About a month ago, TechCrunch reported of local offers being issued through Foursquare specifically to mayors. It is a powerful example of in-application monetization that both enhances the experience (users are motivated to become mayors) …

Golfers have two consistent pains:
- determining the distance to the pin and measuring the length of your last shot
- capturing data to analyze and improve your game
Golfers solved these needs respectively by purchasing expensive equipment …

… we have First & 20 – a collection of iPhone home screens and favorite applications from interesting developers, designers and tech bloggers. So while I wait to see what applications my friends have installed …

Hats off to Starbucks once more. Starbucks released two iPhone Apps yesterday that are again best-in-class, innovative and compelling from a customer standpoint. The ‘Starbucks’ app allows users to find stores, create custom concoctions, access …

My fascination with the Apple Tablet is less around Apple and more around the convergence of several devices which either currently or will play a key role in my day-to-day habits: web, video, applications, etc. …

I write a lot about Facebook and the importance of fan pages and engaging with those fans. Just as the content on the Facebook Pages is critical to the interaction, so is the page itself. …

I spent last Monday and Tuesday at the TechCrunch 50 conference – a collection of fifty companies that took the stage to launch in front of 2,000 attendees and 1,000s more of online viewers. I …

Meet Woody: TGI Friday’s clever / bizarre entrance into the world of social media… and in particular, Facebook. Woody has his own series of television advertisements and Facebook page (825,000 fans and growing). And Woody …

We are excited to announce office hours at Dogpatch Labs San Francisco starting Wednesday, September 23rd. Office hours will be held on Wednesday mornings from 9am-11:30am and include coffee, bagels and good conversation. Come by …

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Facebook continues to roll out new features. Today, you can now tag friends directly in your Facebook feed (and through posts) with the ‘@’ symbol that is so common on Twitter. You will notice it …

Last week, I wrote about the growing trend of large imagery in the Facebook feed… moving from single images to now multi-image portraits. Well it is getting more prominent and the graphics are as bold …