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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Johnny Foursquare (No More Johnny F.) Has Checked In at a New Privacy Policy

Foursquare told users via email that as of Jan. 28 it will show their full names by default, instead of first name/last initial, and that business locations will be able to see more than the current three-hour history of their visitors’ check-ins. Both privacy policy changes make the service more friendly to businesses, and the first clears up inconsistency in how names were displayed throughout the product. The company is trying to be uber-careful about rolling out privacy changes in light of other services’ recent screwups.

OpenStreetMap Gets First Major Funding From Knight News Challenge

The increasingly popular Wikipedia-like project to create a map of the world — now used by Apple, Foursquare and others — gets its first major funding grant.
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For Leading Web Sites, Mobile Tide Turns Toward Full-Fledged Apps

In the minds of mobile app makers, quality is now trumping accessibility.
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With Billions Burning a Hole in Her Pocket, Here Are Some Companies Yahoo’s Mayer Might Be Eyeing (And Buying)

There’s nothing like a big splashy acquisition from a new flashy CEO to get people thinking the troubled Silicon Valley company is cool again.
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Banjo Location App Takes You to the Olympics From Anywhere in the World

The mobile social discovery app Banjo is launching a trending places feature in time for the Olympics.
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Bringing Where and When Together: The Opportunity for Live Maps

The emerging and highly useful mobile interface of a live map indicates where a person or service provider is located in real time.
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Former Microsoft Dealmaker Fritz Lanman Launches Livestar Recommendations App

At 30 years old, Livestar CEO Fritz Lanman is leading an inverted tech career.
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Bing Redesigns to Split Out Details and Social Into Their Own Panes

Microsoft today is changing up its Bing search interface to separate out a lot of the information it had previously packed directly into the core list of search results.
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So What Exactly Can Location Aggregators Do With Our Foursquare Data?

Foursquare says Banjo and Sonar can aggregate users’ location data, but Girls Around Me couldn’t. What’s the difference?
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Great App-pectations: When Innovation Leapfrogs Phone Capabilities

Rain Douses Austin as Crowds Flood Into SXSW

Foursquare Tries a Bicoastal Approach to Engineering

Following Path Address Book Uproar, Many Apps Clean Up Their Acts

Checking in From the Cutting Edge: Only Six Percent Use Geolocation Apps

Path Tries Again, Now as a Mobile Journal App

IAC’s Crowded Room App Will Help You Meet People (And Maybe Date Them)

“We Are Absolutely in a Feature Race,” Says Bradley Horowitz of Google+

Gowalla Evolves (Don’t Call It a Pivot!) Into Social City Guide