Black 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 MoreDigital Marco Polo: Location-Based Services for Your Business
Location-based services like Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and MyTown are generating the same buzz that Twitter created two years ago when it was being touted as the “next big thing” in social media and online marketing. Just like “tweet it and they will come” was a falsehood told to many business owners, creating an effective location-based [...]
Read MoreLoopt Strikes First with Background Location to iOS4
Location sharing veteran Loopt is the first service to take advantage of the highly sought after feature with the launch of iOS4 – background location. Within the new OS for Apple, this new feature is often referred to as “persistent location.” Find out more details inside.
Read More“Skout”ing for Love Online
Skout is a mobile platform to discover people who are geographically located near your location that are interested in meeting new people for the purpose of dating. Look inside to see the details of you can find your next date.
Read MoreRumor Alert: iGroups Looking to Knockout Foursquare (and others)!
Through some research with different patents being obtained combined with the impending release of the iPad, all signs point toward Apple jumping into the geo-location social networking game. Check out the details inside.
Read MoreGoogle Latitude Now Makes Stalking Much Easier
Google Latitude originally launched as just another service to let friends and family know your physical location. Only a select group could actually see your updates. Well, it seems many users felt that this left too much work for their stalkers to do. They wanted to be able to share their exact location not only [...]
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