Location-based services provider WaveMarket announced today that it has added AT&T, its second major U.S. carrier, to its Veriplace Location Platform Initiative, making it possible for more than 1,000 ...

Have you ever been out in public and wondered if someone you knew was nearby? Well, there’s now an app for that. A group of “ambient awareness apps” were spotlighted during the SXSW Interactive ...

LocaChange emerges as a trailblazing app, elevating user experiences in location-based apps by offering a suite of groundbreaking features and functionalities. The app's core functions unlock new ...

Chipotle this week updated its popular mobile app, which hosts about 30 million Rewards members. The updates are certainly not bells or whistles, but rather the addition of simple new features meant ...

No-one can suggest those behind the wealth of location-based service apps don't have ambition. While Foursquare has been signing deals with every major company under the sun, Booyah's MyTown has seen ...

Life360, a popular family safety and tracking app, is getting deeper into the advertising and analytics platform business. On Thursday, it announced its first location-based ad targeting solution, ...

Yesterday's acquisition of Loopt by payment solution specialist Green Dot served as something of a bookend for me. When I started on PocketGamer.biz at the beginning of 2010, much of my time was spent ...

Gowalla co-founder and CEO Josh Williams is heading to the annual SXSW music, technology and arts festival in Austin, Texas this year to do something he’s already done — launch a location-based social ...

Despite all the buzz surrounding Foursquare, Gowalla and other location-aware apps that let you "check in" at your favorite restaurants and stores, only about 4 percent of online adults say they ever ...

But for all the attention and money these apps and websites are getting, adoption has been largely confined to pockets of young, technically adept urbanites. Just 4 percent of Americans have tried ...

While some in the retail industry are still skeptical about the potential of location-based apps, it is getting harder to ignore the growth and buzz on companies like Foursquare, Gowalla, Shopkick and ...