Scott Raymond is the chief technology officer and co-founder of Gowalla, a location-based entertainment firm. His company is one of the partners that is launching a new app for Facebook’s new location service, Facebook Places, which Facebook chief executive Mark …
Facebook concluded the unveiling of its new Places location check-in feature today with a speech from vice president of product Chris Cox (pictured here at another event) that was either inspiring or cheesy, depending on how charitable you were. Either …
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A big part of Facebook’s announcement of its new location-based check-in service, Places, today was the list of partners who will be integrating with it. Those partners are supposed to illustrate the potential of Facebook Places as a platform; …
After building up quite a bit of buzz over the past few months, the Palo Alto, Calif. startup Shopkick — which can best be described as FourSquare meets shopping — officially launched its iPhone app today.
The free app (available …
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Kent Lindstrom is founder and CEO of location-based social network PlacePop and the former CEO of Friendster.
Location-based “check-in” applications let smartphone users record when they’ve arrived at a particular restaurant, store, or other venue in order to receive points …
Guest Post
Jeff Holden is cofounder and CEO of location-based social networking company Pelago, maker of Whrrl.
Location-based “check-in” services like Foursquare, Gowalla, and my own service, Whrrl are becoming increasingly popular. These services allow mobile users to capture the places they …
GetGlue, the social recommendation service from startup Adaptive Blue, shared some impressive growth stats today: Its users are logging an average of 150,000 check-ins and reviews per day over the last month, up from 100,000 a few months ago.
While …
Foursquare is cracking down on check-in cheaters.
It’s a crucial problem for the mobile, social service, which awards badges to users based on the number of times they log their location online, a process known as “checking in” to bars, …
