How to Keep Track of All Your Favorite Places
Mapping apps have given us unprecedented access to the world around us, but even with all this technology at our…
Inside the Intriguing Ancient Underground City of Derinkuyu
Long ago, in the region surrounding Nevsehir and Kayseri, in central Turkey, an ancient people built, or rather dug,…
Coffee Shops Are Not Your Fucking Office, Dickheads
Look, I'm from Spain. We Spaniards stay in cafés and bars and restaurants forever—ordering things to drink or eat, of…
Google Sticking NFC Decals Across Five US Cities
Google's IRL "Places" tech—a radio-tagged sticker that you can scan with a compatible phone for venue deals and info—is…
QR Codes: Goodbye and Good Riddance
With the great NFC race looming, Google is axing support for QR Codes in their Places service. QR codes made a noble…
Google Places for iPhone
Google's library of data is immense, sometimes dauntingly so. The new Google Places iPhone app is an elegant entry…
Video: Tour Hotpot, Google's New Restaurant Recommendation Engine
Google just launched Hotpot, a new service baked into Google Places that lets you rate restaurants, see which ones…
Today's Facebook's Event Will Show Off Their Latest Redesign
Another Facebook redesign, you groan? Yes, indeed. According to TechCrunch, the design is already visible to some users…
Facebook Places Now Available in UK
Now, it's not just Yanks and the Japanese who can update their location on Facebook. From today, the UK and Europe can…
Mapping Your Pals With Nearby Friends: Creepy or Fair Game?
Is Facebook Places not sufficiently immersing you in the mundanity of your friends' lives? Try Nearby Friends, an app…
For Now, Most Americans Happy to Be Un-Located
Will most people ever really aspire to be mayor? The buzz surrounding location services is massively disproportionate…
Facebook iPhone App Gets Foursquare-Style Check-In Feature
Apparently a new version of the Facebook iPhone app should be available later today and it'll bring a new feature…
Google Reportedly Deep in Talks to Buy Yelp
Techcrunch hears that Google is in advanced talks to buy Yelp (supposedly for $500 million), and that the deal, while…