Tag: FOURSQUARE

Found an awesome taco truck off the beaten path? Don't go blabbing about it on Foursquare, you asshat! At least that's what Brent Cox says over at The Awl, as he dissects a culture of "coolhunting" that's ruining food fun in favor of perceived awesomeness: "There is something to be said for Just Experiencing something and letting the sole record of it be your memory." ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Make pointed us to an amazing gallery of GE exoskeleton prototypes from the '60s. [From: Cybernetic Zoo, via: Make] Anish Bawa Cavia plotted nearly a million ...

To celebrate the 2010 NFL season's kickoff (and to deflect attention from the NCAA sanctions he brought on his alma mater USC), Reggie Bush is giving away free stuff via social-networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Stickybits. Reggie Bush #RedZones, which began earlier this week and ends today, leads fans on a scavenger hunt for eight autographed footballs hidden across the city ...

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 ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The knee-slappers over at The Onion have another spoof newscast this week, featuring an imaginary, portable sewing machine called the Smart Stitch that "lets sweatshop ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... According to a Financial Times report, Google has been in talks with major studios about a pay-per-view YouTube movie service. [From: Financial Times] Funny cat photo entrepreneur Ben Huh offered to purchase Reddit from Condé Nast following last week's Prop 19 ad brouhaha. [From: The Next Web] Foursquare just passed the 3 ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... Foursquare mayor wannabes have an extra incentive to return to their pub or hot dog joint of choice. The location-based service will now let you know when you're within a mere 10 check-ins of an elusive mayorship. [From: foursquare blog] Google's new Gmail calling functionality has been used over 1 million times in the service's first ...

He may have been all smiles at the Facebook Places unveiling, but Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley quickly turned on Facebook's new location feature once the camera was off and the stage was cleared. He told the Telegraph that, after spending some time with it, he'd decided Places is "not that great or interesting," and does little to encourage "users to keep coming back." Maybe he just realized ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Intel recently received a stern lecture from the federal government about how to play fairly with others, and the folks at security firm McAfee must be pleased with the chip giant's desire to expand. Intel is doling out $7.68 billion for the antivirus software company, reportedly because security has become something that "people ...

Advertisers and retailers have been looking for new and unique ways to leverage the recent influx of GPS-enabled smartphones in attracting customers and gathering important information about their shopping behaviors. Foursquare introduced some new ideas, but retailers wanted to take it a step further. Enter Shopkick. The new app turns shopping (and violating your privacy) into a game that, ...

Food is only as fast as the corners cut making it -- or such has been the corporate, American idea of fast food preparation technology. Yet, the fast food restaurant 4food dislikes this philosophy, and is opting to open a three-story restaurant in midtown Manhattan and to break practically every rule in the, err, fast food book -- if there is such a thing. First off, there are over 140 ...

Where many men have disappointed their girlfriends by offering casual, lackluster proposals, Digg's Matt Van Horn secured a definite "yes" from his girlfriend, Lauren, on Saturday by streaming his surprise proposal online so that their friends and family could watch. Fearing that Lauren would expect the proposal if he took her to their favorite spot overlooking San Francisco, Van Horn ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The revamped Ask.com, which will actually utilize live humans to field certain queries, just entered beta mode and is currently accepting invitation requests. [From: Ask.com] Director and founding member of Monty Python Terry Gilliam reportedly plans to direct the live YouTube webcast of Arcade Fire's August 5th concert at ...

AJ is a lime green, decal-bedecked 2011 Ford Fiesta. Like HAL from '2001,' he has his own man-made intelligence, and thus the gendered pronoun. He's been making his way around the country, sending messages to anyone who will listen. You see, AJ is a car that tweets. Ford engineers gave AJ (short for American Journey 2.0) the ability to connect to the Internet by outfitting him with a Dell ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Paul Ceglia is claiming Facebook ownership rights based on a 2003 contract, but a lawyer for the site is now questioning the authenticity of Mark Zuckerberg's purported signature. [From: SF Gate] T-Mobile believes its HSPA+ network, which now affects a total of 85 million U.S. consumers after incorporating 24 new cities, ...