Geolocation News
Bing Checks Out The Local Social Market
19th August 2011
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has recently added a new social networking app for their Windows Phone. The app is called ‘We’re In’. More »
Yelp Continues To Grow In Spite Of Google Threat
17th February 2011
Although Yelp is facing competition from the likes of Google, Groupon and LivingSocial, it continues to do well and grow in terms of the number of users and reviews posted on the site. More »
Google Latitude Allows Place Checkins
3rd February 2011
Google Latitude, which started out about 2 years ago, lets users inform their friends and family about there geographic location. They have now gone a step further with the introduction of Place Checkins. More »
3 Million Users On Foursquare
6th September 2010
Location based service, Foursquare, recently crossed a new landmark, when they reached the 3 million user mark in the end of August. More »
Facebook Places – Location Networking Service Launched
24th August 2010
Facebook has launched it’s much anticipated location-based netwrking service last week. The service, called Facebook Places, has been rolled out to users in the U.S.A. only for now. The service will be made available in other countries soon. More »
Location Based Ad Success Stories
28th June 2010
Two recent press releases by a maps, traffic and location data provider revealed the results of two location-based ad campaigns conducted on a location-aware advertising network. More »
Facebook Follows Twitter To Location Awareness
23rd June 2010
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that location-based features will be launched on the social network in the near future. More »
Twitter Launches Places
15th June 2010
Twitter has finally announced that the launch of their long-awaited geolocation service, in the form of a new feature known as Twitter Places. More »
Google Launches Place Pages For Mobile
29th April 2010
After the successful launch of Place Pages in conjunction with Google Maps, last fall, Google has now gone a step further and introduced Place Pages optimised for mobile handsets. More »
Google Local Business Center Becomes Google Places
21st April 2010
Last September, Google launched the Local Business Center to help business owners to reach out to a larger audience. They have now renamed the service ‘Google Places’ in an attempt to help users understand the connection between Google and the Local Business Center. More »
Twitter Already Location Tagging
17th March 2010
While speculation about the possibility of Facebook starting a location sharing feature in the near future is still just speculation, Twitter is already one step ahead of them. More »
Facebook To Allow Location Sharing
15th March 2010
The New York Times reports that Facebook is getting ready to allow location sharing between friends. More »
Twitter Geolocation Service Due For Launch
27th August 2009
So far it has been difficult to assess the geographic location from which a tweet originates, due to the unavailability of sophisticated apps required for the purpose. Twitter will soon launch a new feature to make this process simple. More »
Ad Targeting Options From Yahoo!
23rd March 2009
Yahoo! Search Marketing has recently added some new features to help advertisers reach their target audiences. Better targeting will in turn mean more sales and more income, which means more value for the money, the advertiser spends on his campaign. More »
Mobile Websites Can Include Geolocation Via Google API
3rd September 2008
Google launched a new tool, last week, known as the Gears Geolocation API. This tool will enable mobile and desktop users to detailed information about the area they are in, even if they do not know where they are and their mobiles are not GPS enabled. More »
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