Geo App Lab

Facebook Apps

Michael Castellon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:24:52 +0000

Mashable looks at the highlights of the first 60 Facebook Apps.

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Lawsuit alleges Microsoft Windows Phone 7 tracks user location

Michael Castellon — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:19:59 +0000

A lawsuit filed in federal court last week alleges that Microsoft knowingly configured the Windows Phone 7 operating system to track the location of users. The lawsuit against Microsoft cites a...

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Apple may be working on its own alternative to Google Maps

Michael Castellon — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:21:00 +0000

Via Engadget.

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Foursquare goes 3.0 on Gowalla’s home turf

Michael Castellon — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:44:32 +0000

The race is on to better integrate businesses (and sales) into geolocation apps. Tonight Foursquare just tightened the race by announcing details about its version 3.0, set to update any time. The...

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Yobongo goes live in the iTunes Store: Chat with nearby strangers

Michael Castellon — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:54:50 +0000

In anticipation of SXSW Interactive, which kicks off March 11, Yobongo has pushed its app live in the iTunes Store. Yobongo uses geolocation functionality to identify and connect you with people...

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Yobongo: a new kind of location-based chat

Michael Castellon — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:14:55 +0000

Yobongo lets you chat with whoever is nearby. The service is invite-only for now, but I expect we'll see (and hear) more of the service closer toward SXSW.

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Foursquare lets you check-in at the Super Bowl without being there

Michael Castellon — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:48:37 +0000

This Sunday you won’t have to be in Dallas to check-in at the Super Bowl. Foursquare now lets users do a virtual check-in, talk smack about the Steelers or Packers via “shouts” and...

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Google Latitude arrives late to the check-in party

Michael Castellon — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:59:43 +0000

In a half-hearted attempt to finally make its service relevant, Google today upgrade its Latitude geolocation service to include check-ins, a la Foursquare and Gowalla. The update is only available...

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Google Latitude arrives late to the check-in party

Michael Castellon — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:58:48 +0000

Foursquare reports strong growth in 2010

Michael Castellon — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:39:06 +0000

Foursquare now has 6 million users, a jump of more than 3,400 percent over the past year, founder Dennis Crowley told a group at the DLD Media conference in Munich.

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