Places

Google Feature To Let You See Through Walls

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Places, Google, Location, Google Places, Marissa Mayer, Social Loco, Street View, Google Street View, Google Business Photos, Privacy, Technology News

TechCrunch reports that Marissa Mayer, Google VP of Location and Local Services, told a crowd at the Social Loco social networking conference that Goo...

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Lose Your Privacy

Aaron Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Business, Facebook, Privacy, Scott Mcnealy, Green Technology, Intel, Places, Google Maps, Advertising, Amazon, Foursquare, Technology News
Aaron Shapiro

A transparent society delivers levels of information and service that were never before possible and are highly desirable. The price is a loss of privacy.

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Glympse Lets Friends Track You Even When You're Driving

Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Places, Glympes, Gps, Lbs, Geolocation, Location Services, Technology News
Larry Magid

A lot has been said about Facebook's new Places service but it's far from the first geo-location service for smartphones.

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Facebook's Places And The Private Spaces In Between

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Places, Privacy, Facebook, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

I'm in the pragmatic optimist camp - happy to see technology's progress. However, we need to remain vigilant and wary of how private companies gather and aggregate our private thoughts and actions.

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Twitter Goes After Foursquare

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Places, 3ds, Location, Twitter, Shelly Palmer, Samsung, Four Square, Media, Rim, Nintendo, Tablet, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Twitter now easily integrates with Four Square; the company also just announced Twitter Places, its own location-based service. Why check in, when you can just tweet and let your followers see where you are? 



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Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soil, Air Quality, River, Bicycling, Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Satoyama, Walking, National Security, Urban Forest, Falcon, Biodiversity, Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference, Tokyo, Crime Reduction, Transit, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Elderly, Wall, Yamada Yoriyuki, Forest, Iimura Kazuki, Wilderness, Blur, Sustainable, Places, Plants, Rice, Kobayashi Kenji, Farmer, Energy Independence, Remake, Reforestation, Wildlife, Population, Ginza Bee Project, Street, Cultural, Food Safety, Passion, Pollution, Urban, Culture, Climate Change, Bee, Suzuki Makoto, Post-Industrial, Lot, Roof, Miniaturization, Public Health, City, Habitat, Growth, Public, Ginza Farm, Gardener, Nature, Paddy, Pet, Environment, Firefly, Ginza, Edo, Kajima, Green News
Jared Braiterman

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

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