If you read the same old tech blogs you’ll think it was a light week in the location space. It was light compared to the last two weeks as everyone catches their breath and move forward from the Facebook Places announcement but the location industry was very much active this week as ever. Over the last seven days two of the very first location-based services announced check-in rewards/specials. Brightkite teamed with McDonald’s and Visa and Loopt announced a deal with Virgin wich equaled their fifth largest day ever. Also this week the creators of MyTown, Booyah’s new InCrowd iPhone app was released. InCrowd was first announced during the Facebook Places announcement. My thoughts so far on InCrowd? It’s not for hardcore check-in users. It’s more like an avatar game made for kids who want to check-in, IMHO. Perhaps the biggest news last week was a report saying Location-Based Marketing To Reach $1.8B In 2015 and you wonder why we started TriOut? Speaking of TriOut founder @LawPower posted this week about the future plans for the service along with more version two features. So was it a slow week? No, to catch up here are 41 location-based articles from last week that you may have missed.
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- ABI: Location-Based Marketing To Reach $1.8B In 2015
- Seven upcoming location-based events you should follow… I mean attend
- GEO M. Future of Location Half-Day Conference
- Huge Facebook Places Backlash Spreads Through Status Updates
- do you want to triout foursquare for real estate?
- Scobleizer on Google, Facebook, Location, iPad, and Android
- Shopkick CEO: Here’s What Sets Us Apart From Foursquare
- TriOut v2 Dev Journal: Right Now Screen
- Foursquare offers reward for checking in after STD checkups
- Technology Aside, Most People Still Decline to Be Located
- Foursquare: Shiny Object or Mainstream?
- How SCVNGR is turning the world into a game, one location at a time – with Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja
- Check (In) Yo’ Self Before You Wreck Yo’ Self: Why Foursquare Users Check In “Off The Grid”
- Foursquare Now 3 Million Strong
- How to Hack Nike+ for Automatic Foursquare Check-ins
- Nearby Friends: New Cyber-Stalking App for Tracking Facebook Places Check-Ins
- iTunes Features Location Apps with New “On the Grid” Section
- Facebook Places, Revisited
- How Amazon gave Whrrl’s founder his startup inspiration
- Two Types of Consumers Are Using Check-in Apps: Hyperactive and Hyperpassive
- Location-based services not connecting with consumers
- Virgin America Checks In to Fifth Largest Revenue Day Ever with Loopt
- Booyah releases InCrowd for iPhone and iPod touch
- Mobile marketing has a new friend in WeReward
- Brightkite Teams With McDonalds & Visa For Unique LBS Rewards Campaign
- Start Saving Today: SCVNGR Announces Rewards Programs for 50+ Local Businesses in Boston
- Gowalla adds new Highlights feature
- Will Americans Be More Likely to Share Location With Facebook Places?
- Which Geolocation Platform Is Best For Sports Marketers?
- Facebook Places is Terrible
- 5 New Ways Small Business Can Offer Location-Based Deals
- The History of the Cell Phone Infographic
- Check-in, Chicken
- Sharing Locations with Google Maps
- Booyah’s InCrowd Helps Find Mr. and Mrs. Popular with New App on the App Store
- Payless Shoe Source offers a nationwide foursquare special for first-timers
- Why Foursquare is the (almost) perfect travelling companion
- Gowalla rolls out Gowalla 1.0 for BlackBerry
- AOL Acquires Mobile Development Firm “Rally Up” To Bolster New “Mobile-First” Initiative
- Shakey’s Pizza Adds 16K Opt-Ins And Sees 10% Conversion Using Mobile Coupons & SMS
- PlacePop Facebook App Brings Places Check-Ins Feed To The Web Interface
