Windows Phone app nirvana: YouTube and Foursquare refreshed, as Hulu arrives

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Microsoft is releasing a new version of its YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 today, with new capabilities that take advantage of Windows Phone’s core features. It’s part of a broader effort by Microsoft to strengthen its lineup of Windows Phone apps to better compete with the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. Also new today: An… Read More…

Startup Spotlight: Creator of Magic emerges at location-based gaming upstart BodSix

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Location-based mobile gaming could very well be the next frontier of the games business. And BodSix wants to make sure that it catches that wave at the right time. The 6-person Seattle upstart, led by former Amazon.com and Jobster product manager Jeff Dixon,  is currently working on a game called Map Monsters that uses one’s… Read More…

Just four percent of Americans have used a ‘check-in’ service

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A few weeks ago, we asked readers whether they are using their mobile phones to “check-in” to locations with services like Foursquare and Gowalla. About 30 percent said they do so regularly — at least a few times a week. Not a surprise that GeekWire readers are early adopters of mobile technologies. But a new… Read More…

Poll: Are you still checking in? Or have you checked out?

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The privacy changes introduced yesterday by Facebook include the news that the social network will no longer offer Facebook Places as a standalone mobile feature. Instead the company will be integrating location more deeply into Facebook, with the ability to share your place in the world from any type of post on any type of… Read More…

Foursquare nerds, unite: Your day has almost arrived

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As an avid Foursquare user in Seattle, Brian Groth knows he isn’t experiencing all the benefits that someone might see in, say, New York or L.A.. But at this stage, it’s more about the proof of concept, and the long-term potential of check-in services. “I’ve gotten a free popsicle at PCC in Fremont,” he says,… Read More…