Gowalla has been going head to head with Foursquare for a long while now in the race to be check in leader. Gowalla though, has announced their updated mobile application for BlackBerry. Previously, the Gowalla application wasn't exactly as robust as that of Foursquares but v1.0 changes a lot ...

Foursquare have just officially released version 1.8.1 of their BlackBerry app. The app is an incredible piece of BlackBerry developer craftsmanship that other companies should look towards for inspiration on their own applications. One of the most impressive things about the Foursquare app is that it barely, if at ...

We've been following WHERE for BlackBerry since its initial release and in that time have seen many great changes come to the application over that time. The latest release, version 1.7.0 brings yet again, another subset of features that change how you will be using WHERE on your device. ...

Loopt for BlackBerry has been updated with a new Pulse tab. The new tab brings event info from Metromix, Zvents, and SonicLiving and combines it with places info from Zagat, Citysearch, Tasting Table and more. Other additions to the Loopt app include: Loopt Pulse is even better at helping ...

Since the rest of the smartphone world also got a Foursquare app update, it doesn't really come as a surprise the BlackBerry version got bumped to version 1.7. As SXSW gets set to kick off in Austin, Texas, Foursquare and its location based counterpart Gowalla have kind of been ...

It was so busy at CES last week that there was some content recorded that we couldn’t get up during the show. For instance, my interview with Brian from Loopt about their social LBS application for BlackBerry smartphones. Loopt offers local content to help you meet up with nearby ...

Poynt has been a popular LBS (Location-based Services) BlackBerry smartphone app for as long as it has been available to download. Recently, Poynt has moved out of beta and launched, so I wandered over to the Poynt kiosk at the BlackBerry booth to speak with Margaret about the new ...

I’ve been hearing a lot about the GetFugu app that is now available for BlackBerry. The app lets you take a picture of a brand, whether it be a sign or logo, and then finds specials, deals and information about that brand. You can also use voice to communicate ...

We’ve written about buzzd several times and today they have some great news for Canadians. buzzd is now optimized for Canadian locales as well as made available to BlackBerry Storm users. If you haven’t heard, buzzd is a location-sensitive city guide and social network. They have had great success ...

When we last wrote about Snikkr, they were in a closed alpha testing phase and they’ve now gone public beta. The company is looking for a few thousand more beta users in the next six weeks, so if you have a relatively current BlackBerry (OS 4.5+), they would appreciate ...