Beyond interests or vacation types, Zofari recommends like-minded destinations

zofari

Zofari is a new Android city guide that offers recommendations not on time, type of vacation or general interests, but based on actual neighborhoods, bars and restaurants.

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No more missed connections: Banjo aggregates and sorts location-based information

Banjo

Banjo aims to solve this network-based issue by taking the network out of the equation by providing a real-time, on-the-ground view of what’s happening right now through the eyes of friends and connections both around the corner and around the world.

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Check this: The world according to Foursquare [INTERACTIVE]

Foursquare CheckInMap

Curious about what 500,000,000 check-ins would look like on a map? The placehounds over at Foursquare have indulged our collective curiosity, delivering an interactive infographic that plots over 500 million check-ins on a world map.

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Contextual content: SPUN spins tales of the city into a multi-faceted mobile app

SPUN

A new content-discovery app SPUN is the latest to bring location-specific content to smartphones.

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A wrench in social graph? Expedia Facebook app delivers check-ins to fool your friends

Expedia Check-In

Expedia’s check-in app for Facebook is designed to fool your friends, deliver bragging rights and produce bookings for the online travel agency.

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