[Update 4/27 - This posting has generated an unusually vigorous and enlightening discussion in the Comments section. Recommended reading.] The argument, while plausible enough, strikes me as misguided ...

U.S. Senate legislation that would require mobile apps to get permission to check the geolocation of a user is among the bills that make up trade group NetChoice’s latest list of “awful” bills for ...

For the first time, geolocation—the identification of the location of an individual or an object using technology—will see its day in court. The named plaintiff representing the class, Guillermo Mata, ...

Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online traders need to focus tightly on individual customers. One way of doing that is to identify exactly where they are located, says Quocirca's ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has ordered mobile carriers to explain what geolocation data they collect from customers and how they use it. Rosenworcel's probe could ...

Facebook wants to know “What’s on your mind?” Twitter asks “What’s happening?” But that’s getting old already. The burning question for the next wave of social networking is “Where are you?”–and ...

The class action Mata v. Digital Recognition Network is scheduled for jury trial on May 17 and is brought on behalf of 23 million California residents, represented by Chicago firm Edelson. For the ...