Posts Tagged ‘Foursquare’

Foursquare has been at somewhat of a standstill for quite some time now. The check-in features, which have already been outdone by social-network Twitter’s location features, rating service Yelp’s check-ins, and will probably be looking at the same situation when Facebook releases their own check-in service. So how exactly does Foursquare plan on surviving? The answer is quite simple: gaming. Read the rest of this entry »

First of all, what is geofencing? Basically, it’s a series of virtual perimeters for real-world geographic areas. In other words, geofencing is the process of creating virtual borders for the purpose, of say, being alerted of events in your current area, or perhaps of friends who are around the corner. So what does this mean for location-based technologies? Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter posted recently about the new feature in their blog “Twitter Places”: with the new feature, users can post their mini-messages with their current location. So users no longer have to post their coordinates, as previously required, but can now pick out places such as cafés, or even directly from World Cup stadiums. Read the rest of this entry »

Using social media outlets as a way to draw in customers has pretty much become mandatory for even directories worldwide. Directories, local search engines, rating portals – they’ve all got the social media fever. An interesting example is the Herold in Austria, who introduced the Facebook application “Locations ilike”. Users don’t only have the capability to search, find, and save favorite locations, but can also rate them and share them with friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Hopefully not too late: Google opened its new localization service Latitude using the API of other developers. Mountain View has (finally) opened itself up to check-in features modeled after the main competitor Foursquare. Read the rest of this entry »

The check-in service Gowalla released a special application from the iPad at the end of April. Whoever downloads the free software can now see exactly where their friends are and what they’re up to with the help of Google Maps. Read the rest of this entry »

Not even two weeks ago, the experts were shocked that Foursquare has way more than half a million users. Now, the check-in community has beat 700,000. The number of check-ins is over 20 million. Blogger Ben Parr from Mashable said: “Our expectations of Foursquare becoming the Twitter of 2010 could become reality.”

Sometimes you get the impression that the Social Media makes fun of itself. Checkin Mania from Fast Company is now showing users who is using which check-in service and where. In contrast,Check.in allows its users to check in over Foursquare, Brightkite and Gowalls at the same time… Read the rest of this entry »

Though quite overdue, experts speculate that Facebook will be announcing their headquarters in San Francisco F8 at the end of April on the next F8. The New York Times, the original reporters for the claim, says their information is from anonymous sources. Read the rest of this entry »

Please Rob Me - bitte  raub’ mich aus – fordert eine nicht ganz ernst gemeinte Seite in den USA ihre Leser auf.  Sie legt den Finger in eine Wunde, die dem Social Web in letzter Zeit immer mehr zu schaffen macht – die Privatsphäre. Read the rest of this entry »