Amazon’s Takes In-App...

Amazon is taking the wraps off a new in-app purchasing service today in an effort to make its app store competitive with what Apple and Google offer developers. That should let developers for Amazon’s appstore tap into what has emerged as the most lucrative revenue way of...
Foursquare Adds Bios To Profile Pages, Evolving As A More Self-Contained Social Network

Foursquare Adds Bios To...

Foursquare today rolled out the ability for users to add short personal “bios” to their profile pages on the site. These bios are limited to 160 characters or less, and can be imported directly from a user’s Twitter account or written from scratch. It’s another...
Foursquare’s Facebook Integration Gets Prettier, Adds Activity Summaries

Foursquare’s Facebook...

Foursquare made a slight, but welcome, change to its Facebook integration today that will now offer “prettier” Facebook Wall posts regarding your activities. Instead of posts that just show a standardized icon as before, the posts will include a full map, or your photos, if...

TipList Wants To Replac...

From the one man team that brought you Photopile and Onesheet comes another drop dead simple app, TipList . Deciding to take a trip around the world with his wife Elle last summer, creator Brenden Mulligan received a deluge of “City Tips” emails, or those emails full of must...
With Localmind 2.0, It’s About Expert Local Answers, Not Just Immediate Ones

With Localmind 2.0, It...

Following five months of work, location-based Q&A platform Localmind is launching its biggest release today since its original debut with the arrival of Localmind 2.0 . The newly revamped platform represents a shift for the company, which, as you may remember, sits on top of...

Cowbird Is A Community ...

Not yet familiar with digital storytelling platform Cowbird , despite recent glowing coverage from the likes of Wired and The Washington Post ? Well, if you like reading, seeing or listening to a good story as much as I do, you will be mighty glad I’m introducing you to the site...
Foursquare Adds NFC Support To Its Android App

Foursquare Adds NFC Sup...

In addition to the updated “Explore” feature that rolled out to Foursquare’s Android and iPhone applications this week, the social discovery service also added a special feature to its Android app that sort of flew under the radar: support for NFC. NFC, or near field...
Tesla Unveils The Model X, An Electric CUV With Futuristic Gullwing-like Doors

Tesla Unveils The Model...

Tesla Motors’ family is growing. The company just unveiled its first crossover, the Model X. Like the Roadster and Model S, the Model X is a purely electric vehicle, built on the same platform as the Model S. Tesla says pricing will be similar to that of the Model S, making the...

Foursquare Rolls Out Ne...

This morning, Foursquare launched an updated version of its “Explore” feature for both its iPhone and Android applications. The new version brings over several of the features already available through Foursquare on the web , including filters, photos in search results and...
Too Busy To Actually Call Your Mom? Hashtagmom Does It When You Check-In

Too Busy To Actually Ca...

Sure, your mom carried you for nine months. And yeah, she wiped your bum for years, put clothes on your back, and made sure you got a decent education so you could move to California and rock a hoodie and work somewhere where there’s always beer in the fridge and go-karts to be...

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