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The Foursquare app for BlackBerry got a modest upgrade today. No, it’s not going to include Radar, but the logo in the top-left now launches into a notification stream. The notification list will include comments on your check-ins, when friends do one of your tips, both you and a friend have an identical place on…
Thanks to some of the new possibilities of iOS 5 being released later today, Foursquare has been able to add a new feature it is particularly proud of. That feature is known as Radar, and it allows for the discovery of interesting places nearby without even having to open the app. Radar utilizes iOS 5’s…
After a lengthy stay on Android and iOS, Foodspotting has finally come to BlackBerry. Even Windows Phone got a release before BlackBerry. Foodspotting is just what you’d imagine it is: you take pictures of your meals, and share ’em with the community at large, be it within Foodspotting’s own little corner, or out to larger…
Poynt, my favouritest location-based search app in the whole wide world, has just updated for Windows Phone 7.5, better known as Mango. The new version now has dedicated tiles for each category, so you can jump right into restaurant, gas, movie, weather, business, or people search right from the home screen. Poynt also plugs into…
We have great news for you Foursquare for Android users out there. The location-based social networking app recently received a pretty cool update with the Lists feature to help share and discover collections of places, among a few other smaller tweaks. This news follows the company’s recent announcement of achieving a huge milestone, passing a cool one…
I’m packing up my bags to fly out to a conference tomorrow and I’ll be swinging by SFO and that’s why the latest check-in deal from Loopt caught my eye because the location-based company is teaming up with Virgin America to offer prizes for checking in at the airport. This promotion is kind of limited…
Cloo launched recently on an interesting premise: sometimes it’s hard to find a can in the city, nevermind a clean one. By leveraging existing social networks like Foursquare, Twitter, and Facebook, Cloo enables users needing a quick pee break to find second-degree friends that have some facilities available. Hosts even get a bit of coin for…
The last Foursquare update was a bit more significant than just in-line picture sharing, as it turns out. The pioneer in location-based social networking has expanded their check-in service to include more than just physical locations. Now you can check in to events that are only going within a set timeframe, with custom UI elements for…
Apple faced a bit of legal controversy and some parody over the location-tracking capabilities in iOS but it appeared to pretty much blow over. Until now. Thousands of South Koreans are suing Apple in a class-action lawsuit and said that the iOS location-tracking is a violation of their privacy. The Los Angeles Times reports that…
LightSquared is trying to build out a 4G LTE network using satellite bands but there has been a lot of concern over if its network will interfere with GPS. The company recently told the government that any potential interference is because other companies are not following the Department of Defense’s filtering standards. In other words:…