As my close online buddies know, I’m addicted to the social location based game, Foursquare.  For those not familiar, Foursquare is a game where you “check-in” to locations while you are out and about.  With check-ins come points, and badges, and if you’re the person who has check in the most at a location in…

Ever use BrightKite, Shizzow, Fire Eagle, trying to find out where your friends are and how you can meet up with them, only to feel a little let down with the quality of these applications? Personally, I’ve always longed for a Twitter-like map view that gave me presence information on where my friends are and…

With the recent release of the second iPhone, called iPhone 3G, and it’s inclusion of a GPS chip, a new group of consumers are becoming aware of the perceived value of Location Based Services (or LBS). Also called location aware applications, these services give you targeted information based on where you are currently located. For…