Google debuts its Find My Device network in the US and Canada, initially for lost Android phones and tablets; third-party tracker tag support is coming in May
here's what it does Thom Holwerda / OSnews : Google launches new Find My Device network on Android Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Google Launches Find My Device in U.S. and Canada Sergiu Gatlan / Bleeping...
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which shows screenshots of some features
Amanda Silberling: — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor … PC Gamer : With Elon Musk's Twitter in chaos Mark Zuckerberg sees his chance: Meta's Threads launches Oli Welsh / Polygon : Instagram to...
After the draft ruling reversing Roe, location data company Tapestri says two companies asked to buy device data revealing users who visited abortion clinics
Myriad state restrictions on accessing or performing abortions prompt some companies to pledge not to share sensitive mobile-phone data Tweets: @drpanmd , @nai , @elastigirlvotes , @patiencehaggin , @...
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history
but don't relax just yet David Lumb / CNET : Google Will Auto-Delete Your Location Data After Visits to Abortion Clinics Chris Smith / BGR : Google will auto-delete abortion clinic visits from locatio...
Sources: Life360, a family safety app with 33M users, has sold users' precise location since 2016 and is one of the location data broker industry's top sources
family safety app Life360. Life360 sells location data from its 33 million users to about a dozen data brokers, including X-Mode, Safegraph, and Cuebiq. https://themarkup.org/... Wolfie Christl / @wol...
Location data analytics startup Placer.ai raises $50M Series B led by Josh Buckley, the CEO of Product Hunt
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Location data platform Factual, which provides data to Google, Facebook, Apple, and others, raises $42M, bringing total raised to $104M
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Hands-on with the iOS 12 Shortcuts beta: the ability to hook into system events is a big upgrade, but it is otherwise similar to the original Workflow app
Peter Cao / 9to5Mac : Tweets: @davemark , @viticci , @viticci , @viticci , @stroughtonsmith , @stroughtonsmith , @stroughtonsmith , @stroughtonsmith , @viticci , @viticci , @lorenzolade , and @livbem...
Updated Google app for Android lets you locate and ring your device by typing “find my phone” into Google search box on desktop
you've searched under your car seat … Lisa Vaas / Naked Security : Lost your Android? Now you can Google it! Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Lost Your Phone? Google Search ‘Find My Phone’ To Loca...
Foursquare launches Pinpoint, an ad platform that uses Foursquare's location data for targeting across mobile devices and web
THE PLACES YOU GO ARE THE BEST INDICATOR … Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal : Foursquare Launches New Location-Based Ad Offering Justin Lafferty / SocialTimes : Foursquare Launches Pinpoint: Cross-...