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Loopt Pulse Bets That Location On The iPad Is About Planning

Location is all the rage right now. The iPad is all the rage right now. So it makes sense that when you combine the two, you’re going to get something awesome. But there’s just one little problem. The iPad, with its 9.7 inch screen is way too big to fit in your pocket. To take [...]

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Fri, April 2 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Just In Time For The Location Wars, Twitter Turns On Geolocation On Its Website

When I wrote that location would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW, I also meant that Twitter’s geolocation would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW. The service has just turned on geolocation on its website today for the first time.
While Twitter’s geolocation feature has been live through its API since last November, there was no [...]

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Tue, March 9 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Google, Mozilla Claim AOL’s China Portal May Harm Your Computer

Google Chrome and Firefox both throw up a malware warning for AOL’s Chinese portal (click at your own risk), and Google even warns people who run a search for ‘AOL China’ that the site may harm their computer, as you can tell from the screenshot above.
As far as I can tell, Internet Explorer 8 [...]

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Sat, February 13 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

As It Celebrates Its Sixth Birthday, Facebook Surges To 400 Million Users

It’s been six years to the day that Facebook launched, and the company’s massive growth is showing no signs of slowing down. Minutes ago, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a note to the site’s blog celebrating the milestone. In it, he says that Facebook will cross the 400 million user mark [...]

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Fri, February 5 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Brightkite Expands Product Line-up With Mobile Apps For Nokia, Palm Phones

Popular location-based social network Brightkite has simultaneously released mobile apps for some Nokia as well as Palm smartphones.
The release of the apps follows earlier launches of Android, BlackBerry and iPhone applications.
The Nokia app can be downloaded from the Ovi Store already and should run fine on all Symbian S60 5th Edition phones, including the Nokia [...]

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Fri, January 29 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments