http://modifiedventures.com Post-Internet Market Development Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://geowebforum.com/2010/09/scvngr-taking-on-foursquare/ http://geowebforum.com/2010/09/scvngr-taking-on-foursquare/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:45:31 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://geowebforum.com/?p=253 more]]> Location-based mobile gaming and social check-in platform SCVNGR has been busy this Summer. The Boston-based startup launched a sophisticated SCVNGR Rewards program with shoe retailer Journeys and is partnering with rail ticketing startup Quno in Britain. ‘We went well beyond where Foursquare is,’ says John Valentine, SCVNGR’s business development executive.

]]> http://geowebforum.com/2010/09/scvngr-taking-on-foursquare/feed/ 0 http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/the-hotlist-nyc-is-our-playground/ http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/the-hotlist-nyc-is-our-playground/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:09:36 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://geowebforum.com/?p=249 more]]> The Hotlist is a ‘geo-social aggregator’ that tells you ‘what is happening around you at any given point in time’. The service pulls in data from sources including Facebook, Twitter and Yelp. ‘A unified geo-database would simplify things,’ co-founder Chris Mirabile said a day before the launch of Facebook Places.

]]> http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/the-hotlist-nyc-is-our-playground/feed/ 0 http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/spoton-suggests-where-to-go-next/ http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/spoton-suggests-where-to-go-next/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:21:32 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://geowebforum.com/?p=235 more]]> New York-based personalized recommendation engine SpotOn plans to release its iPhone app next month. SpotOn wants to be for new places to go “what Last.fm and Pandora is for music” according to co-founder Gauri Manglik.

]]> http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/spoton-suggests-where-to-go-next/feed/ 0 http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/deep-focus-wants-to-lead-the-location-charge/ http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/deep-focus-wants-to-lead-the-location-charge/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:52:16 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://geowebforum.com/?p=231 more]]> Interactive agency Deep Focus recently launched GEOfocus, a marketing practice built around location-aware platforms. “Foursquare has trouble handling demand from advertisers, because advertisers treat them as a publication,” CEO Ian Schafer says.

]]> http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/deep-focus-wants-to-lead-the-location-charge/feed/ 0 http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/deep-focus-wants-to-lead-the-location-charge/ http://geowebforum.com/2010/08/deep-focus-wants-to-lead-the-location-charge/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:52:16 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://geowebforum.com/?p=231 more]]> Interactive agency Deep Focus recently launched GEOfocus, a marketing practice built around location-aware platforms. “Foursquare has trouble handling demand from advertisers, because advertisers treat them as a publication,” CEO Ian Schafer says.

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