Busy Times for Foursquare
Wed, October 27, 2010
It’s been a busy time at Foursquare. They reached 4 million users and had a check in from the International Space Station. Technically on that one I cry foul, but the cool factor was outstanding. Read More...
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Checking in. 4 Months on 4Square
Thu, June 03, 2010
Today, a sort of dynamic convergence has brought me to this post. My realization that 4Square has no real value to me as a user, a Twitter buddy tweeted how the 4Square/Starbucks deal is a ripoff since it seems Starbucks didn’t inform the stores, how my New MediaTechnology students have never heard of 4Square (key demo!) and how a Mashable article calls “checking in” the new big thing for 2010. Hello? Read More...
News you can use
Thu, May 13, 2010
My last post talked about Facebook’s Mobile app opening geo-aware features. What if news had that same concept? When it comes to breaking news, the importance to the consumer is “does it matter to me?” If the event was in your neighborhood, wouldn’t you want to know? And if you travel around during the day, wouldn’t you want to know no matter where you were? Well, your phone knows where you are (scary thought, but true). Now you just need to tie that to a news organization and a mobile app. Read More...
Facebook knows where you are
Tue, May 11, 2010
Check-in and Badges are just the beginning. Shortly, Facebook goes geo-aware and everything is going to get bigger. Read More...