Posts under ‘Business’

Barrio Hosting Twin Cities Foursquare Meetup

Barrio in Lowertown St. Paul is hosting a Foursquare meetup on Wednesday, May 26th.  They are offering free drinks with every food purchase and if enough people come by a Swarm Badge might get unlocked too.  All the event details are on their Facebook page. Events like this are a great way for restaurants and [...]

Thoughts On Eat.ly

Eat.ly is a new web service that lets you “track, share and discover food.”  It’s basically a photo blog, similar to DailyBooth, but focused around food.  You take photos of what you eat, provide a few details and email them to Eat.ly for publishing. I’m intrigued by it because it’s simple, visual, social and nicely [...]

56K Modems, The National Broadband Plan And Google’s Fiber Network

The other weekend I was pulling apart and reconfiguring some old PCs.  I pulled out a 56K modem from one PC and it made me stop and think about how long it’s been since I used one.  I was first able to use broadband around 2001.  Broadband infrastructure has come a long way in the [...]

The NYC Startup Scene And The Ghostbusters

I am closely following a lot of tech startups lately (can you tell what my favorite one is right now?) and while Silicon Valley still remains a major hub of activity, New York City is generating a lot of buzz. The NYC Tech Scene Is Exploding New York Isn’t Silicon Valley 20 Hot New York [...]

Foursquare Introduces New Business Tools

Foursquare is one year old and has some impressive stats to celebrate: Over 500,000 users Over 1,000,000 badges have been awarded Over 1.4 million venues with 1200 offering specials Over 15.5 million checkins Foursquare has already discussed that checking in is becoming a commodity and this week there was more news about Facebook and Twitter getting into [...]