Announcing Dogpatch Labs San Francisco Roster
May 10, 2010 – 4:59 pm | View Comments

We are excited to announce the newest Dogpatch Labs class here in San Francisco. It includes entrepreneurs and companies that have been part of the lab over the last few months and those that just …

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Whats Hot in iTunes? Location-Based Apps.
March 22, 2010 – 9:56 am | View Comments
Whats Hot in iTunes? Location-Based Apps.

SXSW 2010 was all about location. In fact, we could look back on 2010 as the year of location and geo… which would be a natural progression from 2009’s mobile growth.
According to iTunes and …

H&M Launches MyTown Integration & Ads; Facebook Sponsored Campaign
February 27, 2010 – 12:34 pm | View Comments
H&M Launches MyTown Integration & Ads; Facebook Sponsored Campaign

Earlier this week, MyTown released version 2.1 of their wildly popular mobile gaming app (unfortunately there is still no level 41). In addition to some very slick UI enhancements and clever game mechanics (such as …

Booyah’s MyTown: Reach Level 40 & Win
February 21, 2010 – 10:31 am | View Comments
Booyah’s MyTown: Reach Level 40 & Win

My recent ’strategy guide’ on Booyah’s wildly popular mobile game MyTown is strangely one of my most popular blog posts. Like the 1,000,000 other users who are actively using MyTown, I am addicted and believe …

Checking-In: The Geo-coded Status Update
February 6, 2010 – 12:37 pm | View Comments
Checking-In: The Geo-coded Status Update

Two excellent posts on the current status of geo-location companies by Robert Scoble and Hunter Walk (both bloggers are great and their blogs are must reads). Scoble argues that industry-first Foursquare is being squeezed by …

Twitter Local Trends: Local Search is About to Change
January 26, 2010 – 7:16 pm | View Comments
Twitter Local Trends: Local Search is About to Change

I might be in the minority here, but I consider Twitter’s launch of Local Trends Twitter’s most significant product advancement since… launch? It will no doubt be overshadowed by tomorrow’s Apple announcement – but local …

MyTown Social Gaming Strategy
January 24, 2010 – 12:33 pm | View Comments
MyTown Social Gaming Strategy

MyTown is best described as Zynga meets Foursquare. Take the best aspects of social gaming (Zynga) and combine them with location based networking (Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp) and you have MyTown: a game that awards points …