local recommendations

Recs is a social ‘wallet’ for stashing and sharing your favorite places

The most popular apps suck us into the technological equivalent of couch lock, but it’s easy to imagine how things might have gone differently. Rather than idly scrolling and mindlessly issuing like

GemShare Brings Simple, Word-Of-Mouth Recommendations To The iPhone

A company called <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gemshare.com/">GemShare</a> wants to formalize what's today a somewhat haphazard and frustrating process of getting personal recommendations fr

Google Will Shut Down Alfred, The Local Recommendations App, July 19

Looks like <a target="_blank" href="https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3001634?p=maps_android_latitude&rd=1">Latitude</a> wasn't the only Google product that got shut down yesterday in the wake

Hoppit’s Ambience Search Engine For Restaurants Comes To The iPhone

Even in our age of Yelp and Google Places, finding the right restaurant can often be hard. In April, Hoppit launched its "ambiance search engine for restaurants" to make it easier to find a nice spot

Raved Is A Social-Powered Local Recommendations App Built On Facebook & Foursquare

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/apptera">Apptera</a>, the mobile communications and ad company backed by $30 million from Alloy, Lightspeed Ventures, and others, is today la