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* All * Company * Product * Engineering * Customers * Industry Subscribe Changelog JUNE AND JULY 2022 CHANGELOG by Matthew Isabel on August 17, 2022 Check out the latest updates from this summer: place matching, updated Radar Toolkit app, dwell events, and more! Read More Company INTRODUCING A NEW WAY TO ENRICH ANALYTICS WITH SEGMENT AND RADAR by Brett Guenther on August 3, 2022 We’re excited to announce a new way to use Radar and Segment that will add additional layers of context to customer insights and actionable data. Read More Product PLACE MATCHING: A MORE ACCURATE WAY TO MANAGE POI DATA by Jay Sani on July 28, 2022 Radar’s new place matching feature makes it easier for brick & mortar and digital-first businesses to ensure that their geofencing data is accurate and up-to-date. Read More Engineering HOW BUSINESSES USE BEACONS TO POWER LOCATION-BASED EXPERIENCES by Sam Fader on June 29, 2022 Bluetooth beacons are a powerful tool for delivering location-based experiences. In this blog, we will cover the basics about beacons, permissions requesting, and common use cases. Read More Changelog MAY 2022 CHANGELOG by Matthew Isabel on June 15, 2022 Check out the latest updates from May: Automatic geofence polygon detection, a new integration with Attentive, and event querying improvements. Read More Industry BUILD VS. BUY: GEOFENCING AND LOCATION INFRASTRUCTURE by Brett Guenther on May 18, 2022 Explore the differences between building and buying geofencing and location infrastructure to help determine which is right for your business. Read More Changelog APRIL 2022 CHANGELOG by Matthew Isabel on May 9, 2022 Check out the latest updates from April: new event querying and visualizations, remote SDK configuration, and address support in import. Read More Industry WEBINAR: HOW TO DRIVE ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SMS FROM ATTENTIVE, BOUNTEOUS+HATHWAY, AND RADAR by Jessie Chen on May 6, 2022 Radar's CEO and Co-Founder, Nick Patrick, joined partners at Attentive and Bounteous+Hathway for an interactive webinar to discuss a range of topics from cultivating an audience of customers that opt-in to executing on an omnichannel strategy. Read More Product ANNOUNCING REMOTE CONFIGURATION FOR THE RADAR SDK by Tim Julien on April 22, 2022 These enhancements make Radar the easiest way to remotely control the configuration of the Radar SDK. Read More Company HARNESSING LOCATION ANALYTICS FOR DECISION MAKING WITH RADAR AND AMAZON S3 by Tim Julien on April 20, 2022 Radar is now integrated with Amazon S3 to make getting insights from location data even easier for data scientists and analysts. Read More Company VENTUREFIZZ INTERVIEW: SALES AT RADAR WITH RYAN GATES by Radar Team on April 14, 2022 Ryan Gates, Radar's VP of Sales was recently interviewed on VentureFizz. Watch the video to learn more about Radar, our sales team, and the interview process. Read More Changelog MARCH 2022 CHANGELOG by Matthew Isabel on April 7, 2022 Check out the latest updates from March: refreshed import experiences, new views and visuals for your Radar locations data, and integrate with Amazon Web Services S3. Read More Industry BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LOCATION-BASED APP EXPERIENCES by Sam Fader on March 31, 2022 Building an app of which location is a core component is complicated as well. You have a lot to think about: user experience, a permissioning flow, and the value that location access will bring your users. Read More Industry 3 RESTAURANT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FROM MURTEC 2022 by Jessie Chen on March 18, 2022 During MURTEC, we heard from marketing, technology, and operations professionals about new developments in the space and how location data can help restaurant brands increase customer satisfaction and engagement, operational efficiencies, and revenue. Read More Company VENTUREFIZZ INTERVIEW: NICK PATRICK ON RADAR'S VISION, GROWTH, AND CULTURE by Radar Team on March 16, 2022 Our CEO and Co-Founder Nick Patrick was featured on the VentureFizz CxO briefing to chat with VentureFizz’s founder Keith Cline about Radar’s privacy-first geofencing platform, the company’s history, and new growth opportunities for 2022 and beyond. Read More Company HOW RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS ARE POWERING SEAMLESS EXPERIENCES WITH RADAR AND AMPLITUDE by Radar Team on March 14, 2022 We recently released a video with Amplitude exploring some of the ways that retail and restaurant brands can drive customer retention and revenue by investing in improving the customer experience. Read More Company RADAR AND HATHWAY PARTNER TO POWER BEST-IN-CLASS PICKUP EXPERIENCES FOR QSR AND C-STORE BRANDS by Guest Post on March 10, 2022 The past two years have dramatically changed the way that all brands, across industries, leverage app-based experiences to engage with their customers. Now more than ever, it's critical for companies to meet their customers wherever they are. Read More Company RADAR AND OLO LAUNCH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO REDUCE WAIT TIME FOR ORDER-AHEAD AND PICKUP FOR LEADING QSRS by Al Harnisch on March 4, 2022 By combining strengths to create a turnkey integration for order firing, Radar and Olo equip restaurant teams with industry-leading tools to drive remarkable experiences, customer loyalty, and revenue. Read More Company RADAR RAISES $55 MILLION SERIES C LED BY INSIGHT PARTNERS by Nick Patrick on February 8, 2022 We've raised a $55 million Series C led by Insight Partners to build location infrastructure for every product and service. Read More Company RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW DOMAIN NAME: RADAR.COM by Nick Patrick on December 13, 2021 Our vision is location infrastructure for every product and service, and a big vision means making big bets. Today, we're transitioning from radar.io to radar.com. Read More Industry WEBINAR: THE DRIVE-THRU HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING by Radar Team on November 11, 2021 Our CEO Nick Patrick recently sat down with experts in the restaurant industry to discuss how the drive-thru and off-premise dining has paved the way for the restaurant of the future. Read More Industry DELIVER REAL-TIME MESSAGES FOR TRAVEL CUSTOMERS WITH RADAR AND BRAZE by Radar Team on September 27, 2021 With the right tools and right approach, travel and hospitality brands can provide relevant and valuable customer experiences at every step of a customer’s trip. Read More Industry 4 WAYS TRAVEL BRANDS CAN USE LOCATION DATA TO DELIVER OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCES by Radar Team on September 14, 2021 Travel companies can build next-level guest experiences through their app with location technologies such as geofencing and beacons. Read More Product ANNOUNCING TRIP TRACKING V2, WITH A NEW PICKUP APP AND TRIP ANALYTICS by Aidan Cleary on August 10, 2021 These enhancements make Radar the fastest way for retail, restaurant, and grocery brands to launch and measure the impact of best-in-class location-enabled pickup experiences. Read More Engineering BUILD AN IOS ORDER-AHEAD EXPERIENCE USING RADAR, SEGMENT AND TWILIO by Jeff Kao on August 2, 2021 In this recipe, we’ll show you how you can build an order-ahead experience on iOS using Radar, Segment, and Twilio. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR REDESIGNED DASHBOARD, DOCS, AND LOCATION SIMULATOR by Jay Sani on July 22, 2021 We've launched a redesigned dashboard, docs, and location simulator that make integrating and testing geofencing simpler than ever. Read More Industry WEBINAR: WHY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY TO GREAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN A POST PANDEMIC WORLD by Radar Team on July 19, 2021 After teaming up with Mobiquity to conduct a consumer behavior study in April, we hosted a webinar to share how convenience stores can meet consumer experience by leveraging digital technology. Read More Industry TOP GEOFENCING STRATEGIES FOR AIR TRAVEL BRANDS TO BOOST RETENTION AND REVENUE STREAMS by Amanda Vandiver on July 1, 2021 A lot is up in the air on travel day, but airlines and related providers can best serve travelers with location-based mobile experiences. Geofencing can help alleviate friction in the traveler experience to increase revenue and retention. Read More Industry WEBINAR: HOW TO CAPTURE AND CONVERT TRAFFIC POST-COVID WITH RADAR, YEXT, AND OPENTABLE by Radar Team on June 29, 2021 We teamed up with Yext and OpenTable to share strategies to capture the post-COVID surge in demand for in-person experiences. Read More Industry TOP GEOFENCING STRATEGIES FOR HOTEL CHAINS TO IMPROVE GUEST EXPERIENCES AND CULTIVATE LOYALTY by Amanda Vandiver on June 22, 2021 Here are the top ways hotels can use geofencing to power exceptional experiences that keep guests coming back and spending more. Read More Industry BRIDGING THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL GAP IN A POST-COVID WORLD by Radar Team on June 18, 2021 Watch Radar's keynote session from Brand Growth Summit 2021: As consumers move through the physical world again post-COVID, winning brands will exceed new consumer expectations by seamlessly bridging the digital and physical. Read More Engineering CUSTOM PARTITIONS WITH KINESIS AND ATHENA by Jeff Kao on June 14, 2021 How Radar implemented custom-partitioning for AWS Kinesis using Athena Read More Industry TOP GEOFENCING STRATEGIES FOR GROCERY CHAINS TO FOSTER LOYALTY AND IMPROVE OPERATIONS by Amanda Vandiver on June 4, 2021 Geofencing holds a great deal of promise for grocery chains to create customer loyalty and in-store engagement, as well as streamline their own operations. Read More Industry HOW RADAR CAN HELP TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT BRANDS REACTIVATE USERS ON-PREMISE by Amanda Vandiver on June 1, 2021 It’s never been more important for entertainment brands to connect with their customers in real time and surface features that make them feel more comfortable on-premise, and location-context is what makes these experiences possible. Read More Customers RADAR HELPS THE DRYBAR BRAND DRIVE APPOINTMENT BOOKINGS AND ENGAGEMENT by Radar Team on May 26, 2021 Radar’s Geofencing and Geo APIs make it easy for the Drybar® brand to engage clients with the right message at the right time, resulting in a nearly 3x increase in appointment bookings. Read More Industry WEBINAR: BUILDING BETTER BOPIS EXPERIENCES WITH AIRSHIP AND RADAR by Radar Team on May 20, 2021 In this webinar, learn how Radar’s location solutions and Airship’s customer engagement platform work together to power a seamless BOPIS experience. Read More Industry WEBINAR: E-COMMERCE OPTIMIZATION BEST PRACTICES WITH TAPLYTICS by Radar Team on May 12, 2021 We teamed up with our friends at Taplytics to bring you a masterclass in shopping personalization out-of-store, on the way, and in-store. Read More Customers FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP POWERS CURBSIDE PICKUP USING RADAR by Radar Team on April 9, 2021 Using Radar, Fiesta is able to address the operational challenges of curbside pickup to minimize wait times and drive repeat orders. Read More Product RADAR LAUNCHES INTEGRATION WITH AMAZON PINPOINT AND JOINS THE AWS PARTNER NETWORK by Radar Team on March 23, 2021 Along with joining APN (AWS Partner Network), we launched a new integration with Amazon Pinpoint. Enterprise customers can use the Pinpoint integration to send location-triggered and location-targeted messages to increase engagement and conversion. Read More Industry THE GUIDE TO PLAY STORE BACKGROUND LOCATION APPROVAL by Nick Patrick on March 17, 2021 Starting on March 29, 2021, apps submitted to the Google Play Store must receive approval to access location in the background. Learn tips and best practices for getting approved. Read More Industry LOCATION DATA PRIVACY CHECKLIST by Radar Team on February 23, 2021 In this post, we share a ten-point location data privacy checklist to help you collect location data and build location-based experiences in the right way. Read More Product RADAR INTRODUCES BEACON SUPPORT TO POWER CONTEXTUAL APP EXPERIENCES WITH SUB-METER ACCURACY by Radar Team on February 17, 2021 Beacons are like hardware-enabled micro-geofences that complement your existing geofence implementation. With support for beacons, Radar makes it simple to range, monitor, and build experiences with beacons for sub-meter accuracy, even indoors. Read More Product ACTIVATE CONTEXTUAL IN-STORE APP EXPERIENCES TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT by Amanda Vandiver on February 8, 2021 Adding location awareness to your app can activate in-store features that improve the shopping experience, drive engagement, and increase conversions. Read More Customers T-MOBILE INCREASES APP ENGAGEMENT WITH RADAR-POWERED LOCATION-BASED OFFERS by Radar Team on February 1, 2021 Radar's flexible Geofencing solutions allow T-Mobile Tuesdays to customize offers by region, increasing offer relevancy and customer happiness. Read More Industry RETAIL SHOWDOWN: SAFE CURBSIDE PICKUP AT HOME DEPOT VERSUS LOWE'S (PLUS FREE WORKSHEET) by Radar Team on January 21, 2021 In this five-round showdown, we evaluate how home improvement competitors Home Depot and Lowe's rolled out curbside pickup in a hurry at all their locations. Read More Customers RETAILMENOT DRIVES A 19% LIFT IN STORE VISITS WITH RADAR'S CONTEXTUAL MESSAGING by Radar Team on January 20, 2021 RetailMeNot uses Radar's Places, Search API, and growth stack integrations to surface contextual messages and content at the right place and time, driving a 19% uplift in visits. Read More Industry HOW TO THRIVE WITH CURBSIDE: LESSONS FROM THE NATION'S LEADING RESTAURANTS by Radar Team on January 13, 2021 We've sampled nine of the nation's largest restaurant chains to find out what ingredients make a Michelin-Star curbside experience. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR OLO INTEGRATION by Radar Team on December 16, 2020 With Radar's new Olo integration, you can start and stop trips for customer arrival tracking when orders are placed, fired, cancelled, or closed in Olo. Read More Industry HOW TO BUILD A WINNING LOYALTY PROGRAM IN QSR AND RETAIL by Coby Berman on December 15, 2020 With personalization and relevance as the cornerstone of a winning loyalty program, we’ve put together a framework to help QSRs and retailers evaluate their technology strategy. Read More Customers AMERICAN EAGLE BUILDS ARRIVAL DETECTION FOR CURBSIDE WITH RADAR by Radar Team on December 14, 2020 American Eagle wanted to make the shopping experience even more convenient this holiday season. Radar was able to provide American Eagle a solution with everything they needed in one platform. Read More Industry HOW RETAILERS SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT BOPIS THIS WINTER by Amanda Vandiver on December 3, 2020 Buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) orders now make up around 40% of total retail orders. Location can help the end-to-end experience for retailers and their customers by communicating arrival information to both parties. Read More Engineering OPEN-SOURCING API-DIFF, A TOOL FOR SIDE-BY-SIDE EVALUATIONS OF JSON APIS by David Blackman on November 20, 2020 We’re open-sourcing our api-diff tool to help developers confidently iterate on their own search and ranking APIs. Read More Industry WHY QR CODES ARE COOL AGAIN (AND WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT) by Nick Patrick on November 18, 2020 QR codes are cool again because they're a lightweight, contactless way to unlock a digital experience tied to a physical location. But many large retailers and QSRs are turning to another, more powerful technology: geofencing. Read More Industry HOW TO WIN AT MOBILE ORDER-AHEAD WITH CURBSIDE 2.0 by Coby Berman on November 5, 2020 Curbside 1.0 is falling short of its promise to meet consumer expectations for convenient pick-up experiences. This winter, the spotlight will shine on the QSRs and retailers who have the right infrastructure in place for live tracking with Curbside 2.0. Read More Company THE NEW RADAR MISSION AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF LOCATION-BASED EXPERIENCES by Nick Patrick on October 15, 2020 2020 has been a year of massive change. Location, and how we interact with the physical world, is more important than ever. To focus Radar and our customers on the massive opportunity in front of us, we've refreshed our mission and vision. Read More Company RADAR NAMED TO CRAIN'S BEST PLACES TO WORK IN NYC 2020 by Radar Team on October 12, 2020 Providing our employees with a fulfilling and inclusive place to work is a top priority at Radar, and we're proud to be named one of Crain's 100 Best Places to Work in NYC for 2020. Read More Company WELCOMING OUR NEWEST TECHNICAL LEADERS, CHARLENE LEE AND DAVID BLACKMAN by Nick Patrick on September 30, 2020 We're excited to welcome Charlene Lee as Director of Product and David Blackman as Director of Engineering. Read More Company WE'RE BACK WITH MOBILE ON AIR by Radar Team on September 24, 2020 We’re bringing back the best in the business for round 2 of Mobile On Air, with two days of networking and programming. Our conference theme: the new customer journey. Read More Company INTRODUCING OUR SOLUTION PARTNER PROGRAM by Al Harnisch on August 19, 2020 Our Solution Partner Program recognizes best-in-class agencies and consultancies that leverage Radar to build amazing location-aware experiences for their clients. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR BRANCH INTEGRATION by Radar Team on July 28, 2020 When you connect Radar and Branch, Radar will begin sending location events to Branch, enabling you to attribute offline actions to online campaigns. Read More Customers CASE STUDY: SLIDE BY RAISE PROVIDES PERSONALIZED SHOPPING EXPERIENCES USING RADAR by Radar Team on July 23, 2020 Slide uses geo APIs and geofencing from Radar to drive store visits, engagement, and revenue through personalized location-based experiences in its new instant payments app. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR ONESIGNAL INTEGRATION by Radar Team on July 20, 2020 When you connect Radar and OneSignal, Radar will begin appending location data to a user's OneSignal profile, allowing you to action on the user's location within your messaging strategy. Read More Customers CASE STUDY: CARS.COM POWERS ON-THE-LOT DEALERSHIP EXPERIENCES AND REPORTING USING RADAR by Radar Team on July 10, 2020 Cars.com stores and maintains geodata for thousands of Cars.com dealership partners with Radar geofences. Cars.com uses Radar to power attribution reporting for its partners and contextual experiences for its mobile app users. Read More Industry UNDERSTANDING APPROXIMATE LOCATION PERMISSIONS IN IOS 14 by Nick Patrick on July 6, 2020 iOS 14 allows users to share only their approximate location with apps rather than their precise location. In this post, we explain the changes and how to prepare. Read More Product INTRODUCING LAST MILE FOR CUSTOMER ARRIVAL TRACKING AND MORE EFFICIENT CURBSIDE PICKUP by Radar Team on June 24, 2020 Last Mile enables you to accurately predict when a customer will arrive for a digital order. With the included in-store dashboard, employees can seamlessly view and sequence orders based on actual customer arrival time. Read More Customers CASE STUDY: TRAVELOKA IMPROVES THE TRAVELER EXPERIENCE WITH RADAR by Radar Team on June 8, 2020 Traveloka uses Radar to drive a 300% increase in engagement by delivering location-based customer experiences at the right time. Read More Product RECIPE: REACTIVATING USERS DURING AND AFTER COVID-19 WITH REGIONS by Radar Team on May 21, 2020 The severity of COVID-19 has varied widely across countries, states, and cities. Learn how Radar can help reactivate and engage users based on region. Read More Industry STUDENTS BUILD APPS WITH RADAR TO ADDRESS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES by Radar Team on May 12, 2020 Over the last few months, we’ve seen aspiring engineers and student hackers from across the world use Radar to build projects that help society and improve lives. Read More Product GEOCODING, SEARCH, DISTANCE, AND SDK V3 NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE by Nick Patrick on April 2, 2020 The new APIs are free up to 100,000 API requests per month and $0.50 per 1,000 API calls thereafter. Read More Product RECIPE: POWERING CURBSIDE PICKUP, BOPIS, AND DELIVERY WITH RADAR by Nick Patrick on April 2, 2020 In a time of social distancing, QSRs and retailers are switching from in-store transactions to curbside pickup, BOPIS (buy-online-pickup-in-store), and delivery. Learn how Radar can help you power these experiences. Read More Product NAVIGATING LOCATION SERVICES TRADEOFFS BETWEEN ACCURACY, FREQUENCY, AND BATTERY EFFICIENCY by Nick Patrick on February 26, 2020 Location tracking involves tradeoffs between accuracy, frequency, and battery efficiency. Learn how Radar SDK v3 can help you choose the right balance for your use case. Read More Company RADAR RAISES $20 MILLION SERIES B LED BY ACCEL TO BUILD DEVELOPER-FRIENDLY, PRIVACY-FIRST LOCATION DATA INFRASTRUCTURE by Nick Patrick on February 12, 2020 We've raised a $20 million Series B round led by Accel to build developer-friendly, privacy-first location data infrastructure. We're also introducing new building blocks for location-aware apps. Read More Product OPEN-SOURCE RADAR SDK V3 WITH CUSTOM TRACKING OPTIONS, NOW IN PUBLIC BETA by Nick Patrick on February 11, 2020 We're open-sourcing our SDK, introducing new tracking options and tools for data minimization. Read More Product RADAR GEOCODING, SEARCH, AND DISTANCE APIS, NOW IN PRIVATE BETA by Nick Patrick on February 11, 2020 We're launching new building blocks for location-aware apps: geocoding, search, and routing APIs. Read More Industry WE CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TOMORROW WITH THE TOOLS OF THE PAST by Radar Team on January 16, 2020 Radar and nine other independent software companies united to declare that CRM systems are no longer enough for the digital era. Read More Engineering RADAR STUDENT HACKATHON PLAYBOOK by Radar Team on January 14, 2020 Learn how to use Radar to add location tracking and geofencing to your student hackathon projects. Read More Customers IBOTTA INCREASES OPEN RATES BY 30% WITH RADAR by Radar Team on October 29, 2019 With Radar, Ibotta is able to send timely push notifications based on user location, increasing open rates by 30% and directly impacting engagement, conversions, and revenue. Read More Product INTRODUCING USER SEGMENTS AND TOP CHAINS by Craig Kochis on October 28, 2019 You can now build user segments like "frequent travelers" or "frequent Starbucks visitors" directly in Radar. Read More Company APPLY FOR THE RADAR STARTUP PROGRAM by Nick Patrick on October 23, 2019 Startups less than 2 years old, with less than $5M in funding, or with fewer than 20 employees can apply to get 1 year of Radar for free. Read More Industry DISCUSSING ALL THINGS LOCATION CONTEXT ON THE MAPSCAPING PODCAST by Radar Team on September 19, 2019 Our CEO sits down with the MapScaping podcast to talk location context, creating great app experiences, and the future of mobile. Read More Engineering OPEN-SOURCING OUR NODE.JS S2 LIBRARY by Jeff Kao on September 16, 2019 We’re open-sourcing our Node.js TypeScript bindings for Google’s S2 library to bring the power of S2 to the Node.js developer ecosystem. Read More Product PREPARING FOR NEW LOCATION PERMISSIONS IN IOS 13 AND ANDROID 10 by Nick Patrick on September 13, 2019 iOS 13 and Android 10 introduce changes to location permissions. In this post, we explain how to prepare for the changes. Read More Company RADAR NAMED A RISING STAR IN API-FIRST SAAS by Radar Team on September 12, 2019 APIs are the next big SaaS wave, and we're thrilled to be recognized as a Rising Star by our partners at Accel Read More Industry THE RADAR GUIDE TO LOCATION PROMPT BEST PRACTICES by Radar Team on August 13, 2019 Our best practices when prompting for location services, plus examples from 8 apps that do it well. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR LYTICS INTEGRATION by Nick Patrick on July 31, 2019 The integration lets customers stream Radar events to Lytics to power location-based user profiles and segmentation. Read More Product INTRODUCING REGIONS, OUR NEWEST CONTEXT TYPE by Craig Kochis on July 15, 2019 Regions detects a user's country, state, DMA, and postal code, unlocking new location-based app experiences. Read More Industry UNDERSTANDING NEW LOCATION PERMISSIONS IN ANDROID Q AND IOS 13 by Nick Patrick on June 10, 2019 Android Q and iOS 13 introduce new location permissions. In this post, we explain the changes, as well as best practices for building with location on iOS 13, Android Q, and beyond. Read More Company RADAR RAISES $8 MILLION SERIES A TO SCALE MODERN, PRIVACY-FIRST LOCATION CONTEXT PLATFORM by Nick Patrick on April 11, 2019 To continue our rapid growth, we're thrilled to announce that we've raised an $8 million Series A round led by Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from Accel, Heavybit, Scott Belsky, and Ashley Smith. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR AMPLITUDE INTEGRATION by Nick Patrick on April 2, 2019 Add location context to your analytics by sending Radar events and user state to Amplitude. Read More Customers RADAR ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS PLAYBOOK by Radar Team on March 7, 2019 Learn how leading entertainment & sports apps use Radar to build contextual experiences, delight users, and increase engagement. Read More Customers RADAR TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION PLAYBOOK by Radar Team on March 7, 2019 Learn how industry-leading travel & transportation apps use Radar to build contextual experiences, delight users, and increase engagement. Read More Customers RADAR FOOD & DINING PLAYBOOK by Radar Team on March 7, 2019 Learn how leading food & dining apps use Radar to build contextual experiences, delight users, and increase engagement. Read More Customers RADAR SHOPPING & RETAIL PLAYBOOK by Radar Team on March 7, 2019 Learn how leading shopping & retail apps use Radar to build contextual experiences, delight users, and increase engagement. Read More Customers RADAR LOCATION CONTEXT PLAYBOOK by Radar Team on March 7, 2019 Learn how leading apps use Radar to build contextual experiences, delight users, and increase engagement. Read More Product INTRODUCING ALL-NEW RADAR TOOLKIT SAMPLE APPS by Russell Cullen on March 5, 2019 We're excited to introduce all-new Radar Toolkit sample apps for iOS and Android. The new apps allow you to see your user state and event history in the foreground. Read More Product DRAW AND EDIT GEOFENCES WITH THE NEW DASHBOARD EDITOR by Craig Kochis on February 18, 2019 The dashboard geofence editor is now more powerful, allowing you to draw polygon geofences, set custom geofence metadata, and edit existing geofences. Read More Company OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY by Nick Patrick on October 24, 2018 We take privacy very seriously. Read about the data we collect, how we collect it, and how we use it. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR ITERABLE INTEGRATION by Nick Patrick on October 23, 2018 The integration lets customers trigger location-based workflows and create location-based user segments in Iterable. Read More Product INTRODUCING RADAR SDK V2 by Russell Cullen on August 20, 2018 Radar SDK v2 is redesigned under the hood to maximize reliability, efficiency, and reponsiveness. Read More Product MULTIPLE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS by Craig Kochis on August 8, 2018 Enterprise customers with multiple apps can now seamlessly switch between projects with a single login. Read More Industry THE FUTURE OF MARKETING IS CONTEXT-DRIVEN. HERE ARE THE WINNERS AND LOSERS. by Coby Berman on August 8, 2018 Digital marketers have always aimed to deliver the right message to the right customers at the right time. But in recent years, the bar has been raised. Read More Product INTRODUCING EVENT FILTERS: LOCATION ANALYTICS AND AUDIENCES POWERED BY RADAR by Craig Kochis on July 20, 2018 Slice and dice Radar event data to understand how users behave in the real world, create location-based audiences, and more. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR LEANPLUM INTEGRATION by Craig Kochis on July 18, 2018 The integration lets customers trigger location-based campaigns and create location-based user segments in Leanplum. Read More Product TRIGGERING FIREBASE CLOUD FUNCTIONS WITH RADAR EVENTS by Nick Patrick on June 26, 2018 Send Radar events and user state to Firebase Cloud Functions to trigger push notifications and more. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR MIXPANEL INTEGRATION by Tim Julien on June 13, 2018 Add location context to your analytics by sending Radar events and user state to Mixpanel. Read More Company RADAR AND THE GDPR by Radar Team on May 24, 2018 Radar is GDPR-compliant, offers the tools and agreements you need to be GDPR-compliant, and welcomes the GDPR as an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to privacy and security. Read More Product LOCATION CONTEXT ON THE WEB: INTRODUCING THE RADAR JAVASCRIPT SDK by Nick Patrick on May 22, 2018 The new Radar JavaScript SDK brings the power of location context to the web, including geofencing, home and work detection, and place detection. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR BRANDIFY INTEGRATION by Nick Patrick on May 1, 2018 The integration lets customers sync locations from Brandify to geofences in Radar. Read More Product INTRODUCING AWS S3 SUPPORT FOR GEOFENCE SYNC by Nick Patrick on April 23, 2018 Automatically sync geofences to Radar nightly from a private AWS S3 bucket. Read More Customers CASE STUDY: TOUCHTUNES USES RADAR GEOFENCING TO EXPAND COVERAGE ACROSS ITS NETWORK by Radar Team on April 23, 2018 TouchTunes uses Radar to send personalized messages to its mobile users in an additional 10,000 venues. Read More Customers CUSTOMER STORY: VIA by Radar Team on April 16, 2018 Learn how Via's growth, operations, product, and engineering teams use Radar in this video. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR URBAN AIRSHIP INTEGRATION by Nick Patrick on April 12, 2018 The integration lets customers trigger location-based push notifications in Urban Airship. Read More Customers CUSTOMER STORY: RAISE by Radar Team on April 4, 2018 Learn how Raise's product, engineering, marketing, and data science teams use Radar in this video. Read More Company WELCOMING TIM JULIEN, OUR NEW CTO by Nick Patrick on February 14, 2018 Tim will lead the way as we aggressively scale our tech stack and engineering team. Read More Product INTRODUCING GEOFENCE SYNC by Ryan Sloan on January 31, 2018 Automatically sync geofences to Radar nightly from any source. Read More Industry FIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING A LOCATION PLATFORM by Coby Berman on October 10, 2017 Radar is a location platform for mobile apps. But what is a location platform, and how should you choose one? Read More Company MILLIONS OF DEVICES, NEW PARTNERSHIPS, AND A $2 MILLION SEED ROUND LED BY ACCEL by Nick Patrick on October 3, 2017 We're thrilled to announce that we've raised a $2 million seed round led by Accel. Read More Product INTRODUCING CHAIN AND CATEGORY FILTERS by Nick Patrick on September 13, 2017 Now it's easier than ever to monitor the chains and categories that matter to your app. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR YEXT INTEGRATION by Nick Patrick on September 11, 2017 The integration lets customers sync locations from Yext to geofences in Radar with just a few clicks. Read More Engineering MOVING FAST WITH MONGODB AT RADAR by Nick Patrick on August 24, 2017 Radar helps developers move faster, and we love MongoDB because it helps us move faster, too. Read More Product PUNCHING THE CLOCK WITH RADAR + SEGMENT + SLACK by Nick Patrick on August 23, 2017 To show how simple it is to use Radar + Segment, we built an app that posts to Slack when employees enter or exit the office. Read More Product RADAR SDK V1.2, WITH IOS 11 AND ANDROID O SUPPORT, NOW AVAILABLE by Nick Patrick on August 2, 2017 Radar SDK v1.2 is now available to all developers. Read More Industry MAKING SENSE OF NEW BACKGROUND LOCATION RESTRICTIONS IN IOS 11 AND ANDROID O by Nick Patrick on July 17, 2017 iOS 11 and Android O, still in developer preview, introduce new background location restrictions. Read More Product ANNOUNCING OUR MPARTICLE FEEDS INTEGRATION by Ryan Sloan on June 7, 2017 With this server-to-server integration, mParticle customers can forward Radar Geofences, Insights, and Places events to mParticle. Read More Product INTRODUCING PLACES, POWERED BY FACEBOOK by Nick Patrick on June 1, 2017 Radar can now tell you when a user visits a place, chain, or category even if you haven't set up a geofence for that place. Read More Customers CASE STUDY: VIA USES RADAR TO INCREASE BOOKING CONVERSION BY 25% by Radar Team on May 2, 2017 Via used Radar to run tests that increased booking conversion by 25%. Read More Product RADAR LAUNCH UPDATE: MILLIONS OF LOCATIONS PROCESSED PER DAY, HUNDREDS OF DEVELOPERS SIGNED UP by Nick Patrick on April 18, 2017 Two months ago, we launched Radar. We've been thrilled by the response so far, and we wanted to share our progress with you. Read More Product RADAR GETS SMARTER: INTRODUCING INSIGHTS, INCLUDING HOME, OFFICE, AND TRAVELING DETECTION by Ryan Sloan on April 6, 2017 Using the millions of locations that we process per day, Radar can learn a user's approximate home and office locations and tell you if a user is currently at home, at work, or traveling. Read More Product INTRODUCING REACT NATIVE SUPPORT FOR RADAR by Nick Patrick on March 21, 2017 We're excited to introduce a React Native module for Radar with support for iOS and Android. Read More Engineering AN ANDROID LOCATION SERVICES TUTORIAL FOR IOS DEVELOPERS by Nick Patrick on March 9, 2017 This is the tutorial I wish I had as an iOS developer learning Android location services. Read More Company INTRODUCING RADAR by Nick Patrick on February 15, 2017 We're ten years into the smartphone era, but building products and services with location is still too hard. We're building Radar to change this. Read More Industry IF YOU'RE ONLY GEOFENCING IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU'RE MISSING OUT by Coby Berman on January 18, 2017 Geofencing can increase user engagement, not only by pushing contextual information to users in the background, but also by pulling contextual information for users in the foreground, no tapping or searching required. Read More -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the latest Radar news and insights in your inbox. Subscribe © 2022 Radar Labs, Inc.