Posts Tagged ‘Foursquare’
Location Isn’t A War Between Two Sides, It’s A Gold Rush For Everyone
Editor’s note: This post was written by Joe Stump, the co-founder of SimpleGeo, a geolocation infrastructure company. While much of the focus in location these days is on the front-end side of things, SimpleGeo focuses on the backend, allowing startups to very easily get started with geolocation. We asked Stump to weigh-in with his thoughts [...]
SXSW: Finding great food, based on its location
Location is obviously a big theme at South by Southwest Interactive this year - that emerging-technology conference that's going on this weekend in Austin, Texas. Whether you’ve elected to use Austin-based Gowalla or New York-based Foursquare, checking in and sharing useful tips with friends are the major tenants of these location-based [...]
Finding Everyone, Anytime, Anywhere!!!
Just an observation, but talk about being on the grid, Twitter notes, Seesmic Web, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twidroid, and a number of other social networks, including Facebook , have added or will add shortly location enabled services. Now I can be found by just about anyone, at anytime, in just about anyplace. Personally, to me it is a bit over [...]
Twitter Buys Mixer Labs and Puts Location-Based Services in the Spotlight
Twitter's acquisition of Mixer Labs , a service that helps developers build location-aware applications, shows that the company hopes to make location broadcasting an important part of its service. And the microblogging service isn't alone, either: Google is getting into location-based services with its work on Google Maps and features like My [...]
Location’s Social Paradox
There’s an absolute eruption of activity around location-based services right now. Companies are getting funded left and right, new ones are popping up daily, and certain ones are seemingly starting to take off. But for a number of them, there’s a very big wall looming. And the more popular they get, the quicker they’ll reach it. Continue [...]
