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  2. Crowdsourcing - Wikipedia

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    The term crowdsourcing was coined in 2006 by two editors ... Israel), a community-oriented GPS app, ... road information and route data based on location, ...

  3. Digital divide - Wikipedia

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    The digital divide is the unequal access to digital technology, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and the internet. [1][2] The digital divide worsens inequality around access to information and resources. In the Information Age, people without access to the Internet and other technology are at a disadvantage, for they are unable or less ...

  4. Location-based advertising - Wikipedia

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    Location-based advertising ( LBA) is a form of advertising that integrates mobile advertising with location-based services. The technology is used to pinpoint consumers location and provide location-specific advertisements on their mobile devices . According to Bruner and Kumar, "LBA refers to marketer -controlled information specially tailored ...

  5. Internet of things - Wikipedia

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    According to Lonergan, the term IoT was coined before smart phones, tablets, and devices as we know them today existed, and there is a long list of terms with varying degrees of overlap and technological convergence: Internet of things, Internet of everything (IoE), Internet of goods (supply chain), industrial Internet, pervasive computing ...

  6. Location-based service - Wikipedia

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    Location-based service (LBS) is a general term denoting software services which use geographic data and information to provide services or information to users. [1] LBS can be used in a variety of contexts, such as health, indoor object search, [2] entertainment, [3] work, personal life, etc. [4] Commonly used examples of location-based services include navigation software, social networking ...

  7. Mobile commerce - Wikipedia

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    The location of the mobile phone user is an important piece of information used during mobile commerce or m-commerce transactions. Knowing the location of the user allows for location-based services such as: Local discount offers; Local weather; Tracking and monitoring of people; Data-driven mashups targeting at a hyper-local level

  8. Raphael Lemkin - Wikipedia

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    Raphael Lemkin (Polish: RafaƂ Lemkin; 24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is known for coining the term genocide and campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention.

  9. Software as a service - Wikipedia

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    Software as a service. Software as a service (SaaS / sæs / [1]) is a form of cloud computing in which the provider offers the use of application software to a client and manages all the physical and software resources used by the application. [2] The distinguishing feature of SaaS compared to other software delivery models is that it separates ...