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Halloween may be tomorrow, but tonight is Devil’s Night! To keep it creepy, Google’s Field Trip app has presented us with the top ten haunted historical locations – to visit or avoid. Field Trip is a pretty great application to discover new things, be it historical locations, restaurants, and more. The location-based application will notify…
Foursquare, a location based social network that predates many other location apps including Facebook’s check-in feature, has up until now been focused on offering services to customers of establishments. Now, Foursquare, scrambling to monetize, has released a new iOS app that puts emphasis on the business owner. The new app, Foursquare for Business, is an app that gives…
If you’re still somehow searching for the best location-based “check-in” application around for your Android or iOS device, we’re inclined to question if you know what you’re doing at all if you don’t have Foursquare installed. The application just got a sharp update that is very easy on the eyes, all while making it easier…
You’ve probably heard about Telenav before because the company has been in the mobile navigation space for about a dozen years but it’s now trying to make a bigger push reaching out directly to consumers and I got a chance to see its recently-announced Scout personal navigation app in action. I have to say, it…
The year is almost over and it’s been a major year for mobile tech. We’ve already laid out the most important stories of the year but the good folk at GPlus have put together an awesome infographic summarizing the top trends over the last 12 months. As you would expect, mobile played a big role…
The Foursquare check-in app for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.5 to include Lists. Foursquare introduced these awhile back on Android as a way for you to organize a series of spots surrounding a particular theme. This is good for when you’re getting your tourism on, but also a good way to organize and…
After reports leaked out last week that Facebook was buying Gowalla, the Gowalla team confirmed the news in a blog post today. The Gowalla service will be going away but Facebook won’t be getting that data. Gowalla started as something of a Foursquare competitor where users shared their location-based check-ins but it recently pivoted toward…
It’s clear that accurate mapping on the go is one of the best things about this smartphone revolution, as I would literally be lost without services like Google Maps on my phone. Still, the one big hole is when you get in doors and while Google and others are trying to tackle this issue, Nokia…
Google just announced its latest creation, Google Offers for Android. The Offers app brings deals near your current location into a simple piece of mobile software. Users can enjoy having the convenience of Featured Offers, which allows access on-the-go to daily deals from local businesses. This gives people the chance to purchase something they like on the spot…
Poynt’s location-based search app for BlackBerry has been updated recently to include a whole new category: Offers. With it, you can find short-term local sales offered by Restaurant.com, Peekaboo, Mobile Spinach, and others. Some of the coupons are limited time, others ongoing, and cover a breadth of different businesses – food, hotels, services, and lots…