Geolocation

Geek Out

Cool Visuals: Watch iPhones Traverse Europe Like Fireflies

5:00AM July 17, 2011 | Kwame Opam

In this video, Crowdflow managed to capture the movement of 880 iPhones as they bounced to and fro across Western Europe. Imagine if those lights were actually giant fireflies. More »

Software

Creepy Stalks Twitter, Flickr Users By Aggregating GPS Data

3:20AM April 1, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Windows/Linux: If you’ve ever doubted how much anyone could track you based on information embedded in geolocation services like Foursquare, Twitter and Flickr, free app Creepy will show you by aggregating GPS coordinates for any user, pointing out their most frequented hangouts on a map. More »

Mobile

6 Months Of Tracking Someone’s Mobile Phone, Visualised

10:00AM March 31, 2011 | Brian Barrett

How much information does a phone company collect on you? Given that they know which tower your phone pings every time you use it, try “all of it”. That’s what one German politician discovered when he sued his carrier, Deutsche Telekom, for all of the data they’d archived for six months of his mobile phone usage. More »

Mobile

Track Anything Anytime With This With GPS Locator And App

11:40AM February 12, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The Garmin Tracker, along with the Garmin GTU 10, allows you to keep track of your kids and pets with real-time GPS tracking, navigation, and interactivity. However, though the app is free, the $US200 device with service will cost you. More »

Software

Facebook iPhone App V3.2 Brings Places, Background Photo-Uploading

7:20PM August 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

As expected, the latest Facebook iPhone app has been released, bringing with it the Places check-in functionality that was demo-ed yesterday. Version 3.2 of the app provides on-the-go tracking methods for friends, and new additions to photo upload. More »

Online

The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don’t Let Other People Tag You

11:25AM August 19, 2010 | Adrian Chen

So, everyone’s excited about the new Facebook Places, right? The Facebook service that lets you check in, Foursquare style, at whatever hip sushi bar or bicycle repair shop you happen to be in. Oh, and also other people can check you in too. More »

Software

Facebook iPhone App Gets Foursquare-Style Check-In Feature

10:43AM August 19, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Apparently a new version of the Facebook iPhone app should be available later today, and it’ll bring a new feature called Places. The feature basically sounds like a check-in function similar to that found in Foursquare and Gowalla. [TechCrunch]

Gadgets

Forget Walmart. Hackers Conference Badges Show The Future Of RFID Tracking

5:40AM July 24, 2010 | Quinn Norton

When it comes to tracking people’s every movement – or “location-aware applications” if you’re trying to sound less creepy – nothing beats the badges at hacker conferences. More »

Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Prepare To Check-in With Foursquare

8:20PM July 19, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

According to quotes from Foursquare’s co-founder Dennis Crowley, the company is considering a deal to send out the data it harvests through the location-aware app, and the usual suspects are in the shortlist to acquire it. More »

Software

Foursquare Privacy Hole Leaks Nearly A Million Check-Ins

7:25AM July 1, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

If you needed a reminder of why you’re wary of location-based services, here’s one: A (thankfully good-intentioned) hacker was able to snag data from some 870,000 Foursquare check-ins – even ones set only to be visible to friends. More »