Posts Tagged ‘Gowalla’
Business Plans for Mobile Gaming Companies
Mobile gaming, casual gaming and social gaming are definitely buzz words in the news. We’ve all seen the barrage of Facebook updates from friends playing Mafia Wars, Farmville and others. Then, there is the stream of requests to add Foursquare or Gowalla. Followed by increasing talk from friends and coworkers about the latest game they bought on [...]
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 [...]
