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Why privacy settings can't keep your location secret

Phone carriers can sell location data to third parties, and you can't opt out.
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Everybody wants to know where you are

May 10, 2011
As the Senate gathers today to hear from Apple and Google about their location data collection practices, the Wall Street Journal explores all the...

Apple iPhone tracking news has Republicans calling for more regulation

Apr 26, 2011
After reports last week that Apple's iPhones and 3G iPads have been tracking users' movements and storing that data, there's been some letters...

Foursquare competitor Booyah raises 20 mil in VC funding

May 17, 2010
Tech Crunch reports on Booyah raking in money as the location wars heat up. Booyah makes an app called MyTown which is growing rapidly. The...