Badging up with MTV, foursquare

MTV has partnered with foursquare to award users who check in to any music venue between 30th August and 5th September with the 2010 MTV VMA Moonman Badge. Oh yes. And because this is a competition, all badge gainers are entered into a draw to win tix to see Eminem, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, [...]


The passion of Whrrl

whrrlBy Simon Fuller. The increased take-up of smartphones is resulting in a slew of services utilising a user’s location to provide info or make recommendations. It’s no surprise that brands are interested in how these location-based gizmos can help them, and with plenty of seemingly similar services out there – Foursquare, Gowalla, etc – there’s a lot of choice.