Traveling this week, I checked into Boston’s Logan Airport on Foursquare. I noticed that a special ‘local offer’ existed. Hoping it was discounted Dunkin Donuts coffee, I took a look and uncovered one of that …

Every so often I like to dig into this blog’s traffic and see what it reveals. This time I was sparked by a Quora conversation about how bloggers use Google Analytics.

After a few days of usage, a handful of thoughts of Google Instant:
1. It’s a technical feat: fast, inteliigent, and useful.

This is picture from Twitpic sums up the options that consumers and brick & mortar retailers face: choice overload. Google Places, Facebook Places and/or Fan Pages, Twitter, Yelp… and that doesn’t include Groupon, LivingSocial, and …

Lost among the hubbub surrounding the similarly named Facebook Places is Google’s local product: Google Places. It might not include check-ins, but it is a product aimed at local businesses and search queries… and tied …

Nike has released the Nike+ GPS iPhone application to help you track, map and analyze your runs. It is a paid $1.99 application. Without needing the shoes, wristband, and/or monitor, the Nike+ application uses GPS …

Two weeks ago, Facebook rolled out their new Places product; and, to drive user awareness and adoption, they prominently promoted it within their mobile application and web experience.

I have been really impressed by Facebook Places – which I think has done a terrific job simplifying a rather complex product and making it usable / productive for a massive audience (which in turn …

Fascinating chart on AlleyInsider this week noting that, for the first time ever, pay TV has lost subscribers. A little earlier in the week, the NYTimes argued that TV is changing (web, applications, on-demand) but …

When Facebook launched Facebook Places, I wrote about how they boldly and centrally promoted their new feature.

I had the pleasure of spending yesterday at YCombinator’s Demo Day. 36 companies presented and launched – three of which were Dogpatch Labs residents: Fanvibe, Rapportive, and an off-the-record company.

And this is why I am so bullish on Facebook Places:
The two biggest components of a winning location play are:
1. network (and we know that Facebook is the largest at 500m+ users)
2. mobile (geo is …