LBS Tidbits
Google Open Spot, the latest addition to Google Labs, is a new application for Android phones. The idea? To find open parking places in crowded areas.
These spots were placed by other users, who are supposed to hit the app’s ‘Mark a Spot’ button when they leave a crowded parking lot or happen to see an open spot as they walk by.
They are color-coded newly identified ones are red (quick get here before someone takes it!), yellow (could be gone since it was marked 10-20 minutes ago) and after 20 minutes, the spots are erased, assumed to be filled. Incentive to add spots? Karma points.
“URLs within Google Maps will now have an auto-shortened option that will use the goo.gl shortener.”
More LBS numbers are in: Loopt is up to 4 million users, propelled by iPhone 4, so it says.
