Open The Dialogue

Rough Week for Apple

After reports of the iPhone 4 having service problems with they’re held a certain way, disgruntled users have filed a lawsuit against both Apple and AT&T accusing Apple of Defect in Design, Manufacture and Assembly – among other claims. There is also purportedly another similar class-action law suit in the works. Apple has since admitted that there are reception issues and promises to fix the glitch.

Google versus Facebook

After facing numerous privacy issues over the past couples months, Facebook may have reason to be worried about the search engine giant is working on creating a social network. This digital Clash of the Titans should be interesting to watch as many of Google’s early social networking attempts have fallen short of successful.

Location-Based Celebrity-Sightings

Location-Based Services (LBS) has made another strive in proving its usefulness with a new application from OK! Magazine called the OK Celeb Spotter where users can report celeb-sightings in real-time.

Facebook Introduces Face Detection Technology

Facebook who acquired Divvyshot, a photo sharing site, back in April, has implemented face detection technology that will find and select faces in photos and automatically tag them. This will streamline the photo tagging process which many consider the most tedious portion of photo-sharing on Facebook.

The Blog About Twitter

As if social media wasn’t intertwined enough, The Big Money has announced the launch of a blog about all-things Twitter-related. Now you can Tweet about blogging and blog about Tweeting.

As Foursquare continues its takeover of social media, they’ve begun to partner with media sources such as the Financial Times to bring some semblance of synergy between social and traditional media.

With this new partnership, Time Out New York has checked-in with 30 New York City based locations and if you check in to four of those locations you get the Time Out New York Happy Hour badge! If getting a special badge isn’t incentive enough, these 30 locations will also offer happy hour deals. And of course, you can join Time Out New York’s Foursquare page for recommendations and news.

The increase in partnerships like this is indicative of a trend toward businesses and traditional media beginning to embrace geo-tagging services of Foursquare. This support is strengthening the belief that location-based services are the next wave of popular social media platforms.  If you aren’t already, keep your eye on Foursquare.