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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; …
Location-based ad and alert companies Placecast and Location Labs have teamed up to send shopping alerts to more than 180 million consumers across multiple cell phone networks.
The companies are creating ShopAlerts, which are location-triggered text messages sent from brands …
If you look at a bunch of cool location-based apps, you’re likely to find Mashery under the hood. Mashery has a software platform that companies (in this case, location-service companies) can use to market, distribute and keep track of their …
Guest Post
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 …
Checking in can be pretty solitary. It’s what you do when you’re waiting for a friend at a coffee shop or killing time at an airport. Location-based game company Scvngr, however, wants to make the check-in process social by having …
Are you a hip location-based service looking to make money by selling ads for retailers on your übersnazzy iPhone app, which all the cool kids are using? Take another look at your business model. Chances are the good old SMS …
After weeks of convoluted negotiations and much-reported brouhaha surrounding Foursquare’s second round of institutional funding, the location-based check-in service now says it has officially closed the round at $20 million dollars. The round was led by Silicon Valley VC firm …
A new company is making blips on the location-based services radar. New York-based Topguest is moving into the market with an idea to bridge location-based services with the travel industry. Working in “sneak-preview” mode — meaning it’s aching to make …
Time to wear your Foursquare mayorship on your sleeve—literally. With more than 1.6 million users announcing their location to their friends on the check-in service, Foursquare is capitalizing on its popularity with plans to launch an online store at its …
You’ve heard this mantra before: “Location, location, location.” There’s a new player in town called PlaceBook, and if it is to be believed, the proper mantra should be “privacy, privacy, privacy.”
PlaceBook—yes, the name brings to mind a certain, 500-million-user-strong …
You’d think if there’s one thing a location-based app can do, it’s getting locations right. But that’s actually proving quite a challenge. Location-based ad company Placecast, says that discrepancies in location can lead to millions of incorrect listings. And there …
Quit obsessing about the check-in.
Companies in the hot location-based services space are frantically trying to come up with the next step beyond the very simple act of getting users to check in or announce their presence to friends when …
Guest Post
Kent Lindstrom is founder and CEO of location-based social network PlacePop and the former CEO of Friendster.
Facebook is planning to enter the “local” space in a big way, according to numerous reports. The impact of such a move – …
A Web 2.0 Expo panel discussion focusing on location-based services—or LBS—for mobile phones narrowed down the one fundamental requirement for any service hoping to make it big in the space: It needs to be fun.
Steve Lee from Google, Elad …
Location-based app maker Bones in Motion is looking to take a bite out of Garmin and other GPS manufacturers, offering up a service that lets runners and bikers user their GPS-enabled cell phones to track distance, speed, and how their …
