I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. - Oscar Wilde . A Beijing-based startup is about to roll-out its travel journal-style service and an accompanying iPhone app - called AoYouJi - which’ll be a first on the Chinese web. I don’t think I’ve ever covered a startup before it has even properly made its debut, but I’m making an exception for AoYouJi because it looks sweet. Plus, despite there being a few American apps like this (such as TripColor), ...
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Dec 21 2011
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Sina Weibo Adds LBS Features to Mobile Apps, Feels Like an Invasion of Privacy
Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) has added some location-based services (LBS) to the mobile apps for its microblogging platform, Weibo. A new update to both its Android and iOS apps allows users to search for nearby users or tweets, and puts a familiar pin logo in the top toolbar above your timeline. This could cause a backlash from some users who might not want to be located so easily. The updated Weibo apps seem to be able to position people to within a few hundred meters - even those who have not geo-tagged their ...
Dec 19 2011
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Momo: Yet Another Chinese Find-and-Flirt Mobile App
One of this year’s most prevalent trends among startups in China has been for sexy-looking location-based apps that help you chat - or hook-up - with people nearby. And here’s another, called Momo app, by a Beijing-based startup called Momo Tech. Momo now has a brand-new app for Android, as well as its iPhone version which has been around since August. In that time, the startup claims to have garnered 500,000 users, and will be hoping the Android platform can strengthen that further. The Momo app uses the tagline “Hello stranger” - ...
Oct 19 2011
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China’s Largest LBS Digu Slashes Staff, Focuses on Product and User Acquisition
China’s largest location-based service (LBS) provider, Digu.com, has laid off around 50 of its staff in a restructuring move that will keep the company lean and focused on product development and user acquisition. The unfortunate folks who have been made redundant are, for the most part, all marketing staff. Chinese tech site DoNews claimed that the number of layoffs could equal up to 70 percent of Digu’s total workforce. In a statement sent to us today, Digu.com’s co-founder and general manager John Huang said: “It’s a bit early to explore LBS business ...
Oct 4 2011
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Favspot: Location-based Bookmarking on Your Mobile
Favspot is a location-based service that helps you check-in and save all the locations you have visited and hope to visit in the future. It describes itself as a social location bookmarking service where users can save their favorite spots and share them with their friends. The start-up is based in China but it first launched the app in Hong Kong as a test market. Edwyn Chan, a rep from Favspot, told PO that the app is pre-installed on Samsung and LG smartphones, thanks to a partnership with the HK telco, ...
Oct 4 2011
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Clingle: A New Location-based Discovery App in Singapore and India. Will it Work?
Update: Clingle insists that it is not another Foursquare or SCVNGR. Vignesh emailed me repeatedly wanting me to tell our readers that "Clings" is its main feature where users can leave messages at their favorite locations using text, pic, audio or even video. Well, Foursquare and SCVNGR have the same commenting feature too, isn't it? The only difference is that Clingle offers audio/video. We have covered a lot of new and rising mobile apps in Singapore in recent weeks, including LobangClub, Summon Auntie, and Popcorn. Now, there’s one more new app ...
Aug 26 2011
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Drumo is a Quora-like Location-based Service
Start-up Drumo is a platform to connect users and small businesses to find out what’s hot and happening right now in their local area. It isn’t a Twitter trend platform; rather, Drumo encourages you to ask questions to find out more about your area (video below). Think about it. We usually search for information on the web. Google, Bing, and Yahoo give us good results based on algorithms. But are they the best? At times, not. That is why Quora, the Q&A platform, has been flourishing recently. We often get more ...
Aug 19 2011
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Indian Start-up, Qub3, Mashes Location, Deals, and Content into one App
Imagine a single app that combined content, games, and deals all into one. Sounds like an one-stop app for your daily mobile needs, right? Perhaps. Quantama is an India-based startup which is building exactly that, and its app Qub3 has so far received 20,000 downloads in Bangalore alone. Founder Preetham V V told us that the app is built with Bangalore-based users in mind. And even though it has games and article content, its primary focus is on providing location-based deals to users. Founded in late 2010, Qub3 is envisioned as ...
Aug 17 2011
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Chinese Start-Up 16Fun Wants to Game-ify Your Check-Ins
16Fun - which is a pun on “On the road fun” in Chinese - is a small start-up that totally game-ifies its location-based service (LBS) to the extent that your check-ins become a sort of real-life game of Monopoly. The gameplay mixes location with virtual property buying, based on a currency which is earned in line with a user’s check-ins at venues across China. The virtual cost of a venue fluctuates in line with its popularity. It’s all a bit like being a Foursquare mayor, but it’s all a bit more ...
Aug 12 2011
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LBS Start-up, GeoSocials, Launches Android App To The World
Some of our readers might remember GeoSocials as the location-based app which first targeted the U.S despite being an India-based start-up. Nonetheless, it has gotten quite good traction as the app was recently selected as one of the favorites by Apple staff. Today, I learned from Krishna Prathab, the founder of GeoSocials, that the Android version is now freshly baked and being made available to the world. Plus, GeoSocials’ Android users will get the latest update of the location-based service. iPhone users will have to wait for a couple of weeks. ...
Aug 10 2011
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After HTC Malaysia, Chalkboard Seals Partnership With HTC Singapore
HTC Malaysia first, HTC Singapore next — Bernard Leong, CTO and co-founder of Chalkboard told us that his team has sealed a deal with HTC Singapore to include its location-based deal widget on all HTC EVO 3D handsets in the country. The widget will be pre-installed into the firmware as a default app for all HTC EVO 3D users in Singapore. While I have always called Chalkboard a location-based ad platform, it seems to me that calling it a location-based deals platform sounds more apt. Essentially, what users are getting is ...
Aug 4 2011
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Indonesian LBS t4nya.com Wants You to Find, Share, Discuss Places
When we’re visiting someplace new, we're often not quite sure where we're going. Now with t4nya.com, people can find wherever they're looking for and share any location's information with users across Indonesia. t4nya.com (pronounced ‘Tempatnya’ meaning ‘The Place’) is a location-based network (LBS) and social media service made in Indonesia. Just by logging in with their Facebook ID, people can use this site to find or share information about interesting and useful places in any city around the world, using a Google Maps-based system. From hotels to small hawker food stalls, ...
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