Tag Archives: Location-based services

Avoidr keeps frenemies at bay

WHAT’S HAPPENING Free Web application Avoidr puts a snarky spin on the location-based services scene by acknowledging that sometimes knowing where not to go is the primary objective (DownloadSquad.com 4.19.10). Built off of traditional LBS network Foursquare, Avoidr cheekily promises consumers the ability to “check where your not-friends are so you can avoid them.” Consumers […]

CHECKING IN

by Robert van Alstyne Do I really need to know that a person I haven’t talked to in more than a decade has just checked in at their local gym for the 10th time this week? No, but thanks to the latest craze in the social media sphere — location-based services — I’m inundated with […]

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