Yesterday, we wrote about the great lengths many cities and towns were taking to catch the attention of Google, in the hope that the search giant would choose their community for its experimental fiber network. The broadband network would be completely free for the chosen city (only the consumers using the services will be charged) [...]
Tags: Application Process, Broadband Connections, Cities And Towns, City Applications, City Mayors, Community Requests, Compliment, Everything Under The Sun, Fiber Network, Gigabit Connections, Google, Great Lengths, Guinea Pigs, Impressive Number, Internet Speeds, Municipalities, Party Organizations, Request For Information Rfi, Rural Areas, Tanks
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Brightkite is tricky. Tricky and smart.
While larger than most of their location-based rivals with over 2 million users, they know that in the past year they’ve lost some momentum to the newer check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla. So they’re trying to do something unique to swing momentum back in their favor.
Today, at the SXSW [...]
Tags: Applications Group, Austin Texas, Compliment, Game Group, Group Text, Iphone, Left Hand Side, Location Based Service, Location Group, Location Services, Mobile Applications, Mobile Texting, Momentum, Monopoly, Monopoly Game, Standalone Application, Sxsw Festival, Text Message, Text Messaging, Type Game
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