Qype launches In Italy
This past weekend, Qype expanded its European presence and launched its Italian site. For anyone who hasn’t heard of Qype before, the site originally launched in 2005 in Germany. Qype now boasts over...
View ArticleSnoox: Recommendations from friends, not strangers
New social utility lets you pull high-quality recommendations on most topics Target audience: Start-ups, recommendation sites, travelers, diners, shoppers, Facebook users, businesses, educators,...
View Article9 social media predictions & business recommendations for 2013
Scrollmotion’s enterprise sales tool for tablets. Mobile, social, geolocation, big data, marketing — Socialmedia.biz’s strategists eye the future The social media landscape has undergone enormous...
View ArticleAre you ready for the place graph?
Jason Wilson, co-founder of Platial, in San Francisco on Thursday (iPhone photo by JD Lasica). Platial helped pioneer place-based social networking This is the first of a multi-part series on...
View ArticleLocation-based services are coming of age (and it’s way more than Foursquare)
From left, screenshots of the new app Now, EyeEm and Gogobot. Geolocation apps start to splinter into verticals This is the second in an ongoing series on the state of geolocation apps, sites and...
View ArticleHow Yelp is using gamification right — and screwing it up, too
Nicole Lazzaro and Tony Ventrice at yesterday’s Social Media Breakfast Club (Photo by JD Lasica). Other startups & companies can learn from its successes, missteps Target audience: UX/user...
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