Every device that touches the internet leaves tiny digital breadcrumbs behind. Chief among them is the IP address, a string of numbers that acts like the mailing label of your connection. With a ...

The social media platform changed its privacy policy last month, inviting users to allow it to track their specific location.

Facebook wants to know “What’s on your mind?” Twitter asks “What’s happening?” But that’s getting old already. The burning question for the next wave of social networking is “Where are you?”–and ...

In today's digital landscape, where transactions occur instantaneously, ensuring security has become a top priority for businesses. One innovative method gaining momentum in fraud detection is the use ...

Steven Cook is founder of Fortune CMO, a consulting firm. Miten Sampat is VP of product strategy at Quova, a unit of Neustar. The seeming ubiquity of e-commerce - the ability to buy anything, from ...

Your exact location is a tidbit of information that can infringe on your privacy. Knowing your location all the time can help someone map your life. Were you at the pool hall during working hours? Did ...

Smartphones, websites, and other connected devices (e.g., “wearables”) increasingly request that consumers provide their geo-location information. Geolocation information can refer to general ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, telecommunications companies have become providers of necessary services for personal, organizational, and business purposes. For these companies to provide ...

Twitter is jumping on the geolocation bandwagon, with plans to let users geocode their posts and make the information accessible both on the main Twitter site and through external applications.

No audio available for this content. The surveyor has been known throughout history for many things: part expert measurer, part historian, part lawyer and part geographer. These attributes have led ...