What a week for location-based applications/services. From being called the next big thing in social marketing to being said no one is using location-based apps, this week one of the most exciting week for location-based applications in a while. Here’s a list of 30 location-based articles you may have missed from last week.
- Awesome Infographic: Mobile Advertising & The Rise Of Mobile Coupons
- Like a Robot Struck by Lightning: Gowalla to Launch Write API, Possibly With Pictures
- 6 Reasons why you should check-in with location-based services such as TriOut, Foursquare, Brightkite, Whrrl, Gowalla, Scvngr, PlacePop, Yelp and more!
- Google Tags – Do They Help? An Anectdotal Review
- Whats Foursquare All About? Simple Guide From A Power User
- Why MyTown Should Add Virtual To Their Product Check In Arsenal
- Did I Just Earn an Inception Badge or was it Just a Dream?
- MyTown adds product check-ins
- Four Reasons Brands Must Check in to Foursquare. Now
- Boston’s Skyhook Will Map Tweets, Check-ins at San Francisco Marathon – Xconomy
- inside wereward metrics
- MapHook Hooks Social Media with Sharing of Location-Based Content and Interests
- Now, there’s a reason to keep checking in to foursquare
- Forrester Recommends Caution with LBS
- RANT: What LBSeseses are Missing
- IHG Becomes First Global Hotel Franchise Company To Reward Loyalty Points For Geolocation Check-Ins
- LoKast comes to Android, brings ‘check-it-out’ to check-ins
- Miso Targets Shopping Networks for Badges and Special Discounts
- PlacePop Looks To Give Any Business Its Own Rewards Program, Raises $1.4M
- How Mobile Text Alerts and Location Affect Consumer Retail Behavior
- Checking in with the Places API
- Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare
- HBO Sinks Its Teeth Into GetGlue To Reward Fans For Checking-In To Hit Shows
- SCVNGR Announces Rewards for Check-Ins
- Rally, I Can Quit You: My Failed Social Networking Experiment
- Reflections on MITX’s Location-Based Services Panel
- The Ever-Present Debate Goes On: Is Location A Business Or Feature?
- In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases
- First-Ever Location-Based Fortune Telling Application Launched on iTunes Store
- Brightkite Gets Down To Badges
- Yelp CEO: “There is real tension” between Google Places and Yelp
- 10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World #10Ways
- Podcast #14: Rob Reed, founder of @MomentFeed on location-based marketing/measuring, foursquare, facebook, and google’s location’s plans
For those who keep doubting the geo/location-based space, just read a few of the articles above and you can see why those who “get it” are excited about the geo/location-based industry…. keep doubting.
Did you read any interesting location-based articles last week or have a comment about any of the above articles? Let me know in the comments.
