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Using the Cloud to Get Around Location Restrictions and other LBS News

Tuesday, September 11th 2012
By Adena Schutzberg

Cloudnymous is a "cloud-based VPN service offers "true" anonymity and protection of the user's data through strong encryption protocols, according to the firm -- and may be of particular interest to those trying to circumvent location-based restrictions online."

ZDNet

GreenStack, Inc., a mobile application company that makes saving money fun and easy, today unveiled greenstack – a free, location-based savings app for the iPhone that unlocks the next generation of discount redemption: deal stacking.

The app’s initial focus is on dining in the San Francisco region but will soon expand nationally, and provide shopping and entertainment savings opportunties as well.

Marketplace First - ‘Stacking’ GreenStack’s patent-pending technology brings ‘stacking’ to the deals marketplace – so that a variety of coupons, sales, and loyalty or membership benefits can now be instantly combined and redeemed on-the-spot. The app’s ‘Staculator’ feature frees consumers from the drudgery and chaos of tracking various offers and benefits on their own, while elegantly displaying multiple ways to save.

This would be another indication the whole deals thing has gone too far.

- press release

Swarm is a new service that

tracks in-store customers via their smartphones--and saves money for both retailers and users. Instead of utilizing tracking features inside iOS and Android apps, Swarm uses in-store Wi-Fi services to offer customers coupons, spot (and offer discounts to) customers who pricecheck items on Amazon, and to track Internet activity and in-store movements.

- Fast Company

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