Foursquare Launches 3.0, Specials Management, and SXSW Badges and Events
Foursquare is definitely doing big things for SXSW this year. Their launch of Foursquare 3.0 is extremely important in the evolution of the service, bringing automated recommendations. This means that, instead of just letting you tell people where you are, Foursquare now tells you where to go. This is a pretty big deal and something [...]
Read MoreCharles Hudson & Bionic Panda Games #winning
To say Charles Hudson is #winning would be an understatement. He’s a Venture Partner at SoftTech VC, one of the leading in the Valley (think Mint and Tapulous) and is CEO and co-Founder of a hot new mobile gaming start-up called Bionic Panda Games. A self-described “biz guy” Charles got his MBA from Stanford and [...]
Read MoreiPad 2 Rumors Mill Spinning Ahead of Apple’s March 2nd Event
The web has been on fire with rumors about Apple will announce at their event tomorrow. Everything from iPhone Nano’s to iPad 2′s and MobileMe redesigns. As Techradar points out, the rumors may overshadow whatever Apple really has up their sleeve. Apple watchers have been playing a game of “my dad’s bigger than your dad”, [...]
Read MoreWorld’s Mobile Leaders Back Near Field Communication (NFC)
We’ve talked about Near Field Communication (NFC) a number of times. Visa and Bank of America began experimenting with contactless payments last year. There was talk of an Apple mobile payment network tied to iTunes. More recently, RIM announced their support for NFC in future handsets. “As we have seen, the adoption of different approaches [...]
Read MoreiOS Jailbreakers Blocked in iBooks
Apple has decided to block jailbroken phones from accessing iBooks content. Apple Insider reports that those attempting to access iBooks content on their jailbroken devices get the following message: “There is a problem with the configuration of your iPhone,” the error message in iBooks 1.2.1 reads. “Please restore with iTunes and reinstall iBooks.” It seemed [...]
Read MoreGoogle Doodle Navigates 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The latest Google doodle aims to stimulate the imagination as Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (free Google books download) did for many. In a post, Google Doodler Jennifer Hom recounts how the book sent her imagination into hyper drive. Today’s doodle, celebrating Verne’s 183rd birthday, tries to capture that sense of adventure and [...]
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