Mobilestead Blog

New York City partnered with Google to create NYCgo.com and a brand new Official NYC Information Center, located at 810 7th Avenue . Tourists can now navigate the city easier by integrating Google Maps for mobile into their experience. www.NYCgo.com is similar to other sites as it lists hotels, restaurants, and things to do in New York. This is also in a way a competitor to CitySearch. Most pages embed Google Maps, and feature "send to phone" feature, which sends locations to ... Read More

Today is a major day for Location-based Social Networking. Google has just launched Latitude, which probably should have been called Location for simplicity. Now your friends can see exactly where you are. More info on TechCrunch. Google Mobile Blog has the official announcement. This means trouble for startups in this space, as none really got significant traction. In our opinion, mobile social networking space will eventually be won by the likes of Facebook which already know all your friends and can easily turn location ... Read More