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Facebook has now shut down the location-based network Gowalla, which it took over about three months ago. Mark Zuckerberg isn’t interested in the user information provided by Gowalla, but apparently in the specialized developer for location based services (LBS). Read the rest of this entry »

Just about three weeks ago, the geo-location service Foursquare launched its “Explore” feature for the online version, offering users personalized, location-based recommendations for various businesses all over the world. Now the service has updated its mobile application, bringing many of these “Explore” features to the iPhone and Android smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »

And he really did it: on February 1st, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the largest social network worldwide, Facebook, set the company’s initial public offering into play. By submitting the paperwork to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook has made its planned IPO official. The IPO is the largest in internet history, and could make the young CEO a multi-billionaire. Read the rest of this entry »

The location-based check in service Foursquare recently expanded its “Explore” feature to its web-based version, providing users with personalized recommendations for bars, museums, or other locations. Now users can also look at the menu of about 250,000 restaurants in the largest cities of the US. The data is provided by the startup SinglePlatform, according to the company blog.
The menus will be available for the desktop feature Explore, on foursquare.com, and on m.foursquare.com, and app integration is on the way. In addition to the various meals served at restaurants, some also display prices.

With the desktop application click.to, users can conduct a local search with suchen.de directly from documents, short messages from Twitter, Facebook & Co., emails, and other desktop applications. This is made possible through a cooperation between Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH, click.to’s developers, and Searchteq GmbH, suchen.de’s developer. Read the rest of this entry »

As Google receives a good deal of critique for its new personalized internet search, Foursquare has been receiving much positive feedback from its users for its similar direction. The geolocation service has released its “Explore” service, which was previously available on the mobile application, online. Users can immediately begin to discover personally recommended places all over the world under foursquare.com/explore. Read the rest of this entry »

The Telegate AG has given its online directory 11880.com a facelift: the portal will open with a location-based local search for the correlating city. The new feature is described as being more local, personal, and structured by Kirstin Bergmann in the company’s official blog. Read the rest of this entry »

Meinestadt.de has added a new rating feature to its mobile local-search application for the iPhone and Android. Users can immediately begin to see user ratings for stores, services, and restaurants, and add in their own two cents, all on-the-go. Read the rest of this entry »

Google has taken over the company Clever Sense, which developed the successful local recommendation app “Alfred”. The startup seems to be over-joyed about the current developments, as seen in a press statement. The team is excited to belong to Google. Through cooperation, the company is one step closer to helping the world around itself. Read the rest of this entry »