Filed under: Utilities, Social Software, Mobile
Check.in: finally, a unified check-in for Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite
Check.in was actually put together by Brightkite, which was one of the first checkin apps out of the gate. It has slipped out of the spotlight recently with the rise of more game-oriented location offerings, but Check.in should bring a little attention back Brightkite's way. "One checkin to rule them all" means there's no downside to trying out Brightkite if you're already on Foursquare or Gowalla, so it's a shrewd business move, as well as a useful product.
So far, the Check.in site (what a perfectly catchy name, by the way) doesn't have a launch date more specific than "coming soon." It does show both an iPhone and a Nexus One, though, so both iPhone and Android users can look forward to it.
Whether you're a novice user or you know your operating system inside-out, chances are good that you like being able to personalize things a little. Changing sound schemes, placing icons on your desktop, changing your wallpaper -- that sort of thing. Unfortunately, that last tweak isn't possible if you're running Windows 7 Starter on a netbook.
At least, it's not possible without a little ...
Digital graffiti is all over SXSW 2010.
This year the SXSW digital graffiti is in full force. Stickybits.com is handing out stickers with barcodes you can affix to any surface with corresponding media of your choosing tied to the barcode.
These stickers are everywhere. Over the urinals. On random walls --- no rhyme or reason. The one behind me now has a photo taken from the couch inside the ...
Late last night in Texas -- at the infamous and indefatigable SXSWi convention -- Digg's CEO Jay Adelson showed the world a new and revamped version of Digg. This overhaul, which has been five years in the making and the primary focus of the Digg team, will elicit a dramatic change in the slow, unwieldy and demagogic nature of the service.
Along with the usual Web 2.0-esque streamlining ...
Sushi Cat is one of the cutest Flash games I've ever run across. You play a blue cat with a major talent for eating and, fortunately for you, every level is filled with delicious sushi! The controls are simple: you aim and drop from the top of the screen using the mouse, trying to hit as much sushi as you can on the way down. Eat enough sushi, and you can go on to the next level.
Your score depends on how much sushi you eat, and which bucket the cat lands in when it finally reaches the bottom of the screen. The more ...
