Stuck playing the same old game, people are starting to grow tired of using location-based services. In 2-3 years, the only focused hasn’t changed: it’s all about the venues, badges, and cheap deals. Now they’re starting to drag behind users like kid brothers and sisters that want to go everywhere with you. It was fun […]
Read moreThe rumors were true. Today, Facebook steps into the location-based services (or LBS) arena with Facebook Places. Now everyone is watching Foursquare, the current king of LBS. Not to mention Google acknowledged receiving 100 million Google Map users every month. The mobile space is clearly heating up and here’s what you should know about it.
Read moreLocation-based services are a wildly popular mobile business trend right now. I remember when geo-location status updates were a problem for folks on Twitter. Now everyone’s getting swept in the geo-location wave (or war). That’s a good thing for many reasons I’ve voiced here on SheGeeks for the past two years. However, in order for […]
Read moreKudos to Marjolein Hoekstra (@cleverclogs) for passing on the awesomesauce headline! If you love the things I tweet (@corvida), then she’s someone you need to be following. After finding the joy in Brightkite, a location-based social network, I began to realize how important location-based services and mobile social networks are becoming. I absolutely love […]
Read moreI love mobile social networks! More specifically, I love Brightkite. With Yahoo’s Fire Eagle, and Google’s latest introduction into location-based applications (Google Latitude), it’s pretty obvious that mobile social networking is slowing but surely gaining a lot more market penetration. Will these services take off? Will mainstream catch on? Will they be useful to even […]
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