Have you ever been out in public and wondered if someone you knew was nearby? Well, there’s now an app for that. A group of “ambient awareness apps” were spotlighted during the SXSW Interactive ...

No-one can suggest those behind the wealth of location-based service apps don't have ambition. While Foursquare has been signing deals with every major company under the sun, Booyah's MyTown has seen ...

There's no doubt the majority of location-based apps will have breathed a collective sigh of relief following last week's revelations regarding Facebook's planned and apparently imminent Places tab.

Despite all the buzz surrounding Foursquare, Gowalla and other location-aware apps that let you "check in" at your favorite restaurants and stores, only about 4 percent of online adults say they ever ...

While some in the retail industry are still skeptical about the potential of location-based apps, it is getting harder to ignore the growth and buzz on companies like Foursquare, Gowalla, Shopkick and ...

But for all the attention and money these apps and websites are getting, adoption has been largely confined to pockets of young, technically adept urbanites. Just 4 percent of Americans have tried ...