Foursquare Licenses Trickling Firehose of Check-in Data to Gnip (SocialTimes)
Foursquare has tapped the social data reseller Gnip to be the exclusive distributor of its check-in data, the companies said on Thursday. Each time a Foursquare user checks in, Gnip will see the name of the venue the time of day and the gender of the user.
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Soon you’ll be able to look your friends in the eye (sort of) when you log into your favorite social network with Google Glass. Google has just announced at the I/O conference in San Francisco that the futuristic eyewear will come with applications for Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Evernote as well as publications like CNN and Elle.
LinkedIn Rolls Out Address Book and Calendar Management App (SocialTimes)
LinkedIn Thursday launched a feature that imports a user’s email interactions and calendars and syncs them with his or her LinkedIn contacts. LinkedIn Contacts aggregates the user’s address books, emails, and calendars and keeps them up to date on the site. The user’s most recent email interactions and calendared meetings with each of his or her LinkedIn contacts appear on that person’s profile page.
Facebook Answers Privacy Questions About Home (AllFacebook)
When Facebook announced Home, a heavily integrated mobile platform for Android phones, many people were worried that this is just another invasion of privacy by the social network. While Facebook will become a bigger part of users’ mobile experiences, the company swears that Home does not take any more information than the native app or desktop version of the site.
Evernote iOS apps now allow users to scan business cards and make dinner reservations.
Just a week after Google launched its Evernote competitor, Keep, the note-taking app has launched an update and announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom that would put its premium app in the hands of the German company’s more than 60 million customers for a year-long trial period.
Google Launches Note-Taking App Keep (SocialTimes)
Google launched an Evernote competitor on Wednesday, after news of the app was leaked earlier this week. The app, called Keep, is available for Android devices running versions 4.0 and above.
Google launched an Evernote competitor today, after news of the app was leaked earlier this week.
Google appears poised to launch a Web app in Drive that would compete with Evernote as an online note-taking service.
Facebook to Reveal ‘New Look’ for News Feed next week (Inside Facebook)
Facebook Friday invited members of the press to its headquarters for a launch event this week focused on News Feed. Unlike with some invitations that leave people guessing what will be announced, Facebook has come out and said it will show off a “new look for News Feed” at the event on Thursday.
