Wednesday, March 10. 2010

LBS Tidbits

WHERE, the LBS platform for ULocate now has an advertising component, WHERE Ads.

- VentureBeat

Junaio 2.0 is launching at SXSW this week. The big news for augmented reality platform? It works indoors using GPS and compass-based geo-information.

And, junaio announced a partnership with BART, the Bay Area, SF transit system. It'll use augmented reality to integrate station locations and estimated arrival times in a digital display of information in the real world.

- PocketGamer
- press release(pdf) on 2.0 launch
- press release (pdf) on Eventful Channel
Bart PR
BART Video

Foursquare has announced a dashboard for its business partners to see who and how often folks are checking in to the establishment. Users can opt out of having their info included.

- Mashable

The hyped LBS apps are not the only ones on the radar. "Company officials say Mplayit's research also shows the Location Based Services category continues to grow in popularity and while Loopt, Foursquare and Gowalla usually get the most attention from media, the analysis shows "growing consumer interest in lesser known apps on iPhone that include FastMall, AroundMe on iPhone, and BeatTheTraffic on BlackBerry.""

- TMC

Twitter and Facebook are on the verge of launching location in a big way, per many tips and rumors. Twitter enabled, then disabled a feature this week that will provide location information for tweets on the Web page. It's expected to be back on for SXSW. Facebook will introduce a location sharing app at its developer conference in April.

- Pocket Lint

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