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GOWALLA LAUNCHES ON WEBOS AND VIES FOR YOUR CHECKINS WITH FREE STUFF
Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 2:08 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
Foursquare is battling for your SXSW check-ins with a musical scavenger hunt . Rival Gowalla is going to go after them with free gadgets – specifically free Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus devices as part of a... (Continue reading)
FOURSQUARE AND SPIN MAGAZINE TURN SXSW INTO MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT
Written on 6 Mar, 2010 at 11:41 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
For complete SXSW coverage, check out Mashable’s SXSW channel . Popular music magazine SPIN is going geeky for South by Southwest’s music festival, integrating custom Foursquare badges into its event presence and rewarding the most adventurous users of the... (Continue reading)
TWITTER LOCATION API TO SUPPORT PLACES
Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 4:38 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
I know what you may be thinking: Twitter location API already supports places; that’s why they call it the location API, right? Well, yes and no. Currently, it supports latitude and longitude, which tells the world where, exactly, you... (Continue reading)
INFINITEC OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES IUM AD HOC STREAMING DEVICE: SHIPS IN JULY FOR $129
Written on 1 Mar, 2010 at 10:32 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
It's been a long time comin', but the little startup-that-could has just gone official with its first major consumer electronics peripheral, the IUM . First introduced at CES , this ad hoc streaming stick creates a local WiFi network... (Continue reading)
GOOGLE ADDS NEW LOCATION-BASED OPTIONS TO SEARCH
Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 12:41 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
Google has just added a new “Nearby” tool to the Search Options panel that lets users refine results for a custom search experience centered around location. The new location-based search option is now available to English users of Google.com.... (Continue reading)
HOW FACEBOOK BECAME TWICE AS FAST (BUT STILL NOT FAST ENOUGH)
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 10:35 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
There’s an interesting post today at Facebook’s engineering blog , detailing how Facebook’s engineers managed to make the site two times faster in a six-month period — from June of 2009 till the beginning of 2010. It’s an interesting... (Continue reading)
HOW ROBBERS DID THEIR DIRTY DEEDS BEFORE FOURSQUARE
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 10:35 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
There’s a very easy way to find out if someone is home or not: calling their landline. If no one answers, chances are the house is empty. If you really want to make sure, you can simply check if... (Continue reading)
ORIGIN’S EON18 GAMING LAPTOP IS NOT ENTIRELY ORIGIN-AL
Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 0:34 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
After Dell bought out Alienware, some of the executives left and formed a new company. That company, called Origin PC, sells high end computers and notebooks. Origin PC just announced their newest product, the Eon18 laptop. There’s only one... (Continue reading)
DOES TRACKING YOUR PHONE’S LOCATION VIOLATE YOUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS?
Written on 15 Feb, 2010 at 22:39 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
Sure, we like keeping track of where we've been , and about every day a new gadget comes along that allows us to better see the virtual breadcrumbs we've spread across the land. But, when it comes to letting... (Continue reading)
MAN TO BE LOCKED IN BOX AND LIVE STREAMED TO WORLD
Written on 10 Feb, 2010 at 18:01 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
What do you get when you cross social isolation, money and Google Maps? ... (Continue reading)