Coronavirus and location: Is there a line?
March 23, 2020
No, I’m not talking about the line at the grocery store to buy toilet paper and hand sanitizer. […]
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No, I’m not talking about the line at the grocery store to buy toilet paper and hand sanitizer. […]
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On Nov. 25, 2015, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016, after […]
Reasons Cited Include Privacy, Lack of Retail Support
Google Here, a proposed beacon-based location service operating within Google Maps, was reportedly cancelled due to a concern by Alphabet CEO Larry Page’s that it would be too invasive by the users of his mapping service. When the location industry has such a dominant player pull out of a nascent, and potentially lucrative, proximity service, does it mean that consumers will now have to wait for a full-scale rollout? Google will remain a major player with its Google Maps app, but where does it go from there?
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