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What Did The Location War Look Like At SXSW? Like This.

Right before the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas a couple weeks ago, some of you may have read about SimpleGeo’s awesome location data visualization tool called Vicarious.ly. The site showed location information coming in to SimpleGeo from Austin in realtime, and included elements such as Foursquare check-ins, Gowalla check-ins, geotagged pictures from Flickr, and geotagged [...]

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Thu, March 25 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I’m Rooting For An All-Out Location War.

I didn’t have the same problems at SXSW this year that some people did. Was it too crowded at some events? Sure. But there were plenty of alternative things to do. Did some of the keynotes bomb? Yes. But there were plenty of other things to listen to. Did AT&T fail? No. Actually, they did [...]

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Sat, March 20 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

The AOL Executive Shuffle Continues: Entertainment Chief Mike Rich Departs

There’s been a lot of churn in AOL’s executive and employee ranks since Tim Armstrong became CEO. The latest exec to head for the door is 9-year veteran Mike Rich, who is the senior VP in charge of AOL Entertainment (which includes AOL Music, Moviefone, and AOL Television). He joins a growing list [...]

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Thu, March 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments