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Welcome to episode #229. On the show: xAd launches Global Blueprints; MedNav tries to be the OpenTable for medical appointments; Coke Zero and Carlsberg pour out from a billboard; Sponda uses RFID to add location to malls; Freckle IOT partners with BlueBite; ShopperTrak partners with Shopkick; Patagonia will fix your torn clothes; StudioTime tries to be the AirBnB of recording studios and Delta tries not to kill your animals. Our special guest is Christophe Remillet of OneVisage. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #228. On the show: Pac-man Easter egg from Google; Amazon's Dash button; MasterCard partners with KIIP; Adobe partners with Vibes Media; The National Baseball Hall of Fame brings history alive; London's underground helps the visually impaired; AirBites - the AirBnB for home-cooked meals; Tworlds shows is the grass is greener over there; KeepTrax raises a modest $1M. Special guest is Kevin Hunter, COO of Gimbal. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #227. On the show: Message on a Medea bottle; Audi's steam-powered billboard; Co-working in your best friend's mom's basement; Revmetrixs brings all your data together; Plenti rewards loyalty; Five Boros Chocolate map packaging; Oreo's solar eclipse; E-lance for dog walkers; TransitScreen does what it's name says; Pivot brings the past to life. Our special guest is Alan Wizemann – VP of Product – Target. Our deep dive is on local services 2.0. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #226. On the show: Spayce App; Cold Savings from Mark's Work Wearhouse; Ambygear smart watch for kids; Glympse for cars; Pay with a smile from Alibaba; Ocean Outdoor partners to help bring awareness to spousal abuse; Tag Heuer says they want to launch a smart watch (but Rob doesn't believe them); Virtual Beacons from SmartFocus (and Asif doesn't believe them); OneVisage's SelfieLogin (really); Popeye's Red Stick Staredown. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #225. This episode was recorded the morning after RetailLoco at SXSW in Austin - the twice annual Location Based Marketing conference. Asif and Rob highlight some of the key points that emerged from the conference as well as offer their take on what this means to businesses - both retail and technology. The episode also features video vignettes from some of the delegates and speakers about their take on the event and the industry. Live from SXSW, it's RetailLoco

Welcome to episode #224. We live-streamed on Meerkat so you don't have to wait for the actual edited version...On the show: Uber acquired deCarta; Subway Canada partners with Turnstyle; Amazon will print your product on delivery; Vistarmedia partners with Instantly; PayPal buys Paydiant; Roadie and Waffle House team on deliveries; AdShel drops 3000 beacons across Australia; Facesin lets you stalk your sales targets; Visa, Accenture and Pizza Hut team to order pizza from your car; Magic lets you order anything from SMS + Chuck Martin explains what went wrong with Softcard and we dive into the expectations about our real-time economy. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #223. On the show: Subscribe to the Cow & Quince; Drones in LA scraping cell signals; Johnnie Walker's smart label from Thinfilm; Domino's knows...what your tummy is telling you; Beam Wallet brings beacon-based payments to the UAE; Google Wallet to roll out on all carriers - thanks to Softcard acquisition; Edible wearables from Dole; Heather Shaw's Circuitry of Life; AT&T sells you your privacy; Gyroscope Innovations vies for being your life's dashboard. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #222. On the show: Beijing Municipal Administration launching wearable transit passes; Samsung buys LoopPay; Smartstones touch; Branch Out launches digital detox movement; Skoda uses augmented reality to sell cars; Travel by helicopter with Gotham Air; Urgent.ly trying to be the Uber for tow trucks; FCC adopts new rules for indoor location accuracy for 911 calls; Word Map brings language origin; Mattel and Google are bringing back the Viewmaster. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #221. On the show: ScreenPop adds messages to your lock screen; Knorr soup beacons you; ESRI launches ArcGIS Open Data website; Rockbot Anthem; Guidekick; Fans on Foot. Chuck Martin stops by to discuss Groupon getting into beacons and our special guest is RJ Talyor of Geofeedia. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #220. On the show: Indoo.rs partners with KLM; Factual and Metadata partner; Capital Radio + Outdoor Plus bring music to billboards in real time; Alibaba tests drone delivery; Wheely's Cafe sells modern coffee carts; Carlsberg BarBandit tap lottery; Starbucks + Match.com = Valentine's date; Sportsman Tracker is funded; Yahoo! + Flickr = Wetter; TripAdvisor buys ZeTrip; PayPal invests in Pulsate. Special guest Loren Hillberg of Thinknear on their latest Location Score Index results. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #219. On the show: Samsung moves into mobile payments; Adobe's Target and Campaign services; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act; Drones for Good; Maponics Communities; Unacast & TCS partner; Merrell moves into virtual reality; American Express + HUSH; Facebook Place Tips; Dallas Mavericks partner with Tixsee + Adarsh Pallian of Trippeo Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #218. On the show: Microsoft HoloLens and Inconspicuous Mode; ShopX gives away 1 million beacons for free; SpaceBillboard; Bud Light's beer delivery app; Google Translate in real time; Sense360 launches and raises $2.5 million; Bluebite partners with Lamar to make LaBite; Skin & Bones from the Smithsonian; Is Google buying SoftCard?; Shazam can beacon now. Our special guest is Eli Portnoy of Sense360. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #217. On the show: Panasonic reinvents the retail shelf; the Locr platform; Moovit closes $50m to help public transportation; Snapchat for business?; Deehubs makes us all vandals; Softcard deflating?; Uber Cargo launches in Hong Kong; RetailNext and StepsAway; Path Talk pretty; Je Suis Charlie app. Our special guest is Jonathan Berlin of Iconeme. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #216. On the show: WiFi Aware; The RealTalk app; GM's At Your Service; TapSense for Apple Watch; Robots invade Lowe's; Jawbone wants corporations to move more; VoucherPages launches an app; Yummly + Instacart = 1 hour ingredient delivery; Skyhook partners with FiLIP Technologies; Piste.io 3D maps of ski hills. Our guest this week is Woycjech Gryc, founder of Canopy Labs Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #215. On the show: Danish sensors; PlaceIQ + Starcom partner on SMGMaps; VIPLocum; TempleRun in virtual reality; LuceX3 builds your conscience into a vending machine; SiriusXM targets the connected car; Red/Green app helps plan your social life; Cicret bracelet moves the screen to your skin; Favoire supports social good; Ubudu powers bluetooth mesh network. Plus, the killer app for virtual reality & why beacon data is hard to quantify. Full show notes can be found here.