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Foursquare Creates Real-Life Video Games
Ypulse has an interesting editorial about the appeal of Foursquare to youth of the country, and how it’s creating fun out of otherwise boring every day information. Location-based services are becoming the next big thing, much like twitter was being hailed as in 2007. I remember around when I first signed up for twitter, there [...]
FourWhere Wants You to Have Conversations with Maps
10. March 2010
The newly launched FourWhere takes two existing services and combines them into one. Think Foursquare and Google Maps put into a melting pot and you have FourWhere. Essentially, it allows users to comment on locations on Google Maps with tips or conversation.
I could see this coming as a nice feature for events such as SXSW [...]
Facebook to Take On Foursquare
10. March 2010
Facebook is constantly looking to improve how it does social interaction in as many ways as possible. The company is now ready to officially announce its next project with its new location features that will surely rival such existing platforms as Foursquare and Gowalla. Of course, it’s not intended to rival these other services but [...]
PlacePop – A New Contender in the Check-In App Arena
10. March 2010
While names like foursquare, Gowalla and even MyTown have become synonymous with the idea of iPhone check-in applications, a new fighter has entered the battle for genre supremacy in the form of PlacePop, a free app that is now available on the iPhone App Store.
PlacePop looks to take on the competition head-on, by not only [...]
SPIN Makes a Treasure Hunt out of SXSW
8. March 2010
SPIN magazine seems to be having some fun with attendees of SXSW this week. The magazine is handing out custom foursquare badges that allow people to link them up with certain venues around downtown Austin, TX. At each venue with the custom badges, the players will each have their own unique presence to the event.
The [...]
Foursquare and Gowalla Battle it Out for Your Location at SXSW
4. March 2010
Both of the main location aware programs, Foursquare and Gowalla are vying for your check-ins and attention as they both head into South by Southwest in Austin, TX next week. Both are programs that want to track where you go and share it with your friends to create on the fly social hookups.
To fire up [...]
H&M Partners With MyTown to Offer Free In-Game Items
4. March 2010
H&M has jumped into the spectrum of location-based iPhone gaming, by partnering with MyTown (which currently has over 1 million registered users and counting) to offer in-game clothing items to users.
As reported by Social Times, the items are rewarded to those who either check-in to H&M stores, or even to those that are simply near [...]
FreeAppADay for 03/03/10: CauseWorld
3. March 2010
Today’s free app takes a break from games and focuses on more serious matters, namely helping those who are less fortunate than us, or helping to stop environmental decline.
CauseWorld is a check-in app sponsored by Citibank and Kraft Foods. While it is always free, the FreeAppADay program felt is necessary to feature it due to [...]
PhotoCity Set to Transform Traditional Models of the World
1. March 2010
As reported by Games.com, PhotoCity is set to transform the way real world environments are created. The creators of PhotoCity want to change the way 3D models of the world are made by using only user created content. As we move further and further into a social internet, it would only be a matter of [...]
MyTown Passes 1 Million Residents
16. February 2010
Earlier this month, we filled you in on the growing number of users who are choosing Booyah’s MyTown as their preferred check-in app of choice, over more widely known competitors like foursquare.
Today, we bring news (via CasualGaming.biz) of the fact that MyTown has now passed 1 million registered users. Not even two weeks ago, the [...]
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