Brightkite finally launches its iPhone app. Could this be the one that launches LBS?

Brightkite finally launches its iPhone app. Could this be the one that launches LBS?

Location-based services (LBS) are becoming a dime-a-dozen in Apple’s App Store. Some, such as UrbanSpoon, Yelp and AroundMe are quite useful and popular. But those simply focus on finding places and activities (and mainly food) nearby your current location. More complex LBS social networks, which… Continue Reading

Stalking your friends could be big business. $3.3 billion location-based social network economy by 2013?

Stalking your friends could be big business. $3.3 billion location-based social network economy by 2013?

While even the popular social networks nowadays aren’t making that much money (Facebook expects to make $350 million in revenues this year), the burgeoning field of mobile social networks could be big business shortly, a new report by ABI Research indicates. Specifically, location-based mobile social… Continue Reading