Google’s Upcoming Maps App Includes Smarter Venue Search, Waze-Like Rerouting

Google jabs at Apple, touting the accuracy of its own Maps app at Google I/O today.
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CatLand Is the Foursquare-Tamagotchi Spawn That Apparently No One Invented Yet

“If you don’t back this Kickstarter project, we’ll kill this cat” is not the official tagline, but it should be.
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Asana Would Like to Help Larger Companies Collaborate, Too

Today, Asana is used by lots of tech companies — Airbnb, Uber, Foursquare, Pinterest — as well as teams in industries like healthcare and real estate.
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Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley on Growth, Data and His New Money (Q&A)

“Hey, there’s not a lot of companies that get to play in this space. And guess what? We get to be one of those companies.”
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Foursquare Gets Its Money

$41 million in debt from Silver Lake, earlier investors.
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Foursquare’s iOS Update Brings Search to the Forefront

An app update for the social service continues the startup’s charge into “local discovery” territory.
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HP’s Future, ESPN’s March Madness and Jerry Yang Strikes Back: The AllThingsD Week in Review 3/17/13 — 3/23/13

The Top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving.
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Foursquare’s Yelp Problem

The perils of the public comp.
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CEO Dennis Crowley on Foursquare’s Biggest Mistake

The social check-in startup founder talks about Foursquare’s past stumbles and future prospects.
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This Year at SXSW, the Next Killer App … Maybe Isn’t

This year’s digital festival in Texas doesn’t have a clear breakout theme as yet.
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Path’s Personal Take on Social Discovery