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Social Check-In Comes to SCVNGR
The up and coming check-in service known as SCVNGR has just announced a rather cool feature today that rewards users for going places with friends. Starting today, folks running SCVNGR on their Android and iPhone handsets can check-in with friends by bumping phones together. Cheers! …
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Chili’s Grill & Bar Offers Free Chips & Salsa for Checking In (Foursquare)
Listen up Foursquare fans! The next time you are out and about, looking for something to eat, swing by your local Chili’s restaurant and check-in. Participating locations are now offering up free Chips & Salsa when guests check in using Foursquare. We have heard of …
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Goby for Android Helps You Decide What to do This Weekend
Goby.com has been helping folks find new and interesting things to do based on location for quite a while now so it’s only natural that they make the jump to an Android app. Available today, the free goby Android application will help cure your boredom …
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Cellflare Android App Released
In a press release, Cellflare is announcing the release of their Android App. Cellflare is a location based service, allowing you to see other friends locations, and interact with different landmarks based on your position as read by your handset. The app has been pretty …
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Augmented Reality Evolved: Layar 3.5 Hits Android Market
Layar, the world’s leading mobile Augmented Reality Platform and browser, has just released version 3.5 of their Reality Browser into the Android Market. Starting today, the new version of the browser makes it even easier for users to search and discover the world around them. …
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T-Mobile Announces Garminfone for June 9
T-Mobile USA has officially announced their Garminfone with a June 9th release through their website and select stores and authorized dealers. Landing just in time for Father’s Day, the handset will be available for $199.99 (after $50.00 mail-in rebate) with a new two-year agreement. To …
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Glympse Adds Facebook Sharing
Glympse is announcing new features to their location-sharing service today which now includes Facebook integration. Android users can share their location with Facebook friends and allow them to track real-time movement over a predetermined time period. That’s right, you can now post your location on …
Best Friend of the Day, TeleNav
As I returned to work from my 16 days of vacation I had the wonderful privilege of driving an hour for a meeting. Normally right before I leave, I will print my driving directions off the Internet and head off. All that changed yesterday. TeleNav …
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CabSense Makes Hailing a Cab Easier for New Yorkers
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and Sense Networks, Inc. have announced the release of CabSense, an app designed to make finding and hailing taxis easier. With this free application, users can figure out which street corners offer the most best chances of …
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‘Happy Hours’ Appeals to Your Inner Jimmy Buffet
A new app has arrived in the Android Market called Happy Hours and it is likely to be a hit. It’s one of those “genius-in-simplicity” applications that appeals to many of us. Open the app up, let it detect where you are via GPS, and …
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Garmin Announces nuvifone A50 Ahead of Mobile World Congress
After more than a year of waiting, Garmin is set to show off their newly announced nuvifone A50 next week at Mobile World Congress. As it turns out, the device is more GPS than phone. Surprise!
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WHERE Update Encourages User-Generated Content
WHERE, a popular location-based app that helps users find cheap gas prices, movie showtimes, and more, has been recently updated. Now, rather than simply giving you relevant information, they have made it possible to add your own content. For instance, if you arrive at a …
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Wikitude 4 Now Available
One of my favorite Android apps from day one has been Wikitude, by Mobilizy. It has always been fun to watch the reaction from people as I show them the first, and arguably best, “augmented reality” app. After starting out with a great app back …
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New Ping Feature in waze Due Shortly
The good folks over at waze don’t like to stand still very long. Today we received word that a new version of waze, the free, social mapping software, should be going live later today or tomorrow. So what’s new in the app?
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