November 2010
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How To: Discover Local Hotspots With Your Friends
Your friends go to lots of interesting places – and so do you. Until now, there hasn’t been an easy way for groups of friends to share place recommendations, or to keep track of the spots they have already visited and where they want to go.
PlacePop’s new application on Facebook aims to solve this problem. The app leverages Facebook’s Places database to serve up personalized local recommendations...
October 2010
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Android v1.0 has arrived
We are excited and proud to have finally joined the oh-so-passionate Android community! With PlacePop now available for every Android user (and there are now nearly 10 million of them) this allows everyone to enjoy a greater social experience, and opens up an enormous new audience for our local business members.
You can download the app free by searching for “PlacePop” in the...
September 2010
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PlacePop for iPhone 2.1 has arrived!
We’ve recently released an updated version of PlacePop for iPhone! If you haven’t installed the update yet, here’s what you’ve been missing:
Comment on your friends check-ins, photos, and more!
Update your profile photo right within the app
Improved interface on the “people to follow” screen
Posting to Twitter works again
This was a big update that also...
Join us at Social Media Week LA next Tuesday,...
Join PlacePop in LA next Tuesday (September 21, from 6-9 PM) to gain insight into the latest location-based marketing platforms. We’ll take the stage alongside Booyah, DoubleDutch, Stickybits, and Whrrl to give a brief introduction to our products, and outline the benefits they provide to both marketers and consumers.
This is a free event (just sign up via Eventbrite to get your name on the...
July 2010
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PlacePop 2.0 is Here! Get it free in the App Store...
PlacePop 2.0 is in the iPhone app store now, with a new look, new features and some huge performance upgrades.
So, what’s new?
Collect a Virtual Loyalty Card for every place you go: PlacePop now lets you collect a virtual loyalty card at any place in the world, just by checking in there when you visit. Each check in counts as one “stamp” on your virtual card for that place....