geolocation
CNN reveals a badge for political iReporters
I’ll admit it – I’m surprised at how well virtual badges do when it comes to encouraging people to use a service. I gave up stickers when I was 10. (Maybe 12. 14, for sure.) But I’m no curmudgeon on the topic; whatever works, works. And so the badge system, made popular by Foursquare, has [...]
A summary of the Block by Block summit
The Block by Block Conference in Chicago attracted over 100 local site owners, foundations, academics and others whose livelihoods and/or obsessions revolve around on-line local news operations and how to sustain them.
Because this conference is organized as more of an on-going conversation groups than of podium lectures, I thought it might be useful to put some of those threads and insights into bite sized pieces (click through below for full coverage):
Foursquare preps new features, links coming?
Now that Facebook Places has launched, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley is getting bombarded by questions asking if he’s going to get, well, “crushed.” The answer (which is “no,” of course) reveals hints about upcoming Foursquare features, some of which are rolling out in a new app version in the next couple weeks. Reports Mashable: Crowley [...]
Facebook unveils local ‘Places’ feature
Updated: After many months of work, Facebook announced its “Places” functionality at a press conference this evening. The feature will begin to roll out immediately with a new iPhone app and Touch.Facebook.com for advanced mobile browsers. At the core of the new product, users can check into locations represented by new “place pages” on Facebook. [...]
Location services to ‘devastate local media’
As rumored for what feels like the last decade, Facebook will launch its geolocation feature “within weeks,” according to a CNET report: It’s going to take the form of an application programming interface (API) for third-party companies on the Facebook developer platform, integrating existing “check-in” start-ups more deeply into the massive social-networking service and in [...]
