Foursquare Has Best Day Ever Following Facebook Places Announcement
Following Facebook’s Places announcement popular location service Foursquare saw a spike in user signups. This comes according to a Tweet by Fourqsquare co-founder Dennis Crowley: “Just heard from The @HarryH that today was @foursquare’s biggest day ever in terms of new user signups.” @HarryH is the Twitter account for Foursquare’s lead engineer Harry Heymann. While [...]
Read MoreFacebook Partners with Foursquare, Gowalla, MyTown, and Yelp for Places
It looks like all the speculation was correct. At a press event which was streamed live, Facebook finally announced their location initiative. It’s called Facebook Places and, while it shares some of the same features, it’s not the same as a Foursquare or Gowalla. In fact, Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, and MyTown representatives were at the [...]
Read MoreLove in a Digital Age: Location Based Dating Apps
While Foursquare and Gowalla offer interesting ways to meet up with your friends, there are now location based services that help you meet candidates for romance. I took a look at three of these apps to understand how they work. Skout Skout was the easiest app to use of the ones I reviewed. You simply [...]
Read MoreSafety Tips for Location Based Services
Location based services like Foursquare and Gowalla are incredibly popular, but users can put themselves in danger if they don’t follow simple safety rules. As previously reported on this site, you already leave a detailed digital trail. However, you can do a lot to protect the information that is often voluntarily given up when using [...]
Read More5 Cool GPS Apps for Your Smartphone
Embedded GPS capability is a common feature of smartphones, and GPS chips are increasingly being integrated into basic feature phones. Most users think of GPS as a way to navigate when travelling or to check in on location based services like Foursquare or Gowalla. However, there are several applications that allow you to do much [...]
Read MoreLiving on the Grid: Your Digital Paper Trail
While technology provides many conveniences, privacy advocates are concerned that individuals are leaving an unprecedented amount of personal information about themselves stored on public and private servers. Let’s look at a typical day of a person who uses common technologies. Under each time slot, I note the places her information is stored. 5:50 a.m.— The [...]
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