Augmented Reality Coming To Flickr?
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 | 0 CommentsImagine these scenario : You have just been from a trip to New York and have shared pictures on Flickr. One of the pics is of a burger shop that you loved and want to share the same with your friends on Flickr. It is normal for people to write such things on the image [...]
Facebook Working On FourSquare Killer
Posted on January 29th, 2010 | 0 Comments“Checking-in” has suddenly become sexy and every startup in town is trying to incorporate it into their core service. After Yelp and Gowalla, Facebook too is trying to introduce a “check-in” feature to users of its mobile website. Checking in was first introduced by New York based startup, FourSquare. The service that offered reward points [...]
Microsoft’s Local Search Algorithm A Privacy Nightmare?
Posted on January 29th, 2010 | 0 CommentsLocal search is big and everyone is jumping into this segment. And for a fact, we all tend to realize that the local results from major search engines is nothing to brag about; except if you are in a high internet density area like New York or San Francisco. While companies have been devising different [...]
For Google, It is Now Location Location Location
Posted on December 26th, 2009 | 0 CommentsThe past few months has shown an apparently changed stance from Google. We have seen the Big G focus rather explicitly on two things – Mobile and Location based applications. For starters, here are a few things Google has been working on building the next big mobile platform – Android 2.1 Google is very soon [...]