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…

As a surprise to many, Google has finally taken the popular and useful GrandCentral service and done something with it. To those unaware, GrandCentral was a service I adopted long ago that provides “One number for life”. That is, you are given a new phone number and can use it to ring all your phone…

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series based on: 1) The African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav Praekelt, a…

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav Praekelt, a mobile…

Keynote Systems has released a report that illustrates a big problem for those excited about mobile web adoption. The problem (as we already know): mobile websites suck. Defining the Problem Keynote Systems queried iPhone users to gather their satisfaction rates when visiting mobile-optimized websites. They found that mobile surfers are frustrated with the usability of…

Google Chrome was announced yesterday via a Google comic book. Basically, Chrome is a Google-enhanced web browser that Michael Arrington of Techcrunch thinks is intended to dethrone Windows. Google is aiming Chrome to be a web browser for “today’s” Internet, which IE is ill-equipped to handle. This means that Chrome is enhanced to handle web…

As Silicon Florist pointed out earlier this week, a new service called Shizzow recently launched as a private beta here in Portland, Oregon. This location based service is intended to connect friends by broadcasting your current location. According to their site: Shizzow is a location-based social web service that we built with the goal of…

I’m currently in Toronto, Ontario to be a part of a new ad campaign Nokia is working on. Twelve short films are being created to highlight 8 areas of innovations the company will roll out both in the near future and coming years. The ubiquitous handset maker is using an interesting approach to the ad…

The next time I fly, I’ll likely look Delta’s way. Why? Because the company announced today that Delta Airlines passengers will have inflight Wi-Fi across the entire fleet starting mid-2009. Other air carriers have discussed having in-flight wireless net access including American, Virgin, and JetBlue; however Delta is the first to actually come out with…

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…