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Location Based ServicesLocation Based Services InformationFCC Location Based Services Forum - June 28, 2011 Helping Consumers Harness the Potential of Location Based Services The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in consultation with Federal Trade Commission staff held a public education forum featuring representatives of telecommunications carriers, technology companies, consumer advocacy groups and academia on June 28, 2011, exploring how consumers can be both smart and secure when realizing the benefits of location-based services (LBS). Topics included
Location Based NewsThe 2012 International CES featuring the Location Based Services TechZone, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, will be held January 10-13, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Location Based Services TechZone is the premier location for providers of current location-based custom technologies in both portable and in-car navigation devices. ------------------------------- Poynt has taken its location-based service to the next level by teaming up with MCSC (Missing Children Society of Canada) to provide search alerts to users in a particular area when a child goes missing. Like many LBS apps, Poynt’s bread-and-butter is its ability to provide location-specific information about businesses, events, restaurants, weather, etc., at the moment a consumer needs it. The company’s new partnership with MCSC will harness the same technology in the form of a geotargeted notification system meant to help recover missing children. ------------------------------- Pew Internet released a Location Based Services survey finding that more than a quarter of all American adults—28%—use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. 28% of cell owners use phones to get directions or recommendations based on their current location—that works out to 23% of all adults. A much smaller number (5% of cell owners, equaling 4% of all adults) use their phones to check in to locations using geosocial services such as Foursquare or Gowalla. 9% of internet users set up social media services such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn so that their location is automatically included in their posts on those services. That works out to 7% of all adults. -------------------------------
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