Category Archives: location

What would happen if the Internet knew where you were?

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Matt McAlister

Tom Coates took the stage today at ETech to announce the developer availability of Fire Eagle. Fire Eagle is a location storage service. You tell Fire Eagle where you are, and then Fire Eagle can act as your location broker … Continue reading →

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GPS device + data feeds + social = awesome service

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Matt McAlister

One of the most interesting market directions in recent months in my mind is the way the concept of a location service is evolving. People are using location as a vector to bring information that matters directly to them. A … Continue reading →

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Local news is going the wrong way

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Matt McAlister

Google’s new Local News offering misses the point entirely. As Chris Tolles points out, Topix.net and others have been doing exactly this for years. Agregating information at the hyperlocal level isn’t just about geotagging information sources. Chris explains why they … Continue reading →

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