That map you see above isn't a picture of the earth, seen from space. Rather, it's a map of the locations attached to every tweet and Flickr photo. What results is a remarkable picture of how each service has spread across the ...READ»
As location-based apps proliferate, so does the need for umbrella services that can aggregate data from multiple networks. Tweetsii, which is being introduced at SXSW, is one such service that looks promising. The app exploits ...READ»
I love the geotag concept--marking photos/Tweets and such with their Earth coordinates--and I think we'll all be doing it more in the future, for many reasons. I'm just worried we shouldn't be doing it this month. Thanks to bad ...READ»
Rumors are swirling that Google's about to spend half a billion dollars to buy business review phenomenon Yelp. That's a lot of money, and if other analysis is right, it could be a bad move--Twitter and Foursquare may steal the market.READ»
I got all excited about Twitter's geotagging feature before, and now it's getting a new spin that wraps in another neat technology: Augmented reality. Enter Twitter 360, an AR iPhone App that puts Tweets in a global navigational ...READ»
Even as we busily plug our personal information into Facebook, the powerhouse social network is about to get a whole lot more personal. It's getting ready to link geo-location information to your actions on the social site.
The ...READ»
Augmented Reality may well be the killer app for GPS and compass-empowered smartphones, but the tech has a significant drawback--it requires accurate points of interest to make it useful. A new start-up, L.A.-based unit called ...READ»
Yesterday I wrote about how Twitter and other social networking tools could really change the world. One tool that should help spur that along is geotagged Tweets that place people's comments in geographic context. Now more details on ...READ»
