New Version Features Holiday-Themed `Road Goodies’, Waze `Treasure Hunt Contest’, Foursquare Integration and Multiple Language Deployment
location-based social networking service, Gowalla Raises $8.4 Million
Gowala Greylock Partners – Gowalla, a location-based social networking service, has raised $8.4 million in Series B funding. Greylock Partners led the round, and was joined by fellow new backers Shasta Ventures, Maples Investments, Ron Conway, Kevin Rose, Gary Vaynerchuk, Shervin Pishevar, Jason Calacanis and Chris Sacca. Returning investors included Alsop-Louie Partners and Founders […]
Waze (@waze) Crowd Sourced Navigation Encourages Users to Get Munching and Win!
Ok, this one is bloody brilliant!! You likely know by now that I’m a huge fan of all things Geo, mobile, local, social, and geeky, so there’s no wonder that I’m a fan of Waze and am an avid “wazer” – of, I love free stuff and Shwag too ;0)
GeoSocial Tip – Woices Geolocalized audio guides – wow!
This is a bit of a Beta test of mine for a very cool application that enables users to create geolocalized audio guides.
GeoSocial Tip – Foursquare Rolling out 50 more cities
Are you a Foursquare user? If not, chances are really good that in the near future you will be!
Follow GIS Day Events on Twitter
There’s plenty of buzz on Twitter today regarding GIS Day. Check out the stream below or follow hashtag #GISday to see where GIS professionals around the Globe are spending their GIS Day.
The USGS Twitter Earthquake Detector (TED)
Here’s a fine example of an innovative government social media resource and some innovative crowd-sourcing of user comments.
Social Media – BART partners with location-based service Foursquare to encourage transit ridership
Bay Area Rapid Transit has become the first transit agency to partner with the location-based mobile network Foursquare, with the goal of encouraging public transit use.