Tag: gowalla
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion – Zuckerberg plans on keeping it as a separate brand
How about this for an Easter Monday bombshell. Facebook is to buy the popular photo-sharing smartphone app Instagram for $1 billion in cash and shares (£629 million). Launched in October 2010, Instagram has apparently 30 million users, uploading more…
Facebook buys Gowalla, aims for location-based dominance *UPDATE* Facebook make confirmation statement
Facebook, the social-network overlords of our personal lives online, have bought out up-and-coming location based network Gowalla. Gowalla's location check-in service will be integrated into Facebook's newest "Timeline" homepage interface, allowing people to more precisely attach a location to…
Cheryl Cole Billboards Embrace Facebook Places
Facebook Places is being embraced in new billboard to promote Cheryl Cole's new ablum. About a month ago Facebook launched its location based service Places in the UK. Though the service has been slow to catch on, that has…
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…