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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced Monday that it is fining the four major U.S. wireless carriers about $200 million in total for “unlawfully” sharing and…
If you want to get your product to a grocery store in Mexico City, Dataplor has global location intelligence to help you do that. Founder and…
MWC: The Swayy app lets you share your future location with close friends or groups you curate
By techtost.com
Since this week Instagram revealed that it’s developing a “Friends Map” feature, it was interesting and timely to come across a startup during Mobile World Congress…
The maker of a popular ski and bike helmet has patched a security flaw that allowed the real-time location of anyone wearing its helmet to be…
The US Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on data brokers with a settlement that bars data aggregator InMarket from selling consumers’ precise location data. Texas-based…
FTC bars X-Mode from selling phone location data and orders company to delete data collected
By techtost.com
The US Federal Trade Commission has banned data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first…
A geo-protection warrant typo dropped a location dragnet that stretches two miles over San Francisco
By techtost.com
Defenders of civil liberties have long argued that “geographical attack” search warrants are unconstitutional because of their ability to ensnare completely innocent people who were nearby…
Amo, the buzzing Paris-based startup that continues to release consumer social apps, is dropping its third app today. And it will look very familiar to former…