Facebook has acquired mobile location-based app Gowalla, the companies confirmed Monday.
Highlight, a location-based app that provides information about people nearby, was one of the hyped new apps at South By Southwest this year.
Location-based shopping app provider shopkick has been quietly making huge inroads in the retail industry.
Foursquare CEO and cofounder Dennis Crowley is a South By Southwest veteran, having launched his location-based check-in app at the conference in 2009.
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They narrowed the ideas to five, including a location-based photo sharing app, but none really stood out as a winner.
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Highlight, a location-based people discovery app that made a splash at last year's SxSW Interactive in Austin, TX, just released a big 1.5 update that adds photo-sharing and event-creation to its set of features.
After shifting its business from one which focused on location-based services, the app has grown quickly to millions of users.
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Using location-based technology, the app guides users to the nearest Verizon Wireless Communications Store, where they can easily drop off devices and accessories for donation.
The app offered location-based services linking users to vendors featured on the show as well as thousands of others across North America.
Following its initial 2008 release, the app was revised to incorporate ads (location-based as well as regular display ads and sponsored listings) and premium services.
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This new wave of impromptu-activity apps will have to compete against the gold standard of location-based services: Foursquare, which is a free smartphone app that tells friends where you're hanging out.
Such an app is location-enabled so it knows what to show based on where you are.
This is a book, but it's also an app that mixes in user-generated feedback and location-based participation.
Upgrades to the SpareOnePlus include a location-based service which identifies the exact location of the cell ID, accessible through a free smartphone app, as well as audible numeric feedback which reads the number dialed and incoming calls aloud.
Since Kiip connects people to real-world rewards on its mobile app, it would be a natural step for Kiip to eventually move into location-based rewards, say at local businesses through some type of check-in or loyalty program the likes of which Groupon, Foursquare, startup Belly and others are trying to provide.
Glyph also enables users to check in to venues via the app, where they can then push their checkins to Facebook and Foursquare, two popular location-based check-in platforms.
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