"The force of mapping was punctuated this month when Uber, the juggernaut taxi service, acquired long-time mapping and navigation company deCarta. Uber and its competitor, Lyft, redefined taxi service with a smartphone app that connects users and drivers."
Read the full story on GPS World:
http://gpsworld.com/uber-today-decarta-tomorrow-the-uber-taxi/
Ontario’s expanded online casino and sports betting industry launches in less than three weeks. When it does, provincial bettors will have a nearly unlimited choice of available brands—an embarrassment of riches, really.
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There is no doubt that legal Sports Betting is big business. The NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB have opened up official and 3rd party partnerships to offer legal Sports Betting.
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The US has a long and complicated history with online casino gaming. The growth of online casinos is due to the power of the internet & attitudes towards gambling. Learn how location affects the gaming industry.
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The popularity of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) is growing significantly across the United States as currently, 43 of 50 states have legalized Daily Fantasy Sports
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The United States has a long and complicated history with online casino gaming. The growth of online casinos is due to the power of the internet & America’s changing attitudes towards gambling
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The online gaming industry is set to grow to a $300 Billion global industry by 2025. To get their piece of the pie, platform operators must successfully navigate a sea of federal and state regulations for gaming geolocation compliance.
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Lottery Courier Services allow players to purchase tickets through a 3rd party, from the internet. How does location and these new gaming platforms interact? Read more here
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Dave Bontempo of Global Gaming Business Magazine and LocationSmart CEO, Mario Proietti, talk about LocationSmart’s history and entry into geolocation services for gambling and lottery. Read the discussion here…
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Now more than ever, Mobile Gaming Operators observe jurisdiction and conduct identity verification, prior to gameplay. LocationSmart offers a comprehensive, secure real-time API to enable geolocation & identity validation for Mobile Gaming Operators.
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Online gaming regulation is evolving at the federal level, but states are driving the market by making their own rules. New Jersey is a trailblazer in terms of Mobile Gaming legislation. Learn how the state of New Jersey enabled gaming operators and how it works today - years after the repeal of PASPA.
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Knowledge of where all of these devices are and what other devices they are communicating with is critical for many business functions for visibility and management of their operations.
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Global Site ID (GSID)services are available for over 200 countries and enable any GSM, Wi-Fi, LTE, CDMA or WCDMA device capable of reporting visible cell site or access point details to be located around the world, even while roaming. Read this blog to learn more about the merits of this technology.
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IP geolocation information assists business with compliance, transaction verification, identity and card-not-present fraud detection, geo-targeted advertising and much more. Read this blog to learn how it could benefit your business.
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Businesses have deployed chatbots and text-based solutions to assist with customer service, ordering products, making payments and more. Many of these businesses are also embracing location-based services to better understand these complex interactions and to satisfy customer inquiries.
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Mobile network location enables businesses to locate assets, connect with workers, verify transactions and much more. This blog provides a few of the many benefits of embracing this technology to assist with your core business needs.
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Same-day shipping, omnichannel experiences, new technologies, the ELD mandate and more have created a gauntlet for the transportation industry. Luckily, location-based services offer low-friction ways to optimize load tracking, achieve total visibility and grow your business in these complex times.
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There is a spirited ongoing debate over privacy concerns as new technologies emerge and seep into our lives. Location data privacy is inspiring heated discussions and this blog post explores the topic along with LocationSmart’s commitment to user privacy.
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Mobile devices revolutionized the world and the contact center industry was among the first embrace these new technologies. This blog post reviews how location-based services can help improve agent productivity and enhance customer confidence in today’s mobile-first environment.
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Online gaming or iGaming is one of the most profitable industries on the internet but it is still tightly regulated. Geolocation helps iGaming operators comply with local and state laws while also satisfying the needs of customers. Read this blog to learn more.
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“Time is money” but “context” is the currency exchange rate. Location-based services provide valuable contextual information for roadside assistance, logistics and supply chain industries. Read this blog to learn how location helps streamline processes and deliver ROI.
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The rise of mobile workforces is one of the many benefits of living in today’s connected world but there are also new challenges with worker visibility. Read this blog to learn how location-based services can enhance your current approach to mobile workforce management.
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Technology has always influenced the winter holiday season and the combination of mobile device and location-based technologies have revolutionized the ways we shop and travel. This blog post explores how the holidays are powered by location-based services.
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Geolocation technologies are critical for a variety of industries from logistics and tracking to transaction verification and emergency services. In this blog post, we will outline two common examples of how geolocation can be the hero and not the villain.
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Location-based services could benefit your business in a number of different ways. This blog post educates on a few of the most common reasons enterprises adopt location technologies to assist with transaction verification, asset tracking, optimizing efficiencies and more.
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Consumers spend an average of 4.7 hours per day on their mobile devices and they are constantly on-the-go. Financial organizations need to be available wherever their customers are and many are using geofencing services to bridge this gap. Read this blog to learn more.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is upon us and it’s time to embrace the new technologies. In this blog, we will discuss how location data is helping businesses to facilitate communication between humans and machines and how to cash in on the benefits of the IoT.
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In this second installment of “Top Location Based Mobile Marketing Questions” we are diving a little deeper into specifics associated with the short message service (SMS) or text messaging capabilities. This technology has a number of different applications but our focus will be on proximity marketing for retailers.
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By 2020, Gartner predicts that 85 percent of a customer’s relationship with an enterprise will not involve human interaction so contact centers must be optimized. This blog post highlights five ways location technologies can help contact centers adjust to the changes in the way we communicate.
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Last year, mobile devices finally surpassed traditional desktops as the preferred method to browse the internet. This offers new opportunities for businesses to embrace location-based mobile marketing strategies to accommodate customers’ new on-the-go lifestyles. Read this blog post to learn more.
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Daily mobile device usage is continuing to grow with Americans spending nearly five hours each day on their phone, tablet or other device. In fact, 11 percent of people reading this article will likely check their phone before reaching the final sentence according to a Gallup Panel survey.
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