As I opened my Foursquare application to check in this morning, I noticed that today is the third Read More
Foursquare hosted 2B check-ins across 20M users
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Green Dot acquires Loopt for $43M in cash
Adding geo-location services to your enterprise is a must-do for most companies and Green Dot has just taken Read More
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Top 10 biggest Facebook events of the year
No one can say that the team over at Facebook was slouching this year. From new partnerships and Read More
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Facebook snaps up Gowalla for location-based boost
While Facebook is a powerhouse of growth and innovation, it often gets a boost of new tech and Read More
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Give friends a Glympse into your location
The future is so creepy. While much of the discussion related to location-based services has swirled around applications Read More
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Location data to be worth $10 billion in 2016
Total consumer and advertiser money spent on location-based services (LBS) could make the sector a $10 billion industry Read More
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Fewer than 1 in 5 smartphone users check in
Location-based services like Facebook Places, Foursquare and Gowalla might be less used than we thought. Only 16.7 million Read More
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Only 39% of U.S. smartphone users check in
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to attend the Social-Loco Conference in San Francisco, which brought together many of Read More
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Foursquare Venue Project: unify location data
Oh, no. Not another Foursquare announcement. Well, to be fair, SXSW 2011 ain’t over yet. And this one Read More
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What you need to know – 03/08/11
Google Android has taken the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2 percent market share, after two short months Read More
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Greylock grows fund XIII to $1 billion
Veteran venture capital firm Greylock Partners announced Tuesday that it has expanded its current fund, Greylock XIII, to Read More
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Sprout Social (marketing) closes $10 million
Another week, another social marketing startup gets funded. Sprout Social, provider of social media management tools for business, Read More
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Instagram hits 1M iPhone users in two months
There are a lot of apps for the iPhone. So many, that you probably think that it is Read More
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Google Latitude finally lands on the iPhone
And you thought Facebook Places was late to the game. Google Latitude, Google’s location-sharing app, launched Monday on Read More