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Urban Airship is today unveiling its new Location Messaging Service, which will add another layer of information for the company’s push platform to target.
It’s a particularly enticing play for marketers, since it means they’ll have access to current locations and location histories from consumers. And for the consumer, the Location Messaging Service will make push alerts even more relevant — for example, you could see deals from sports venues while they’re attending a game, or receive targeted alerts when they’re near a favorite retailer.
The is the result of integrating SImpleGeo, which the company acquired last year.
A new app called “
App Map” for iOS gives you a glimpse into what apps are the most popular and where. For example, you can take a peek at a map and see the most active apps from others who have installed App Map.
I consider this a solution in search of a problem...but that's just me.
Cisco announced last week the acquisition of location analytics start-up ThinkSmart Technologies based out of Cork, Ireland. Created in 2008, ThinkSmart Technologies, is a software company that delivers location data analysis using Wi-Fi technology.
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/04 at 03:35 AM |
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The GeoTech Center announces new professional development opportunities in 2013-2015 related to GIS and remote sensing via the newly refunded Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training: Remote Sensing (iGETT: RS) program. Thirty six educators mostly from community colleges but with a few high schools and universities as well. Apps for first workshops are due Dec 20.
A new map/app from MIT predicts great potential for photovoltaics in Cambridge, MA.
The new tool shows that if photovoltaic panels were installed on all good and excellent locations, Cambridge could generate about a third of its electricity needs via PV for about $2.8 billion. The technology has been found to predict electricity yield to within 4-10 percent of actual measured results.
The map is but a proof of concept.
A team of Montreal university students will aim for space as soon as next year after winning the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge on Saturday (Sept. 29).
When launched, Concordia University's CubeSat will aim to map plasma changes in a portion of the Van Allen belts, which are bands of intense radiation circling the Earth.
One student on the team already has a job - with MDA.
- Space.com
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/04 at 03:00 AM |
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