BrightKite

Brightkite Winds Down, Says It Will Come Back With ‘Something Better’ (Again)

Remember <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/brightkite">Brightkite</a>? Launched with the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2007/08/17/techstars-demo-day-class-of-2007/">help of TechStars</a> ba

Brightkite Kills Its Check-In Functionality To Focus On Group Texting

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/screen-shot-2010-12-10-at-9-06-16-pm.png" alt="" title="Screen shot 2010-12-10 at 9.06.16 PM" class="alignright size-full wp-image-253536" />I

Forkly Unstealths Itself: A Mobile Recommendation Network For Your Tastebuds

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-246414" title="fo" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/fo.png" alt="" />Back in September, we broke the news that not only had two of locatio

Two Founders Check Out Of Brightkite To Check In To A Stealthy New Startup, Forkly

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-223305" title="aa" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/aa1.png" alt="" /><a href="http://brightkite.com">Brightkite</a> has always been an in

Brightkite Gets Down To Badges

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/brightkite.png" /> Location-based social networking service <a href="http://brightkite.com">Brightkite</a> has experimented with the concept

I'm Not Sure This Augments Your Reality, But Brightkite Gets Better AR Ads

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-185690" title="aa" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/aa.jpg" alt="" />Back in December, the location-based service <a href="http://brightkit

Check.in Checks Out Of Closed Beta And Into Your HTML5-Compatible Device

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-181681" title="cc" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/cc.png" alt="" />Back in March, I wrote about the problem of <a href="https://techcrun

Brightkite Teams Up With Starbucks For Deals, Branded Badges

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-179878" title="frap" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/frap.jpg" alt="" />When partnering with brands for you location-based network, it's p

The Unified Database Of Places Is Coming Soon. Or Maybe Never.

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-178959" title="d" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/d1.png" alt="" />Last month, Erick wrote a post <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/04

Brightkite Group Text on a roll in the United States, now available in Canada

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen-shot-2010-03-12-at-11-36-20-am.png" class="shot2" /> A mere month and a half after <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/12/brightkit

Brightkite Group Text Delivers 20 Million Messages Per Month, Launches In Canada

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen-shot-2010-03-12-at-11-36-20-am.png" class="shot2" /> A mere month and a half after <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/12/brightkit

Check.in Is A Potentially Brilliant Remedy For Check-In Fatigue

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-167976" title="checki" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/checki.png" alt="" />Last week, I wrote about <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010

Check-In Fatigue. Or, Why I'm Rooting For An All-Out Location War.

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-166617" title="Screen shot 2010-03-19 at 6.55.47 PM" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen-shot-2010-03-19-at-6-55-47-pm.png" alt="" wid

SXSWi 2010: Brightkite's Brady Becker and Martin May Demo Multi Check-in App

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/15798v4-max-250x250.png" />My dialogue with those at the forefront of mobile, location based social networking continues here at <a href=

Brightkite's Sneaky Plan To Get Regular Users Into Location: Group Text

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-164958" title="Screen shot 2010-03-12 at 11.36.20 AM" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen-shot-2010-03-12-at-11-36-20-am.png" alt="" w

Vicarious.ly: SimpleGeo's One Location-Based Stream To Visualize Them All

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/b.png" alt="" title="b" width="211" height="152" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-164801" />As I've made abundantly clear over the past sev

Brightkite: 2 Million Users And A Lot Of Local Promo Interest

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-162032" title="bk" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/bk.png" alt="" width="300" height="148" />Yesterday, I wrote that <a href="https://tec

Brightkite Expands Product Line-up With Mobile Apps For Nokia, Palm Phones

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/brightkite-logo-215x78.png" width="215" height="78" />Popular location-based social network <a href="http://brightkite.com">Brightkite</a> has

Location's Social Paradox

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/Paradox-by-Arenamontanus-215x129.jpg" width="215" height="129" />There's an absolute eruption of activity around location-based services right

Loopt Shifts Its Strategy To Tap The Pulse Of Location

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/3-133x200.jpg" width="133" height="200" />When <a href="http://loopt.com">Loopt</a> launched in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/01/16/loo
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