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Google is taking location and local services seriously and it has appointed Marissa Mayer as the head of this division. Marissa Mayer was VP of search products but she will be overtaking the local and location service part of the company. Google routinely puts Mayer on television and in its public events and you can…
Foursquare’s check-in application for BlackBerry has been updated to let you get pop-up notifications as soon as your friends check in to a location. There’s also a fresh round of bug squashes, UI improvements, and code optimizations, all of which are welcome. Foursquare’s presence here at the BlackBerry DevCon has been significant, with a check-in…
The Foursquare check-in app for iPhone was updated recently with a new way of handling To-Dos and Tips. In the past, the two were lumped together in the same tab, with subcategories separating the two. For those uninitiated, Tips are messages you leave behind at places you check-in to using a mobile app, while To-Dos…
U.K users will now be able to show off where they go, as the Facebook Places location-sharing service has now gone live. As you may be aware, the world’s largest social network is implementing check-in services. The goal of Facebook Places is to let you share your location with your friends in the hopes that…
Poynt, a location-based search app for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone, has announced a new service for vendors called the Offer Engine, which integrates with their app to offer those nearby with promotions in an effort to get users to swing by. With the help of a dashboard, merchants can determine the radius in which their…
The Poynt location-based search app for BlackBerry has been updated with a variety of changes, mainly optimizations for OS 6 on the Torch 9800 (i.e. universal search and new contextual menu icons), but there are some solid new features, like routing through Google Maps rather than BlackBerry Maps, and Rotten Tomatoes ratings when looking up…
Foursquare and Vlingo are teaming up to battle bigger competitors and the companies are integrating voice controls to do things like having audible check ins. Despite what it says publicly, Foursquare is facing pressure from the new Facebook Places. Foursquare will need to add its own differentiated services to keep users from just using Facebook’s…
The Gowalla location-based social network has significantly expanded their previously flimsy BlackBerry app with the ability to add pictures to spots, keep track of virtual items, and of course check in to and share your favorite locales with Facebook and Twitter friends like usual. Gowalla differs from the current check-in leader, Foursquare, by offering a…
Facebook continues to try and capitalize on its popularity in the mobile space and the team plans to take a crack as mobile password management. Facebook has a “Platmobile” team (platform plus mobile) that is looking at instantly personalizing your device so you won’t have to remember every single password. There are obviously privacy implications,…
It was only going to be a matter of time before location-based services integrated with the world’s largest social network and SCVGR said it now works with Facebook Places. If you’re not familiar with SCVNGR, the company offers apps which emphasizes gaming on the whole “check-in” craze. The service is not quite as popular as…