AIDS battling organization (RED) is teaming up with Foursquare and Starbucks to launch the largest non-profit check-in campaign to date – and to harness the power of social media for social good. Read →
A new report from comScore reveals that 7.1% of all mobile users and 17.6% (nearly 1 in 5) of smartphone users accessed check-in services in March 2011. Of the 16.7 million people using check in services via mobile, 12.7 million (76%) of them did so with a smartphone. Read →
eMarketer predicts that the number of mobile social network users in the U.S. will more than double in the next five years, from 38.9 million in 2010 to an estimated 79.1 million in 2015. As mobile use of social networks gains in popularity, the adoption of location-based mobile services will also grow rapidly. eMarketer reports [...] Read →
