Street Fight Daily: Glassmap and Privacy, Judging Highlight
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Why Highlight Wasn’t A Breakout Success At SXSW (TechCrunch)…
Glassmap’s Founders Get Clear About Online Privacy (GigaOm)…
Retailers Strike Back in Mobile Wars With … People (Ad Age)…
Why Do We Check In?
“I did not want to be mayor of my dentist’s office. Why did I even check in?” read a tweet posted last week by Digital First Media’s Steve Buttry. Buttry was echoing a thought that I’ve had a lot lately about my own habit of checking in to Foursquare: I don’t know exactly why I’m checking in, or what I get out of it — yet I do it anyway, usually several times per day.