China's DDMap Scores $40 Million In Funding
China’s ‘life service’ provider DDMap has raised $40 million in new funding according to reports in Chinese tech media (via Tech In Asia). The financing round has been in the…
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Well that's that. Gowalla shuts down.
Three months after the acquisition of Gowalla by Facebook, the company has officially closed it doors. The screenshot below can be found on the location startup turned travel guide‘s homepage. The termination…
Just in Time for SXSW, Highlight Gets More Useful
If there are two apps it seems every geek jetting into Austin, Texas for SXSWi this week will have on their phone, it’s proximity-based networking apps Highlight and Glancee. When…
WallaBee is a Great Item-Collecting Game for the iPhone
WallaBee is a brand new digital collectibles game for the iPhone (iTunes link) with a geo-location twist, made by the talented Ben Dodson Apps team, and it would be YOUR…
In Egypt: Location Based Social Networks
Adel Youssef, 39, a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, is the creator of Google’s MyLocation service. He worked at Google for five years, receiving a myriad…
Get a Recipe Every Time You Check-In at a Grocery Store
I really enjoy simple apps that do things that make my life easier or more interesting. Whenever you go to the supermarket, you probably have a list with you, but…
Save Your Gowalla Data, Thanks to TouristEye
At the beginning of the month, travel and check-in service Gowalla was acquired by Facebook. That sounded like a good deal for both companies, considering Gowalla never got past its…
Instagram Usage in 2011 Heaviest on West Coast
It would be easy to argue that 2011 was the year of mobile photography. At the top of the app list facilitating this trend is Instagram, sporting over 15 million…
Watch Wikipedia Updates On a Google Map
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an app that showed Wikipedia updates in real-time. The information flew by quickly in a stream, showing exactly how active the site is…
Foursquare Used to Document the History of Rappers
Paul Rayment, a PR manager based in Leeds, has come up with yet another interesting and unique use for Foursquare. He’s using the check-in service to map out the history…
Track your Weekly Carbon Footprint Using Foursquare
In April, we asked Gavin Starks the Founder and CEO of AMEE if his carbon data engine could save the world from mass extinction. Starks said that in the future, as data in the…
Timehop: A Daily Email of your Past FB, Twitter & Foursquare Posts
When people ask me why I love Foursquare so much, I point to the service 4squareand7yearsago, which sends a daily email with the subject line: “Where you were a year ago on December…
Find out Where Your Twitter Followers are From
Tweets are fun, but there’s other interesting data that comes along with using the 140 character sharing social network. Ever wonder where your Twitter followers are from? Tweepsmap will tell…
Google Users Want to Find Their Local News
Every year, Google does its Zeitgeist, which compiles all of the trending topics based on what people searched for on its site. Some interesting trends showed up this year, but…
Facebook Privacy Settings for Photos are Confusing
We have some great readers here at The Next Web. One reader, Koen, alerted us to something that had us completely baffled. With today’s launch of Timeline for your Facebook…
