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Location-aware devices hold promise for learning (simple things like walking past an old building and being able to see – on your phone – images of the building as it was being constructed, notable events, a history of ownership, even real estate listings for similar buildings). Location awareness comes with a privacy issues. Most of us have been gently lulled into a gentle complacent demeanor on privacy issues – we need one of those “big incidents” to focus our awareness on what we are revealing in our blogging, networking and tweeting.
How big are GPS and location-awareness technologies going to be? A few thoughts:
Location-based dating
Inside the GPS Revolution: 10 Applications That Make the Most of Location: “Inside the GPS revolution it’s more than maps and driving directions: location-aware phones and apps now deliver the hidden information that lets users make connections and interact with the world in ways they never imagined. The future is here and it’s in your pocket.”
I am here: “The location-aware future—good, bad, and sleazy—is here. Thanks to the iPhone 3G and, to a lesser extent, Google’s Android phone, millions of people are now walking around with a gizmo in their pocket that not only knows where they are but also plugs into the Internet to share that info, merge it with online databases, and find out what—and who—is in the immediate vicinity…Simply put, location changes everything. This one input—our coordinates—has the potential to change all the outputs.”