In The SXSW Location Wa...
With SXSW starting Friday in Austin, Texas, every location-based service out there is right now finalizing updates that they hope will be the one that gets them used more than all the others. Loopt , is betting on events integration. Read the original: In The SXSW Location War, Loopt...Tweetie 2 Gaining Nativ...
While Loren Brichter may be hard at work on Tweetie Two for the Mac , he hasn’t given on his baby: Tweetie 2 for the iPhone. While the app hasn’t been updated since late November, a new build is due shortly with one big addition: native Foursquare support. What this means is...Embrace Your Inner Geek...
The Linux Foundation, the non-profit that supports the growth of the Linux kernel, has launched a merchandise store where people can purchase a newly launched line of original T-shirts, hats, mugs and other items that reflect “geek culture.” According a release sent out by the...Just In Time For The Lo...
When I wrote that location would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW , I also meant that Twitter’s geolocation would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW. The service has just turned on geolocation on its website today for the first time. While Twitter’s geolocation feature...It’s Official: We’r...
Twitter has quietly changed the wording on the button users need to press to update their statuses on the Twitter.com website. It took them 10 billion (or so) tweets to realize we don’t ‘Update’, we ‘Tweet’ Read more here: It’s Official: We’re No...PANIC! Study Finds That...
200 students surveyed in a Stanford study were found to be “addicted” to their iPhones. “When asked to rank their dependence on the iPhone on a scale of one to five – five being addicted and one being not at all addicted – 10 percent of the students acknowledged...Team Europe Ventures St...
Team Europe Ventures , the Berlin-based VC firm, has launched a new €6 million fund for early stage startups in the Internet and mobile Internet space. The fund is mainly targeting companies in Germany and Europe, but also in the USA, and the focus will be on the seed stage, with 4-5...
Foursquare Just Made Yo...
As has been made abundantly clear to me over the past two weeks, just about every location-based service is planning big things for the SXSW festival , which starts later this week in Austin, Texas. See the rest here: Foursquare Just Made Your Location History A Lot More...
“Problematic Wi-Fi Ac...
More and more apps are stricken from the App Store as of late, for a variety of reasons . View original here: “Problematic Wi-Fi Access”: Apple Bans Augmented Reality App Sekai...