Monday, August 17. 2009

Yelp + Digg + Foursquare = GraffitiGeo

That's the equation from ReadWriteWeb and it sounds like a great short hand for the new GraffitiGeo which the site says will suffer from all the regular social media apps' problem: reaching critical mass. Mashable does like the "digg-like" voting but is looking toward the "augemented reality" version of GraffitiGeo where the information (mostly focussed on restaurant reviews) will appear as you "look through" your iPhone.

Because the app is location-based, it knows what's nearby. In the demo, they aim the app down the street from where they're standing and GraffitiGeo displays the ratings for all the restaurants on that block. If you're ever just wandering around looking for a place to eat, this could be a real timesaver.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Social Networking, Apple at 08:23 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

TomTom iPhone Apps Out - World Abuzz; TomTom Quiet

There were some 150 news articles about this weekend's roll out of the highly anticipated TomTom iPhone app in Australia, the UK and the U.S. The excitement is in part because this app unlike others, does not have a recurring monthly charge. In the U.S. it runs $100. TomTom has no mention of the app on its corporate website and its iPhone site was rather bare (with no link to the app in the App Store) as of 8:30 am EST. The video (advertisement) there still says "coming soon to the app store." This illustrates how corporate communications have changed!

For those interested here's Mashable's coverage with a video.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Satellite Navigation, Apple at 07:29 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |