go, go, gowalla.
So, it seems the big news in the land of social media is the release of Gowalla 3. Gowalla, for the uninitiated is a geosocial network and one of Foursquare‘s main rivals. With the release of Facebook Places and Foursquare seemingly doing much better – certainly in terms of press coverage, I, like many others, didn’t hold out much hope for it’s survival.
As of today, that’s all changed.
Gowalla seems to have pulled off a master stroke by recognising that it was fighting a losing battle, and making the inspired move of intergrating with its competitors. As far as I can see, this pretty much makes it a super-geosocial app.
I stopped using Gowalla a couple of months ago; it didn’t seem to be going anyway, I found myself checking in twice – on both Gowalla and Foursquare – but most importantly, no one I knew used it. What I have always thought though is that visually, Gowalla outstripped 4sq with it’s cool, quirky icon design. I also preferred the interface (although it was missing some bits and pieces), particularly the fact that you could take a pic with your mobile cam and post it with your check-in.
It sounds as though Gowalla have gone ahead and basically taken all the good bits from its competitors, mashed everything together and come up with a winning formula. There’s now an integrated stream, so you can see Foursquare and FB Places check-ins in one place, post your location to Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook and Tumblr – and you can even earn Foursquare badges! Love it.
So, I no longer have to check-in on numerous different apps. I can get everything I want on Gowalla, so i’m off to download it again. Right now.
And for all you Androids out there; there’s a version coming for you too in 2011.
You can read more here, from Mashable: http://mashable.com/2010/12/02/gowalla-3-foursquare/
(tek)
(tek)style 
Hi, i think that i saw you visited my blog so i came to “return the favour”.I am looking for ways to add things to my website!Is it ok if i use some of the things i saw here?!
Hi Elyse, thank you for visiting! Sorry for the very late reply, you’re welcome to use anything you see – although if you do mention any of my posts / topics, i’d appreciate a link back / mention 🙂
how are you I was fortunate to seek your topic in baidu
your post is splendid
I get much in your topic really thank your very much
btw the theme of you blog is really impressive
where can find it
Thanks 🙂 The theme is Structure by Organic themes, there’s a link to it right at the bottom of my blog.