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  • Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare Face Off in Location-based Services

    If you’ve ever used one of the Location-based apps like Foursquare, Gowalla or Brightkite, you’ve gone through the steps of checking in to a location to earn some sort of reward for being there. Now that these early-stage start-ups have proven the interest in Location-based Services, Twitter and Facebook want in (joining Google, Apple and…

  • Cellufun’s Mobile Virtual Goods Now for Sale

    Virtual goods, that is, anything you buy online that has no material value in real life beyond the digital world, are one of the fastest growing markets in the Internet marketplace. Cellufun, the world’s largest mobile gaming community, is hoping to capture the quick cash of gamers around the world via mobile by giving them…

  • MySpace: Now Windows Mobile Ready

    MySpace, the once social networking kingpin that is fast losing traction to Facebook, announced today that it is building an app for Windows Mobile. Microsoft will also open its Adobe Flash-competing Silverlight technology to MySpace Developers. For Microsoft, this move signifies that they aren’t putting all their eggs in one Zuckerberg-shaped basket. Microsoft previously  invested…