Loopt Star Adds Local Discount Detector
ADOTAS – Location-based mobile social networks such as Gowalla, Foursquare and Loopt have arguably turned consumerism into a game that’s fun for the whole family — long as they have cash. It’s a...
View ArticleFacebook Readying Its Mobile-Social Move
ADOTAS – Google is breathing down its neck with a slew of recent acquisitions and the looming debut of social network “Google Me,” but a locked-down Facebook may have an ace up its sleeve in terms of a...
View ArticleFoursquare Soars Thanks to Facebook Places
ADOTAS – How come every new technology that comes out has to be a “killer”? When Google’s NexusOne was launched, the headlines read, “iPhone Killer?” Eight months later, that doesn’t seem to be the...
View ArticleFacebook Deals Offers Scale as Selling Point
ADOTAS – So along with the Android version of location-based service Places, Facebook has officially rolled out its Deals offering through the location-based Places service, something tech writers were...
View ArticleBrightkite Exits the Check-In Game
ADOTAS – Though it was hailed as a clash for the ages, a panel of location-based mobile social networks — featuring execs from Loopt, Foursquare and Brightkite among others — last spring at Ogilvy’s...
View ArticleLoopt Pushes Groupon Now Deals on Mobile Social Network
ADOTAS – When Groupon acquired Pelago, maker of location-based mobile social network and recommendation service Whrrl, I thought a homegrown check-in discount service was on its way, one that sent push...
View ArticleGoogle Offers Arrives, But Groupon Is Miles Ahead
ADOTAS – Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is oft-hailed in the tech press as a “funny guy,” though I’ve never found his wittiness to break above George W. Bush-style self-effacing (and comparing your company...
View ArticleMake Your Own Deal at Loopt
ADOTAS – Pardon me as I malign Yakov Smirnoff’s comedy style: on boring deal sites, deals come to you, but on Loopt, you come to deals! Yes, users of Loopt’s location-based mobile social network can...
View ArticleGroupon Treading Seas of Controversy
ADOTAS – Even though Groupon had been threatening an IPO for months — one at a near-ridiculous $20 billion-plus valuation — it’s kind of funny that the [excrement] didn’t hit the fan until it filed an...
View ArticleGroupon’s Revised S-1 Doesn’t Float Well in Choppy Market
ADOTAS – Apparently the latest stock market turmoil has brought the town tech-bubble criers out from under their rocks, particularly since public Internet-based companies seen as market bellwethers for...
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