A tool created in a joint research project between the U.S. government and a defense contractor scrapes Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter to predict where you'll be next.
Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, etc… Facebook is reportedly working on a new mobile app that will track your location to help you connect with nearby friends.
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Smartphones have turned us into an army of accidental data collectors, checking in at locations, taking photos, recording audio, even gauging network speeds wherever we go. This rich data can be used for research, but because people are creatures of …
Location-based social network Gowalla is, as of today, no longer available to the public. The company was recently purchased by social networking giant Facebook.
Gowalla’s website now loads to a page that says, “”Thank you for going out with Gowalla. …
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Path got caught red-handed uploading users’ address books to its servers and had to apologize. But the relatively obscure journaling app is not alone. In fact, Path was crucified for a practice that has become an unspoken industry standard.
Facebook, …
Update: Soon after this posted, Gowalla announced it is, indeed, being bought by Facebook in a blog post by chief executive Josh Williams. You can find the announcement here.
Location-based social network Gowalla‘s chief executive Josh Williams may not …
Facebook has acquired the location-sharing service Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a report.
Facebook and Gowalla have not confirmed the deal yet, which was reported by CNNMoney, citing an unnamed source. According to the story, founder Josh Williams …
Location service Foursquare is showing off its new coat of paint. The company today unveiled a website redesign with a whole new experience for people sitting at their desks. What started as a check-in game all of a sudden seems …
Location-based check-in company Gowalla unveiled the next version of its mobile application today, which features guides that include more in-depth information about locations.
For example, users can see guides to locations such as Disneyland or the University of Texas, which …
Location-based social network Gowalla is trimming its feature set to improve the overall user experience, according to Gowalla founder and CEO Josh Williams, who made the announcement in a blog post Thursday.
The company will eliminate the use of virtual …
Let’s all give a warm, startup-community welcome to BuzzMob, which officially launched today. Hi, BuzzMob!
The Irvine-based company has made a mobile app, also called BuzzMob (free), for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (their Android app is in the …
While Facebook was rolling out some changes to its privacy policies today, the company also quietly announced it was killing off the Foursquare-like Places function inside of its mobile app.
The Facebook Places feature was unveiled a year ago and …
Just after announcing that it passed 10 million users, location-based check-in service Foursquare has said it is partnering with American Express to give members even better deals when they check in at merchants’ stores across the country.
This partnership and …
