Many of us have been on the location based app bandwagon for a while now. We use apps like Foursquare, Gowalla, and Brightkite to check in at the places we visit in order to gain badges and some online notoriety. We track where we have been, where our friends are at, and see how many…
Read MoreDo you like to clip coupons? Even when handed to me on a silver platter, I always seem to forget coupons at home. You might not need to worry about that anymore as Peekaboo Mobile offers a free iPhone application that provides coupons, discounts and promotions directly to your phone based on your current location….
Read MoreIs it a revolution in location based social media, or the latest fad destined to fizzle out? Any seasoned Foursquare user is familiar with the ebb and flow in interest with the application’s use. After initially registering for an account, the excitement that comes along with each additional check-in can only fully be understood by a…
Read MoreWe all recall doing classic scavenger hunts growing up. Now, Boston-based SCVNGR is a startup that makes it easy to create a scavenger hunt from a simple mobile device. SCVNGR is the brainchild of Seth Priebatsch, a 21-year-old who founded the company while a freshman at Princeton University in 2008. We last caught up with…
Read MoreAugmented reality (AR), a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment where elements are merged with virtual or computer imagery, is becoming more prevalent and eventually will become mainstream in vehicles and other real-time devices. WhereMark, a DC-based startup, is an augmented reality application for the iPhone focused on bringing local points…
Read MoreLocation based services are a hot topic lately as mobile phone technology and services have converged to offer users important information about their current location. We previously reviewed the launch of SimpleGeo and today we are taking a look at a DC-area based company offering location based services (LBS) called viaPlace. ViaPlace is a white-label,…
Read MoreAs mobile devices have become more capable in the last couple of years, developers have come up with new and interesting ways to use them to interact with the world around us. This concept came to be known as “augmented reality.” One company that is pushing the envelope of AR is Munich-based mataio. It has created junaio, an AR…
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to see pictures from a certain place during a particular time? Snapr, a soon-to-be released iPhone app, will let you do it. Snapr users will be able to take a picture, Geotag it, add text, and upload it. Snapr developed by ME&A Mobile, will aggregate the Geotagged photos and display them…
Read MoreLast year at this time, SXSW time that is, the new “big thing” was location-based updates I would see from folks attending who were “checking in” here and there. As is the case most times at SXSW, people latch on to the next big thing and off it takes. Over the course of the last…
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to see pictures from a certain place during a particular time? Snapr, a soon-to-be released iPhone app, will let you do it. Snapr users will be able to take a picture, Geotag it, add text, and upload it. Snapr developed by ME&A Mobile, will aggregate the Geotagged photos and display them…
Read MoreGoogle has been all the buzz as it just launched a new social service that is basically a new lifestreaming product called Google Buzz. Google Buzz enables users to share photos, status updates, videos and more right from your GMail. It also has a mobile component at buzz.google.com that enables users to leverage location information…
Read MoreWithin the last year there has been growing popularity of location based services (LBS) and advertising like Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp. There has also been a push toward hyper-local advertising and some believe that it’s the future of advertising. My Local Text, a service from Washington D.C. based Infield Communications, has a different approach to…
Read MoreFoursquare has announced a partnership with Bravo TV. According to a report in the NYTimes, the deal will: “…integrate Bravo TV shows with the game aspects of Foursquare, a social networking site that encourages people to interact in the real world. The partnership hopes to engage viewers long after they turn off the television, close…
Read MoreIt seems like the fight for check-in dominance keeps heating up. Last week, seasoned Bay-area community powered venue review site, Yelp, added the ability to check into places that have been reviewed on the site. This was no doubt in response to the growing popularity of location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla. Having the ability…
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