Tag Archives : Facebook Places

Hot Potato Facebook has accquired Hot Potato, a New York-based startup that specializes in social activity updates for an undisclosed amount according to an  announcement made by Hot Potato . The company will be shutting down operations within a month and delete all existing members data. “This wasn’t an easy decision, especially since we’ve built up a base of dedicated users. If Hot Potato [...]

Foursquare Launch of Facebook Places in US has all the features of a Facebook feature launch – huge publicity in media, indepth discussions on blogosphere, scrutiny by privacy advocates and of course, large number of users trying it out. One unexpected  but, positive consequence is that Foursquare is experiencing record interest in the wake of the launch of Facebook Places. On Thursday, the [...]

Facebook Facebook has  announced Places yesterday, the much expected  feature that brings location based functionality to the popular social network  site. Location-based services are the next big thing  at this moment with Foursquare and Gowalla leading the pack. This service will be initially available on the latest version of the Facebook App for iPhone . Facebook places will let users [...]