Geofencing Patent Awarded to Where Inc.
Where Inc., the location-based service and media company with a handful of mobile apps for smartphones, has been awarded a broad patent for geofencing technology. Patent number 7,848,765 has been more than five years in the making…
Google Reaches Deal With France's Biggest Publisher
Following a significant period of inactivity (brought on by outright hostility), Google Books has made a breakthrough. France’s largest publisher has agreed to an arrangement that’ll allow Google Books to scan many of its out-of-print works. The last time we heard about Hachette Livre and Google was probably when Hachette objected to the Google Books […]