It’s getting tough to keep up with all of the location-related developments leading up to this year’s SXSW, and they just keep coming. Tonight, on the eve of the event, Plancast has just had its iPhone application approved. The service, which we’ve previously described as a ‘Foursquare for the future’, allows you to tell [...]
Tags: Alum, Angels, Bevy, Core Functionality, Dave Mcclure, Eve, Friends, Iphone, Joshua Schachter, Location Data, Map, Mark Hendrickson, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Version, Notifications, Sxsw, Tc, Upcoming Events, Vc
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We’re two weeks away from the SXSW Interactive, a drinking festival with a side of tech that takes place each year in Austin, Texas (before the larger SXSW film and music portions). While the conference itself is interesting, more interesting is usually the “next big thing” that comes out of it. And I think I [...]
Tags: Alum, Austin Texas, Badges, Early Adopters, Film Music, Iphone, Location Services, Mainstream Popularity, Mature, Momentum, New Entries, Sxsw Conference, Sxsw Film, Sxsw Interactive, Twitter, Web Award
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In December 2008, Six Apart acquired Pownce, a microblogging service that never managed to attract a large following. Pownce was shuttered after the acquisition, but its two-person team joined Six Apart to help integrate the technology into Six Apart’s blogging services. Today Pownce founder Leah Culver has written on her blog that she’s [...]
Tags: Acquisition, Alum, Blog, Blogging, Contract Basis, Departures, Full Time, Integration, Iphone, Leaves, Mark Hendrickson, Mike Malone, Motion Products, Person Team, Pownce, Private Beta, Technology, Typepad, Web Based Irc, Web Based Irc Client
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