IBM unveils new software, services for smartphones
IBM unveils new software, services for smartphones
IBM offers new software for smartphones and unveils mobile services division.
Yahoo unleashes Fire Eagle and a potential privacy nightmare
Yahoo introduced a new open location-based services (LBS) platform called Fire Eagle that helps users publish their current location to the Web, while giving them the ability to control how and where their location data is shared. Geodata are shared with authorized applications on the Internet, mobile and desktop applications. It is easily the best LBS approach we have seen so, and easily the front door to a privacy nightmare scenario for people who do not fully understand the concept of online privacy and its implications.