Posts Tagged ‘Gowalla’
Gowalla: Now Available as 2.0 for Android
The check-in service Gowalla has given in: the app is now starting up as 2.0 of android cellphones. With this is a number of new features. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Lokale Suche per Smartphone, Social Media, Web Communities, Local Search on the go | 
Tags: Android, Check-in-Dienst, facebook, Gowalla | 
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Sleeping Beauty Woken: Google Latitude Attacks Foursquare (Or Not…)
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 »
Gowalla: Friends Served on the Tablet
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 »
One For All: New Check-in Service For Despairing Checker-inners
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 »
Posted in Social Media, Web Communities, Local Search, Local Search Engines |
Tags: Check-in-Dienste, Check.in, CheckinMania, Foursquare, Gowalla, LBS |
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Speculation of a “Location-Based Facebook”
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 »
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Tags: facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla |
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Location-Based Social Network: Geld für Gowalla
10 Jan. 2010 | Author: Antonio De Mitri |
Die Geocaching-Community Gowalla hat Geld bekommen: Risikokapital-Geber, allen voran Greylock Partners, haben dem Start-up aus Texas 8,4 Millionen US-Dollar gegeben, um sein Geschäft voranzutreiben.
Gegründet 2007, gestartet im Herbst letzten Jahres, hat die online organisierte, ortsbezogene „Reiseführer-Schnitzeljagd“ Gowalla eine erkleckliche Summe von zehn Millionen US-Dollar auf sich vereinen können. Hinzu kommen laut LBS Insight 50.000 User, die über 150.000 Standorte in mehr als 8.500 Städten und rund 100 Ländern berichten. Jeden Tag loggen sich 20.000 Mitglieder ein und fügen dem Netzwerk gut 3.500 Standorte hinzu.
