8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games
Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems ...
How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot
Welcome to the wonderful world of location-based games! I see you’ve just downloaded a copy of Traveler’s Quest, or Dokobots, or CodeRunner, or perhaps you’ve got yourself on foursquare for the first time. That’s great! You’re about to discover what geotagging and GPS-enabled mobile devices can add to gaming and ...
Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile
CrowdStar, developer of popular Facebook games like Happy Aquarium and the "Girl" series (Modern Girl, Social Girl, Top Girl and It Girl), announced today that they will stop developing games for Facebook, according to an interview with All Things Digital. Peter Relan predicts that 90% of Crowdstar’s revenue will come ...
Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires
Pay-What-You-Like. You’ve sometimes seen it called Pay-What-You-Want. You’ve seen it while leaving your local museum or hippy café as a big box that says “Donations.” You’ve also seen it for Radiohead’s In Rainbows or with Humble Bundle, the collection of indie games offered for however much you’d like to pay ...
Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey
Meet Zooey O'Leary. Zooey is sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik's Attache Phenom glasses, and looking good doing it. If you've been following our Dogs Wearing GUNNARS series, you may notice something a bit off this week. Zooey is a frisky first - special edition feline! You can call her a "domestic ...
Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell
The SNES was a young kid's dream (in the early 90's). Every game felt brand-spanking new, because it was. When video games first came along, "copycats" were neither a logical thing to consider, nor an option. Video games were casual. They were made for mainstream audiences. And back then, even the ...
5 Apps to Make You Smile
These are a few of my favorite digital things... This list is hardly comprehensive, nor is it in any particular order. Enjoy! 1. Timehop - This gets top billing because too few people know about it (and more should - it's neat). Basically, Timehop answers one question, every day, via email. "What did ...
The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later
Last year, when my mind was busy with summer vacation, I came home to an unsettling sight. Roxy's tumor had grown exponentially. Her arm was swelling up to a point where she couldn't even lift it. All attempts to remove the tumor would only make it grow back with a ...
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MyTown Goes International, Google Hinting at Gowalla Acquisition?
As we check-in with check-in apps this week, we find that there is news concerning two of the biggest apps in the genre – Booyah’s MyTown and Gowalla. First, MyTown has now expanded internationally, while rumors are beginning to circulate concerning Google and a potential Gowalla acquisition. Check-In From Abroad With MyTown Booyah has announced [...]
Continue reading...Shopkick & Google Places Changes – Today in Locations
4. August 2010
Today, we have some new news on the wide world of location based services on the web. Shopkick is a new location-based “check-in” app with a twist, and Google has added the ability to have business owners respond to reviews on Google Places. Shopkick Gives A Needed ‘Kick’ To Check-Ins This morning, Shopkick Inc. brought [...]
Continue reading...Five Things We Want to See in the Google Games Network
1. August 2010
The past few weeks have seen a distinct ramp up in rumors surrounding a new Google social network in the works — with social gaming being a big part of those rumored plans. Even though we have no details on what such a service would look like, we’re pretty excited about the potential of what [...]
Continue reading...Thursday Throwdown: foursquare, Gowalla or MyTown? You Decide!
29. July 2010
Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown! This week, we take a break from Facebook games to offer a Throwdown of epic check-in proportions. We’ll be taking a look at the three most popular mobile check-in services – foursquare, Gowalla, and Booyah’s MyTown. To start the comparison most simply, there are two main kinds [...]
Continue reading...Social Tuesday: New Twitter Media Feature & CardStar Adds Foursquare Support
27. July 2010
In the social world today there are always plenty of news stories about the services people use to connect with each other, whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Flickr or any other platform of limitless possibilities. Today, we have Twitter testing a new functionality of the timeline including in-line pictures and videos and CardStar adding Foursquare [...]
Continue reading...Checking-In With Check-Ins: Gowalla Still in Race, Foursquare Planning Choose Your Own Adventure?
13. July 2010
A lot of news has popped up recently about the race for the top concerning location based apps. Here are a few stories that are lighting up the web this week concerning this hot topic. Gowalla Determined to Make Head-way on Foursquare Many have already determined that the race is over, Foursquare is the king [...]
Continue reading...Gowalla Partners Up With Threadless and LIVESTRONG
9. July 2010
Gowalla is looking to beef up their check-in rates with some new deals with Threadless and LIVESTRONG, Mashable is reporting. LIVESTRONG will be centered around the Tour de France while the Threadless partnership will be following them through their trek across the country. LIVESTRONG, with Gowalla, is looking to inspire people with 40 characters messages [...]
Continue reading...TagDis Supplements Graffiti For Check-Ins
7. July 2010
TagDis came out a bit earlier this summer and looks to change the way people ‘check-in’ to venues they visit. While on Foursquare and Gowalla you can simply tap to check-in to somewhere, with TapDis you have to use graffiti and tag the locations you visit using an augmented reality browser. Now, you can’t be [...]
Continue reading...Earn Facebook Credits By Using MyTown
4. July 2010
If you want to have a pretty easy way of earning some Facebook credits, MyTown appears to be a good, free way to go about doing that. The two companies have announced a partnership where MyTown players can either check into locations and earn credits or complete virtual item sets to get the free Credit [...]
Continue reading...Zuckerberg: Facebook’s Location Features Are Coming Soon
24. June 2010
Speaking to developers in London, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg spoke about Facebook’s anticipated Location based services by saying “We are finishing designing our application soon and hope to offer it soon.” While this was not the expected launch to coincide with F8, it can’t be too far off. TheNextWeb points out that it’s unknown if [...]
Continue reading...Facebook and Foursquare In Talks For Partnership/Merger?
12. June 2010
According to a report released by AllFacebook, two social networking giants, Foursquare and Facebook, are in talks for some form of partnership or merger. The talks appear to be surrounding Facebook’s implementation of location-based services. The social network would like to improve their ability to attract small business to advertise on their site, and location-based [...]
Continue reading...Never Miss That Plane with GateGuru
7. June 2010
Ever been lost in a maze of misleading signs or the oft-problematic designs of modern airports? Welk, the fine folks behind GateGuru feel your pain and hope to alleviate most, if not all of your airport navigation needs with the GateGuru app for iPhone. For now, the app covers 100 airports in the U.S. and [...]
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