Author Archives: Marc

In January it was Apple (rumors that TechCrunch bunked one day and debunked the next). A week ago it was Facebook Today it’s Google. Would one of you guys just buy Waze and get it over with?  Here I am … Continue reading →

Waze is back in the acquisition rumor mill.  In January, it was a rumor about Apple (propagated and debunked on successive days by TechCrunch).  Today, the rumored buyer is Facebook.  The one constant seems to be the price:  $1B. Not sure if … Continue reading →

A week ago, I joined the pantheon of geo-dignitaries who have talked with James Fee (the very active @cageyjames on Twitter) of Spatially Adjusted on Hangouts with James Fee. We talked about a bunch of topics:  WiFiSlam and Apple’s plans for … Continue reading →

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has bought WiFiSlam, the indoor location  company for $20M and will now presumably be working to allow Apple iOS devices to self-locate indoors to within 2.5M accuracy in real-time.  Indoor location has been … Continue reading →

Back for a 3 minute segment on Bloomberg West today.  This time, the rumored Facebook location tracking application prompted a discussion about location tracking or “persistent location”  applications.  I’ve written on this before and this, along with more personalization of … Continue reading →

I seem to be getting the 15 minutes of fame that Andy Worhol promised me in many short bursts.  I did an interview on Bloomberg West with Cory Johnson about Google’s announcement of a partnership with Hyundai. Here’s the link if you’re … Continue reading →

Well, not really, but I had 10 minutes to intro the Mobile-Loco show in December 2012 and this what was I decided to say about the industry.  You can skip the first 3 minutes where some guy is pitching his … Continue reading →

Mike Dobson’s blog this week on the Apple Map’s launch has become the gold standard for solid technical analysis of the issues there.  It’s great to see so many folks picking up on it (here, here, and here among many … Continue reading →

Management genius Peter Drucker wisely observed that 90% of the disagreements in life arise from a failure to agree on what the disagreement is about.  I’ve been reminded of that comment this week in the aftermath of the problematic launch … Continue reading →

Man, tough welcome to the mapping world for the newly launched Apple Maps.  There’s been a ton of commentary from all quarters, some insightful, some less so.  I debated chiming in, partly because so much has already been said and partly … Continue reading →