Tag: BADGES

Remember that MySpace makeover that was in the works over the summer? Well, it's finally arrived, and, as expected, the new MySpace focuses more heavily on music and entertainment -- the bread and butter, apparently, of the once-mighty social network. Taking its cue from Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, MySpace's home page will now feature a steady stream of tidbits about musicians, movies ...

Google already offers a free power-consumption meter, called Google Powermeter, that allows users to check their energy-usage levels from their phones or remote computers. Taking a page from Foursquare's location-based book, the company has now added a badge-oriented game for competitive energy consumers to play. The game, which you can find under 'Take Action' on your Powermeter page, offers ...

Going to the North Pole at the ripe old age of 15 is a noteworthy achievement on its own. But going there and staving off frostbite long enough to check in on Foursquare -- that's historical. OK, so it may not be enough to put teenager Parker Liautaud in the same sentence as Captain Cook or Kris Kringle, but it does make him the very first person to unlock the vaunted Last Degree badge on ...