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For some time, Location Labs has been speculating that Apple would launch a friend-finder feature similar to Google Latitude… and we’ve been looking forward to it!  Apple announced “Find My Friends” yesterday at their “Let’s Talk iPhone” event. Location Labs is the company behind the…

It’s been a busy year in the location services space, especially as it pertains to privacy. After remaining largely quiet, the U.S. Congress has proposed a number of laws addressing Internet privacy and in particular the use of subscriber location.  What happened?  Why now?  Is…

We were really excited here at Location Labs to see the new article in Fast Company (“Meet The App Man at AT&T”) that just came out and includes Location Labs. Based on countless positive feedback we’ve received in recent years regarding our family locator product…

We’ve been busy lately at Location Labs executing on Storage, Geofencing, and building out our more general purpose architecture for managing devices remotely from the network. The evolution of device capabilities, lead in particular by the rapidly evolving Android platform is driving a sea change in the way network operators, IT administrators, parents, service providers and individuals manage devices remotely and in turn perceive business and service opportunities related to these capabilities. Continue reading →

Yesterday Sprint launched the Kyocera Echo, the first smartphone device in the market to come pre-installed with the Location Labs Sparkle technology. This is a proud moment for us as it is a culmination of a year of hard work and collaboration with Sprint and their OEM partners. A pre-install means that users don’t have to download anything to their phone – effectively solving one of the toughest problems faced by smart phone developers: ubiquity in service availability without worrying about users deleting their app. Continue reading →

Yesterday, Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch wrote an article about a recently granted patent on location-based services and Geofencing. Since Location Labs has commercial services that make it easy for developers to add geofencing functionality to their apps, not surprisingly some of our developer partners have asked us “what gives?”. So, I thought it would be sensible for Scott (our CTO) and me to share our perspective. Continue reading →

Things are hopping at Location Labs – and it’s not just due to the new Italian espresso machine! We just wrapped up an exciting conference by BIA/Kelsey on the heels of the Mobile Marketing Forum in LA. Conferences are great opportunities for us to meet our partners, pitch to prospects and see their excitement about everything we are doing; and BIA/Kelsey outdid itself. Continue reading →