Walgreens donating flu shots for each check in
Great use of the foursquare platform. Any time a user checks in on foursquare (or Facebook Places), Walgreens will donate a flu-shot voucher to someone in need through their Way to Well Commitment program.
Read MoreImHONEST.com, the online lost and found service
Losing something, whether it’s a cell phone, a digital camera, or even a pet, can be a very traumatic experience. I’d like to think that most people would do the honest thing and try to help return lost items to their owner. Now, there is a great online service at ImHONEST.com that provides a way for those honest people to post items they’ve found and for those who’ve lost something valuable to search for their belongings. The website features an intelligent matchmaking system that simplifies the lost and found process by displaying only relevant results. The free...
Read MoreIs Twitter faster than an Earthquake?
During the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia last week, tweets reached New York City before the earthquake hit the Big Apple. According to Twitter, more than 40,000 earthquake-related tweets were sent within a minute of its occurrence, hitting a rate of about 5,500 tweets per second!
Read MoreFacebook Places is checking out
Facebook has decided to end the “Places” check-in feature after just over a year after it was introduced. Facebook introduced “Places” after other location-based sharing services like Foursquare and Gowalla were gaining in popularity. However, to my surprise and I imagine the surprise to others, Facebook “Places” just wasn’t being used. Facebook will be developing a more general location-tagging feature. According to Chris Cox via the Facebook Blog, “Lots of people use Facebook to talk about where they are, have been or want to go. Now you...
Read MoreTwitter adds image galleries to user profiles
Now when you upload photos to Twitter, they will be featured within an image gallery on your Twitter profile. When you visit a user’s Twitter profile on Twitter.com, you will notice that their profile highlights the most recent four images. To view more images from a user, just click the “view all” button to see several images in a grid view or a detail view highlighting the tweet that was associated with the photo. Images are collected from Twitter’s new photo-uploading tool, as well as other third-party photo apps like yFrog, TwitPic, or my new favorite, Instagram. I...
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