Tech Week in Review 12-16-2011
Facebook Timeline Available Everywhere Facebook launched Timeline in limited form a while back, but now it is available to all worldwide. In addition to Facebook.com, Timeline is also now active on Android and m.facebook.com. It’s a new spin on your Facebook profile that allows you and your friends to easily see posts all the way [...]
Read MoreGoogle Adds Quora, Gowalla, and Others to Realtime Search
Google Realtime Search just got a lot more useful with the addition of results from services like Quora, Gowalla, Facebook, and a few others. The additional services came yesterday with no official announcement from Google. Other services added include (but may not be limited to): Plixi, Me2day, and Twitgoo. The discovery was made in a [...]
Read MoreNeer Highlights Trend of Private Location Based Apps
Group chat and location are two of the hottest tech trends right now. Beluga just got snatched up by Facebook and Kik just got a round of funding and added photo sharing. Foursquare just launched version 3.0 which includes real-world recommendations. It actually tells you where to go and RWW calls it Foursquare’s Google moment. [...]
Read MoreBlack Web 2010 Year in Review: Mobile/Apps
1. Apple iPad April 3rd 2010, Apple released its much heralded iPad in the US. After numerous jokes about its name and inevitable comparisons to feminine hygiene products subsided, the iPad promptly quieted naysayers and sold 300,000 on its first day and 3 million in 80 days. The device gained a 96% share of tablet PC [...]
Read MoreFoursquare Adds Photos and Comments
Foursquare has just unleashed a couple of features that change the landscape of location-based services. Gowalla has always been a service with the visual appeal users crave, but lacking the most important factor in social networking: your existing friends. In response to this, Gowalla launched an update to their apps that allowed users to check-in [...]
Read MoreGowalla Continues To Thrive, Adds Notes and Other Upgrades
Gowalla refuses to be an afterthought in the geo-location space. Lately, most advances have been made by Foursquare, Facebook (Places) and even SVNGR. Gowalla has recently released some new features that continue to define the entire geo-location space. The most intriguing feature is simply called Notes. Find out more details inside.
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