A team led by computer scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has built on one of the strange principles of quantum mechanics to develop an "unconditionally secure" cryptographic method based on location rather than the pre-sharing of cryptographic keys.

Researchers at the University of Amherst have developed a way to use location-based services (LBS) to help rescue animals affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Coming back from the rather buzzy Location Business Summit Europe 2010 (i.e. MetaPlaces) a few things were clear to me: operators haven't yet written down their location strategies, LBA is a reality the agencies are now very interested in, and everybody thinks it's a great idea to build their own location database.

In fact, Wi-Fi sniffing is spreading among young startup, Google was first to overdose on the stuff...

QderoPateo, the pioneer of articulated naturality (AN) technology, has launched its Worldlenns app which includes another mobile breakthrough - the proprietary feature of Space Tagging.

Followers of this year's JPMorgan Round the Island yacht race will be able to track the progress of the competitors in real time, thanks to a GPS tracking system developed by Next Generation Results.

While game-based mobile social networks continue to grab attention with their focus on urban glitz, glamour and night life, the more restrained game of geocaching is quietly building up a much bigger following of its own.

Only days after the talk started about Facebook adding location-awareness, Twitter has added geo-location features to its Tweeting network.

The Nixle location-based service (LBS) for community messaging has succeeded so well in the United States that the company is planning to launch internationally.

Intersec Group, a French provider of new-generation telecommunications software for mobile and integrated operators, has released Geolocator IGLOO Version 1.1, a location-based services (LBS) enabler.

Within three days of its launch last week, Google Buzz had generated 9 million posts and comments, proving its instant popularity as a location-aware social network updater and integrator for use with Google Mail.