Location, location, location

Posted by Darius on Apr 25, 2011 in Blog Post | 8 comments

A few decades ago movies and media depicted the 21st century with flying cars, time machines, and space travel to unknown galaxies far, far away. Looking back you can say that some of those clairvoyant individuals would be slightly disappointed by the way things panned out. Though we are not living like The Jetsons there is one emerging trend that is growing quietly. Location-based services such as Foursquare, Facebook places, Groupon, Yelp, Gowalla and Atlanta’s own Scout Mob have made it “cool” to be found. Think about how many times...