Easily set helpful reminders on your Android with on{x}

Every once in a while there will be an app or technology that I see on the Android platform that makes me wish I had an Android instead of an iPhone, and on{x} appears to be one of them. Pronounced “on-ex”, it’s a new app from Microsoft developed specifically for Android that let’s users easily set reminders. The reminders once set, happen automatically without worry from the user to have to set it up in the future, and the reminders are extremely powerful - let me explain.

Using geo-tagged tweets to map out city paths

Programmer Eric Fischer who likes to map data in interesting ways just finished a new project mapping out tweets from Twitter. Using public tweets from Twitter’s API that were geo-tagged in specific cities like New York for example, he was able to map out ‘point-to-point’ trips which show the most traversed paths taken by those Twitter users.

Foursquare reaches a monumental one billion check-ins

A million check-ins isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion. That is what Foursquare is saying as they just reached over a billion check-ins with their location based service. That is one heck of a lot of people checking in.

Foursquaropoly, real life Monopoly using FourSquare

Checkin’s on Foursquare may get a whole lot more popular and fun with Foursquaropoly which is a new app under development. Originally started as a student concept, the idea is to use the classic board game Monopoly and integrate it into real life.

It’s official, all three major mobile phones track your location

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by today’s news from CNET. Microsoft is also tracking user’s locations via it’s Windows Phone 7. Although the news seems less invasive as the Apple and Google location tracking issues, it’s still something to think about. It is reported that Microsoft is sending off via WI-FI data dumps of user locations that has a unique device ID and provides the user’s exact latitude and longitude. The data appears to not be saved and is simply transmitted. CNET did reach out to Microsoft for an official statement but they hadn’t heard back by the time the story was published.

Oh noes, Android tracks your every location too

Aw Snap! Apple’s iPhone was just outed this week for tracking users every single location and storing that information on your phone and computer. Now it’s Google Android’s turn.

The iPhone tracks and records your every location

Well, this can’t be good. A new report by data research scientists state that the iPhone tracks, records and keeps on file every location you have been to, up to one year.

In NYC, April 16th has been declared Foursquare Day

No, this is not a joke and yes, this is a real holiday. Mike Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City has officially declared that April 16 will be Foursquare Day. The proclamation is in honor of all the startups in the NYC area that are “thinking big, creating new jobs, and leading the global economy.” This includes of course Foursquare. This is the first social media holiday of it’s kind. This also opens the doors for additional holidays. I am thinking that Tumblr is in NYC, so they need a holiday too! Since Bloomberg is the Mayor of NYC, does this make him the official Mayor of Foursquare?

Another check-in service? Maybe it’s time to check-out

A new check-in service is launching today called EightBit. EightBit is similar to FourSquare, Facebook Places or Gowalla. If you don’t know what a check-in service is, it’s when you “check-in” to places like restuarants or businesses with your mobile device.

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Easily set helpful reminders on your Android with on{x}

Using geo-tagged tweets to map out city paths

Foursquare reaches a monumental one billion check-ins

Foursquaropoly, real life Monopoly using FourSquare

It’s official, all three major mobile phones track your location

Oh noes, Android tracks your every location too

The iPhone tracks and records your every location

In NYC, April 16th has been declared Foursquare Day

Another check-in service? Maybe it’s time to check-out