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Groupon Acquires Whrrl Creator Pelago
Daily deals site Groupon has acquired Whrrl creator Pelago this morning. The iFund-back Whrrl is a LBS services app that allows people to check into places like Foursquare. No word…
Mark Cuban Dreams Of Minority Report. So Do I. But We're Not There Yet
“Location Check in is so 2010,” Mark Cuban writes today on his blog. His thought is that facial recognition hardware/software installed in public venues is going to replace the need for…
Loopt Star Keeps It Simple: Check-Ins, Specials, And Facebook
Back in January, we noted that Loopt was sending around a deck to advertisers showing off a new product. The product was focused on check-in specials (the kind popularized by Foursquare)…
Check.in Checks Out Of Closed Beta And Into Your HTML5-Compatible Device
Back in March, I wrote about the problem of check-in fatigue. That is, with so many location-based check-in services now out there, it’s exhausting to open each one every time…
Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I'm Rooting For An All-Out Location War.
I didn’t have the same problems at SXSW this year that some people did. Was it too crowded at some events? Sure. But there were plenty of alternative things to…
Apple Gets Location Fever Too In The App Store
SXSW Interactive is now over. While a clear winner in the “Location War” has yet to be determined, the truth is that many of the location-based services won, as all…
Whrrl 3 Wants To Kill Farmville. Not Foursquare. Not Gowalla. Farmville.
Pelago knows that just about every location-based app in the world is seeking coverage right now just prior to SXSW where they will all battle Highlander-style. So they approached me…
Whrrl, Still Trying To Find Its Way In Location, Focuses On "Footstreams"
Much of the web is based around clickstreams. The latest version of Whrrl, a location-based application by Pelago, wants to take that concept into the real world, with “footstreams.” Up…
The State of Location-Based Social Networking On The iPhone
We’ve been bullish about location-based social networks for quite awhile now, especially since Apple announced that it would open up the iPhone to developers. And with two significant developments in…
Whrrl: Map and Mobile-Centric Social Reviews
Sometimes products are easy to sum up in single sentences, sometimes they are most definitely not. Whrrl, a new site by Pelago, is one of those that eludes definition. Hence,…