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Nokia pulls out of free London Wi-Fi scheme

...phone boxes, last November. However, the other two companies in that pilot, location-based advertising service Selective Media and phone box owner Spectrum Interactive, have... Read more

11 May, 2012

BT sues Google over alleged patent infringement

...user. Google Maps, desktop and mobile Google Search, Google Places, Google's location-based advertising, Google Offers and Google+ all allegedly infringe on the Titmuss... Read more

19 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Starbucks, L'Oreal to trial location-based mobile marketing

...rich smartphones coupled with growing awareness of services such as Foursquare, the location-based advertising market is beginning to take off. According to predictions by... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Shelley Portet

Advertisers checking in to location-based mobile marketing

...and spending money, says ABI Research which is predicting the US mobile location-based advertising market will be worth $1.8bn in 2015. The analyst... Read more

7 September, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

The Schmoozer: Last Straw for the evil hacker underground

The Schmoozer is ZDNet UK's new perceptive and hard-hitting roundup of the news behind the week's news, appearing every Friday. Read more

20 April, 2001 by ZDNet UK

The Google culture Microsoft doesn't get: risk taking

Steve Ballmer was right when he told the Search Marketing Expo that Google's biggest advantage is having been good... Read more

3 March, 2010
Nokia offers free global turn-by-turn sat-nav

Nokia offers free global turn-by-turn sat-nav

...that Ovi Maps would, at some point, provide a "fantastic platform" for location-based advertising. Downloads of the new Ovi Maps are available immediately for... Read more

21 January, 2010 by David Meyer
Google to launch location-sharing Latitude software

Google to launch location-sharing Latitude software

...money is involved, too: Google hopes its mapping technology will lead to location-based advertising revenue. Google's power is firmly lodged in search and... Read more

4 February, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

Google Maps locates users without GPS

...not use the technology, and Google is keen to target the burgeoning location-based advertising market. According to Mike Chu, a Google software engineer, My... Read more

29 November, 2007 by David Meyer

Google confirms its mobile Linux plans

The open-source-based Android mobile-software stack will target the mass market, with a particular focus on location-based services, according to insiders Read more

5 November, 2007 by David Meyer

Super-regulator Ofcom merges tasks

...consistency across broadcasting and telecommunications." Walton says that Ofcom will also monitor location-based advertising -- where a shop, for example, can tell a passer-by... Read more

13 December, 2000 by Will Knight

3G phone ads could be illegal

...mobile technology -- may be illegal, according to the Data Protection Commission Thursday. Location-based advertising on broadband mobile phones would help telecommunications companies to recoup... Read more

24 November, 2000 by Will Knight
AdSpeek 3.1

AdSpeek 3.1

...best deals, specials, coupons and ads based on your location. Consider it location based advertising that you control. Imagine walking down the street and finding... Read more

3 March, 2010
Community Manager

Community Manager

...Smart transport, cloud computing, self-reading gas meters, apps, live music streaming, location-based advertising – and that’s only the start.  Now, due... Read more

25 April, 2012
Community Manager

Community Manager

...Smart transport, cloud computing, self-reading gas meters, apps, live music streaming, location-based advertising – and that’s only the start.  Now, due... Read more

25 April, 2012

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