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Location-Based Services
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So my IPhone is tracking me?
By Rob Radcliff
It's a little disturbing to think that your smart phone is secretly tracking your whereabouts and hiding the information in some discrete place only a computer scientist can find. …
Litigation & Trial
Why Do Facebook and Google Own Different Patents Over Foursquare?
Over at TechCrunch: Earlier this week, Facebook was granted a broad patent on mobile location-based social networks. It seems to cover everything from members of a social network sharing their…
informed.JD
Facebook, Placebook! Social networking giant enters location wars.
By John DiGilio
In a much anticipated announcement yesterday, social networking powerhouse Facebook fired another shot hear around the world. Make that the online world of "checking in". With the unveiling of Facebook…
Media Law Prof Blog
Telling Your Brother, Not “Big Brother,” Where You Are
From the New York Times, an article on Foursquare, an app that allows individuals to use their cellphones to tell selected others their locations.
informed.JD
Loco for Location-Based Services? Take Our Poll!
By John DiGilio
Location-based services are certainly getting a great deal of buzz these days. From the race to become a "mayor" or "supermayor" on Foursquare to cracking the top-ten visitors to a…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Foursquare and 7 Days Ago: A Business Proposition
By Lisa Salazar
I played with Foursquare over the long Christmas weekend and will continue to do so through out this week. I am determined to unlock its B-2-B potential. For the uninitiated,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Here’s a Smartphone–Now, Let Us Track Your Digital Movements
Technology journalist John Markoff offers this look at how some college students are trading privacy for high-tech goodies, and goes on to explore the legal and societal consequences of the…
The IP Law Blog
Your Cell Phone Is A Homing Beacon -Should The Government Be Allowed To Use It Without Showing Probable Cause?
By Scott Cameron Here's the next step Big Brother is taking toward an Orwellian 1984: Your cellular telephone can pinpoint your location any time it's turned on. That's right. Any…