What's your favorite geosocial app?

Schemer goes on iOS

Posted on 05/17/2012 by Mike
Some months ago Google launched Schemer ,an activity recommendation engine that suggests you what to do.
With mobile devices Schemer is becoming a real geosocial network.
With Schemer, you can find stuff to do "nearby" or "staying at home".
With "staying at home" Schemer shows you things to do according to your interests. It's a cool way of inspiration. With "nearby" Schemer goes geosocial, showing you places and things you could do around you.
It's aggregating more and more functions of services and apps we've reviewed on GeosocialRadar in the last months. But something is still missing...

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Consmr on your smarthphone

Posted on 05/15/2012 by Mike
Consmr on your smarthphone
There are many apps for places reviews. Yelp is probably the most famous. Foursquare has this option, Foodspotting is focused on food. What's missing? 
An app for everyday shopping, with many products reviewed by users. Here it is: Consmr!
This app works as a barcode scanner. All you have to do is point your iPhone (no android, for now) at a barcode and you'll read what people like you have said about the product.
With an app like this shopping will definitely go more and more mobile, user-generated and geolocal.
Consmr is available in U.S. only, and works with iPhone 4s, 4 and 3gs only.

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Who wants QR codes?

Posted on 05/10/2012 by Mike
Here an interesting infographic on QR-code use on american colleges!
Who wants a QR code?

Facebook buys Glancee

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Mike
Facebook buys Glancee After the acquisition of Gowalla and Instagram, Facebook seems to go even more mobile with the acquisition of Glancee, a social network that show you people around you, with your interests.
We know that Facebook tried to follow Foursquare trend with Places check-ins, but the project was soon dropped out.
Facebook is not born to be mobile, but can't ignore mobile and geolocation any longer. That's why they had to buy Gowalla, Instagram and Glancee. That is check-ins, photo-sharing and people connection.
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SalesVu - Credit Cards Anywhere

Posted on 05/02/2012 by Daniel
Some posts ago we talked about PayPal Here, a payment platform for businesses. His first competitor in undoubtedly Square.
But there are many competitor in this field. One of this is SalesVu. 
SalesVu provides local credit cards payments, but also offers more specific services such as real-time analytics tools, Facebook integration for sharing, get orders from the web and print them, plan appointments from a business website. It looks great!
For now the app is only for iOS devices, with 15k downloads and 6k businesses signed up.
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