LBS Tidbits
Word came late Thursday that Google has updated its policy on its reviews that users can submit to Google Maps/Place Pages and apparently dropped search results from Yelp, one of the most popular restaurant review services. Word on the former came from the Google Lat Long blog; the latter from TechCrunch.
The new review guidelines say something on the order of “be nice, be honest” and we have the right to remove reviews if they are illegal, a conflict of interest, etc. TechCrunch noted missing reviews and Google said they’d been reclassified. Yelp was not happy when Google began populating its Place pages with Yelp reviews.
A study from KeyesLabs, the folks behind developer tools and licensing offerings, reveals patterns of Andoid app piracy for one of that company’s apps, Screebl Pro. The vast majority of the piracy, some 69%, is from the U.S. So, apparently piracy is not prevalent where the apps/service are not available. There’s a map, but it’s got no legend. : (
- Keyes via Android Guys
The New York Times reviews Forrester’s latest research about how just 4% of people have tried “locating” themselves for LBS apps. There’s nothing really new here, but I find myself in total agreement with a 65 year old, Richard Sherer, a freelance writer in Redondo Beach, Calif. “I can’t think of anybody who cares where I am every minute of the day except my wife, and she already knows. Maybe it’s a generational thing. As we old fogies die off, maybe this will no longer be an issue.” (BTW, I’m 46, if it matters.)
