Even though Foursquare has over 5 million users, location based services can’t really be considered mainstream yet. Most average people have never “checked in”, and those that do are starting to wonder why they’re participating. The mass adoption of smartphones continues to help Foursquare and its competitors grow their user bases, but unless these companies [...]
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Tags: Foursquare, interviews, location based service, Social Networking 
1 Comment »Most retailers will likely be pleased with their overall 2010 holiday season sales figures. Unlike years past, preliminary tallies for 2010 reveal an increase in the average personal spending expectation by more than 10% – a significant improvement over 2009, but still below previous levels. Amazon.com today released several interesting statistics about its 2010 holiday [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Internet, Websites Tags: Amazon, Amazon.com, holiday sales, online shopping, retail, Websites 1 Comment »There’s a war brewing. Not involving tanks and planes, but rather a fight for online users. The participants include Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook. The winners will dictate the future of how we communicate with each other, store and access data, and generally live our increasingly online lives. It’s extremely interesting to watch the lines being drawn [...]
Posted in Google, Internet, Social Networking, Websites Tags: Facebook, Google, Mark Zuckerberg, Web 2.0 Summit 1 Comment »We’d like to welcome a new addition to the TechClicker network of technology websites. Recently launched, TechVidz aggregates much of the most compelling technology, science, and consumer electronics related video content into one convenient and attractive website. Rather than sift through pages of written content across multiple technology related websites, TechVidz users have access to [...]
