Researchers have released a tool that lets anyone track the whereabouts of Twitter and Instagram users who allow geotagging of their posts. They want social media users to be aware that geotagging exists and what kind of information it provides.…
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Your tweets, turned into mountain ranges
Twitter has turned its database of geotagged tweets into an interactive tool that gives topgraphical views of major cities based on tweet volume.…
Read MoreWith Rama, iPhone becomes tour guide to the past
Apps for uploading geo-tagged historical photos to a map is a popular idea right now, using the ubiquity of mobile devices to teach people about how the world around them looked in the past. Rama is similar, but with curated historical narrative, and a business model.…
Read MoreAdding GPS info to iPhoto with myTracks
Keeping track of where you've taken photos is not as easy as you might think. Your iPhone automatically geotags images, but most digital cameras aren't GPS enabled. You can manually add the data, but there's a better way to do it automatically in batches.…
Read MoreWhy Color Is More Than “Yet Another Photo-Sharing App”
Much of last week’s buzz surrounding the launch of Color was justifiably skeptical about whether the world really needs another mobile photo-sharing app. But two components of Color’s vision – implicit networks and place/time tagging – extend far beyond photo-sharing, and make Color worth watching as a potential indicator of social media and data-mining trends.…
Read MoreWeekly App Store Picks: September 26, 2009
As another week draws to a close, the App Store expands even further with a torrent of new toys and tools. As…
Read MoreExclusive Eye-Fi Geo Card Comes to Apple Stores
I’ve always been tempted to try out an Eye-Fi SD flash memory card, which allows you to wirelessly upload photos directly from…
Read MoreiPhoto ’09: Face Detection, Place Detection, and Amazing Slideshows
When highlighting the new updates to iLife ’09 today, Phil Schiller probably spent the most time highlighting the new features in iPhoto.…
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