium out there. Moxie Interactive, Millennial Media, 1020 Placecast and the Mobile Marketing Association expect growth in mobile in 2010. Augmented reality, applications and rich-media ads will likely be areas of focus in the new year.
So, are people sharing their location for the social gain, the exhibitionism, or the gaming Long-term use of these services depends on a solid product and people wanting to use them.
GPS-aware mobile devices have become commonplace, which means connecting the dots between what you’re doing and where you’re doing it is easier than ever.
Founded in 2007 by former Tele Atlas Exec Wilson Kerr, L ocation Based Strategy , LLC is a consulting firm with extensive industry contacts and deep experience in location-based business development/sales and mobile commerce. Mobile consumers can access ads, special deals, loyalty rewards, and make purchases, when and where they are most-likely to act.
Palm is applying for a U.S. patent centered around the concept of notifying a mobile device based on the proximity of another one.
For most of the first decade of the new century, we all talked about the emergence of location-based services.