By R "Ray" Wang on January 17, 2011
Convergence Of Smart Phone Affordability And Broad Network Access Drives Growth In Location Based Services I’ve been a big fan of location based services (LBS). In fact, many of you have followed my whereabouts on Yelp, Tripit, and other integrated Twitter services. As many of you know, location based services take your geographical position from […]
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By Michael Coté on October 13, 2010
Some interesting tech startups in Austin.
Posted in Business | Tagged austin, betterjunkmail, BigData, Cassandra, Dachis Group, geolocation, Gowalla, ideas, InfoChimps, MindQuilt, Riptano, social software, spiceworks, startups, Systems Management, The New Thing |
By Bob Warfield on August 13, 2010
Apparently, mobile users prefer apps over the web. At least that’s Gowalla CEO Josh Williams’ view: “People love apps, but it drives a stake in the heart of the build-once-deploy-everywhere model, and makes the market really fragmented.” I’m not surprised. Heck, I prefer apps too. But the irony is that Apple has but a bullet […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apple, flash, flex, Gowalla, HTML5, iPhone, mobile apps, Open source, RIA, rich internet apps
By Chris Selland on July 6, 2010
Despite massive spending on CRM and marketing technology, it has been notoriously difficult for consumer product vendors and retailers to manage and analyze in-store behavior. Recently-funded foursquare – and the ecosystem the company is working to build – may offer a solution.
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged check-in, CRM, Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla, marketing, Online Communities, Retail, SCRM, Social network, Twitter
By Zoli Erdos on May 7, 2010
Oh, just what the Doctor has ordered: more junk food coming your way, left and right, from the social network that’s taking over the Internet: Facebook. McDonald’s will be the first advertiser taking advantage of Facebook’s soon-t0-be-releasing location feature. The first reaction from most is this will kill leading location-based services: Hey Foursquare, Time To […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged android, Facebook, Foursquare, Gowalla, location, mobility, Privacy, security, Twitter |
By Zoli Erdos on March 23, 2010
How many times were you looking for the right hotel at the right price, close enough to your conference, customer or just a particular location? Finding the right one typically includes juggling multiple sites – hotel search, price comparisons, many with teaser prices that turn out to be unavailable, maps, reservation systems…etc. Not for long, […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Foursquare, google, Google Maps, Gowalla, hotels, search, Search Engines, travel