Archive for: Geolocation

FourSquare X: Can I Play FourSquare on My Laptop

Until very recently there was no way to play Foursquare unless you had an iPhone or similar. Now there is a slick new app called FoursquareX that lets you play the popular geolocation game FourSquare on a MacBook, iMac, or similar.

FoursquareX has the ability to track your friends as they check in at different places, but if you have a mobile computer like a MacBook Pro, you’ll be able to check in, track other checkins, and play the game as you move around.

To get started, you need to start out by getting a Foursquare account, which you can do by going to the company’s Web site at PlayFoursquare.com. If you have an iPhone, Android phone or Palm phone, grab the app too: it’s pretty darn fun.

Now grab the FoursquareX application and start it up.

Review: Fire Eagle Pinpoints Your Location with Precision

Fire Eagle, a Yahoo property, has opened up its doors from beta to public use. After spending some lengthy time in development and beta, Fire Eagle looks to answer the question…Where Are You?

For starters do not mistake Fire Eagle for another social network, it is not. Fire Eagle works in conjunction with a variety of other social networks with new additions being worked on daily. This enhancement allows users of specific networks to know where you are, provided you update. Fire Eagle takes the address, location, or name of the place you are at and creates a map that others can see.

I have attached Fire Eagle to work with BrightKite and so far it’s been amazing. I’ve set up alerts to notify me when my friends are nearby, and I can always look at maps to see where my friends are worldwide, a very nice effect. Of course this app is made even more useful by allowing you input your location from your mobile device.

It’s great to set up impromptu meetings, a quick happy hour with friends in the neighborhood, or finding directions to where your friend is waiting for you.

Fire Eagle works with the following applications:

• BrightKite
• Dash
• Dipity
• Dopplr
• eKit
• Fire Widget
• J2ME mobile updater
• Lightpole
• Loki
• Map My Tracks
• Metosphere
• Movable Type
• Navizon
• Outalot
• Outside.in
• Plazes
• Pownce
• Rummble
• Spot
• Wikinear
• Zkout
• Zonetag