Tech Week in Review 3-12-2010

Foursquare + Google Maps = FourWhere

FourWhere is a mashup of Foursquare and Google Maps that provides a visual representation of venues overlayed on a map. Clicking a venue shows you recent checkins and comments. The interface is a little weird, but you should be able to figure things out from the right-click menu. Created by Sysomos, they plan to add other location services to the map in the future. (via TC)

HTML5 Not Really Faster Than Flash?

It’s always been assumed that HTML5, the next generation of the interwebz as we know it, must obviously be faster than current reining champion Flash. It seems that this is not necessarily true in most cases. This just goes to show that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to technology.

Twitter Turns On Geo-Location

Twitter has had geo-location abilities for a while now, but has finally incorporated it into the actual web interface. Look out for the little pin icons on people’s tweets and you can se where they’re located. As you can see in the screenshot, @Corvida was chillin in Austin, TX getting hyped for SXSW.

SocialToo Expands Phishing Protection…So Does Twitter

Following a huge rash of hacked Twitter accounts, a bunch of people started tweeting about weight loss and other random stuff. SocialToo stepped up to the plate, expanding it’s phishing protection to all user accounts rather than just the premium ones. Go sign up for SocialToo, even if just to block malicious DM’s (of course, there are a gang of other features you might like). Twitter itself, recognizing the growing problem, also took the initiative in blocking these phishing scams.

Whrrl 3 Wants You To Get Up, Get Out, and Get Something

Whrrl 3 is yet another location-based service. Their focus is slightly different in that they are looking to turn your normal online social networking into actual offline social activity. Rather than simply using the service to tell the world where you are, you have to interact with others to make anything happen. Unlike most other location-based services, you even earn points in the overall game for getting others to do stuff.

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