Location-based Services or LBS is predicted to be the next big thing in mobile applications. The new Google Android mobile platform support it as well as the new iPhone. There’s no telling what new GPS-based mashups we are likely to see.
Location-based Services or LBS is predicted to be the next big thing in mobile applications. The new Google Android mobile platform support it as well as the new iPhone. There’s no telling what new GPS-based mashups we are likely to see.
OpenSocial Is Open for Business
Here’s a good article that gives you an overview of the new OpenSocial standard from Google. Eventually, developers should be able to write applications that access social network connections of users from multiple social networking websites. Noticeably missing from the list is Facebook at this point in time.
Location-based computing is a new trend in software that let’s you track the location of people or things. New mashups are being created that display the tracked objects on maps while showing information about them or their location from other information sources.
New RFID chips and GPS-enabled cell phones provide the location information. As I am sure you know by now, the new iPhone will have GPS capabilities built in.