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What is geofencing?

Geofencing is when someone (whether it's you, a company, or something else) uses GPS to establish invisible, virtual ...
If you search through your smart home app or feature list, you'll often run into the word "geofencing" or something like automatic home/away settings. That signals a powerful, useful feature that far ...
In 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin by fewer than 23,000 votes. This time, a group that favors Trump is trying to ensure a repeat victory. And it's using something called ...
Maria is a marketing communications manager at Plot Projects. If you can replace any word by an emoji, she's done it already. Plot Projects helps digital marketing professionals to easily integrate ...
From opening your garage door as you drive up to arming your security system when you leave, a geofence can make your smart home work like magic.
The National Safety Council (NSC) has just released a white paper on the benefits of location geofencing technology in an effort to mitigate serious incidents and fatalities. According to a recent ...
Carol McDaniel has a perennial challenge: Attracting highly specialized acute-care certified neonatal nurse practitioners to come work for Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.
McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A’s apps are now using location tracking to give the kitchen time to start preparing your order when you’re getting close to the restaurant. The apps take advantage of ...
An anti-abortion group in Wisconsin used geofencing to target patients at Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health clinics with ads promoting bogus “abortion reversal,” according to a ...