Tag: FourSquare
Google bid for Groupon rejected
Google's recent bid for the group-buying start-up Groupon has fallen through, despite claims that the search giant offered as much as $5 billion for the company. It was a potentially massive risk for Google, who whilst not short on cash,…
Stop Drunken Updates With The Social Media Sobriety Test
We have all come home from a big night out and started drunkenly tweeting or updating Facebook, only to regret it in the morning. In an effort to put an end to those late night bouts of drunken social…
Facebook places goes live in the UK
Facebook's Foursquare killer went live in the UK this morning. The check-in based system is much like the popular geo-social app, but oddly doesn't have some of the key features Foursquare employs to make it so appealing to its users….
Facebook Places : location awareness heading to the social network
Facebook have announced that they will be integrating location-aware features into their social network. Facebook Places will hit as a new iPhone app for US users from Thursday, rolling out to all 500 million worldwide users soon after. BlackBerry and…
Gallery: MyTown – SimCity meets Foursquare in new iPhone app
The MyTown iPhone app has just launched internationally. After wooing 2.8 million US fans, iPhone owners across the globe can now enjoy the free app which tasks you with creating your own town from places you visit in the real…
Facebook readying location based services?
Facebook could be preparing to roll out location based features to its social network, if a report by Advertising Age is to be believed. Facebook are said to be integrating location based information and a check-in system that appears very…
Teenager to ski to the North Pole … for a Foursquare badge!
I've heard of people going out of their way for a Foursquare badge, but this is ridiculous. 15 year-old Parker Liautaud hopes to be the first person in the world to check into Foursquare (the popular location game/social networking…
Twitter website rolls out location info integrated with tweets
It's been on the cards for a while, but Twitter has finally added geo-location features within Twitter.com. Users can now opt in to have the Tweets they send from the website attach location-based information to their micro-blogging messages. While users…
Google Buzz social network: Buzzing or boring?
Google have entered the social networking fray with their new Buzz network. It's not the first time they've tried their hand at social networking (their Orkut network has a very respectable 100 million users), but by integrating it into…
Quickie guide to Google Buzz
Google yesterday unveiled what may become its most significant launch in several years in the shape of Google Buzz. But what is it and how might it shape the the next few years of online media? What is it? -…
