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The location-based check-in platform Foursquare gives all iPhone 4 and 4S devices with the new Apple operating system iOS 5 a new, innovative feature, thanks to the latest update of its application: “Radar”, a geolocation service which alerts users automatically if they are near a location or friend on their to-do list. Read the rest of this entry »

Android users can now enjoy the mobile Trover application to discover their current location or even the entire world with location-based photos. The start-up company Trover launched in July of this year with its iPhone app. Now the “mobile discovery network” has over 100 thousand users in 160 countries around the world, according to the site. With the new launch of the Android version, there is a lot of potential new customers. Read the rest of this entry »

“Picking up where amazing left off” – the new slogan for the iPhone 4S. Quite some words, considering that many die-hard Apple fans are quite disappointed in the lack of an iPhone 5. But just because there is no optical difference between the previous iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S, it still has some pretty spectacular features for users to check out that can make local searches be conducted in a much more elegant fashion. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, Google announced in its new “helicopter view” feature for Google Maps. Paul Yang, Google Maps engineer, wrote the following:
“Getting directions is one of the most popular features on Google Maps, whether it be for driving, walking, biking or transit. Today, we are launching a new feature that allows you to bring your upcoming trip to life, by allowing you to preview your route in 3D.” Read the rest of this entry »

Berlin is really becoming the place-to-be in Europe, and for good reason: the city has a unique flair and a lot to offer. And citizens of Berlin love compliments coming from the outside: tech-blogger Dmitri seems to have a lot of nice things to say about the Hauptstadt, even going as far as to say, “[Berlin] will become the next New York of the startup world.” Read the rest of this entry »

So we all know that Facebook’s strongpoint hasn’t exactly been the way that it handles data. And since Zuckerberg’s big announcement last week about the new Timeline project, which is supposed to be a collective “story of your life” available for others to see online, has made data protection agencies a bit anxious – just how does Facebook plan on ‘collecting’ all of the information needed to create a Timeline for its 800 million users? The answer can be a bit disturbing to some: it already has it. Read the rest of this entry »

Google+ is making waves in the social media domain. After the site officially went public last week, traffic increased 1269%, according to new data from Experian Hitwise. Google+’s ranking thereby went from 54th to 8th within one week in Hitwise’s Social Networking and Forums category. The new success should cause for some unrest amongst the competitors at Facebook, which conveniently released a number of new features last week, many of which have been criticized as ‘copying’ Google+. Nevertheless, Google+ is proving itself to be a serious threat to other social networks out there. Read the rest of this entry »

Quicker has finished its Beta phase and is now introducing itself with new functionalities and the first regional offers. The location-based service portal, which launched in September last year, will put its regional product offering in residential trade into focus. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook is finally making sure there will be more transparency and differentiated identities with some new features. Mark Zuckerberg’s giant social network is reacting to the growing competition with Google+ and pressure from data protection agencies. Read the rest of this entry »

They just keep going and going: shortly after purchasing the rating-service Zagat, Google has now purchased the Berlin-based start-up DailyDeal.de, an online coupon site founded in December 2009. With the purchase, Google is making clear that it isn’t afraid of the online coupon market, and is signaling its intention to expand own service Google Offers to Europe. Read the rest of this entry »