Tag: LOCATION-BASED

Share One of Chatroulette's most enticing features is its anonymity. The user who would be otherwise reticent to appear on a webcam for a stranger -- in any stage of dress -- has been emboldened by the fact that he and his partner have no idea who the other is. This is also one of the main reasons that so many disembodied genitals tend to appear on any given Chatroulette session; with no ...

Like moths drawn to a flame, the titans of the social networking world have all begun implementing various location-based features into their platforms. Now, following the recent news of Facebook's upcoming location-based status updates, Twitter has officially thrown its hat in the ring by allowing users to "Tweet With Your Location." While developers have long been able to tweet their ...

Share Facebook is taking a break from the constant, user-infuriating redesigns to add an honest-to-goodness new feature -- location updates (which will probably be user-infuriating, anyway). Location awareness is all the rage for social networks as GPS has become a standard feature on most smartphones. Twitter, Google Buzz, Google Latitude, and Foursquare have all tightly interwoven these ...

As we've noted before, tracking devices powered by GPS are becoming increasingly ubiquitous these days. GPS-equipped phones have recently made headlines for such disparate reasons as aiding police and enabling stalkers. While many of us are a little weirded out by the increasing prevalence of these devices, a recent story in the Telegraph demonstrates that some folks are quite comfortable with ...

Used to be, homing devices were the domain of James Bond and similar ilk. No more: In fact, chances are, you're carrying a GPS-enabled tracking device in your pocket. For at least two years, cell phones have been the largest application of GPS chips, and now, finally, we can use them to do our own sleuthing -- even if it's to find the nearest watering hole. ...