ACM Interactions

Authors:
Elizabeth Churchill

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Location, location, location. It's the new thing. Well, at least for the interactive-technology industry; for real estate agents it has never been about anything else. Location-aware devices and applications that filter and deliver content based on physical location are all the rage right now. You can get a map with a "you are here" marker, or reviews for nearby restaurants, or notices about traffic bottlenecks up ahead, or bus times based on proximate stop(s). And this is my favorite: a nap alarm that's triggered by a specific stop on a commuter train. You can blast your location to some…

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