Inside information on the business of location
BBC's most-read headline talks about Palm being criticised for tracking users without their consent. In response, Palm said it took users' privacy "seriously" and said it gave phone owners ways to turn features on and off. In its privacy policy, Palm does explain that it will gather location info to help with LBS. However, critics were puzzled as to why it needed to gather so much data and why owners were not told about what it had gathered!
The Location Business Summit USA 2010 Conference and Exhibition USA is your essential guide to monetizing location based services and the key to helping you open the door to a new world of profits.
The Tracking Summit is Europe’s only meeting place for high level tracking service providers and positioning enablers. The conference will focus on profit strategies and technology challenges including indoor and ubiquitous location, privacy, power consumption, MNO location data, elevation and much more!
North America's premier meeting place for senior navigation executives is back for 6th year. This event unites the entire ecosystem, from navigation providers, device makers, map providers and mobile carriers. They’ll be debating the latest trends and monetisation strategies for the navigation industry.
April, 2011 - Amsterdam - days TBC
The Location Business Summit is Europe’s largest Location Based Services conference; last year attracting 200 senior level attendees. The mobile LBS market has really started to accelerate, but companies are still searching for the winning business strategies. The Location Business Summit has been designed to overcome this challenge, and uncover the tactics to help companies generate serious profit.
