Links for August 12th through August 15th

15 August 2010 | Media | Comments

Things I’m tracking for August 12th through August 15th:

• 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error
• Did Shopkick Just Change The Check-In Game? You Be The Judge [Video] – "The minute you enter a Best Buy location, your phone recognizes it and you get points and a message that there are deals available at this location. You can also use it to scan items and get more points and other potential deals.<br />
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  "Unlike other location-based apps, this doesn’t use GPS (or even WiFi triangulation), instead this is a custom hardware plus app system shopkick created and installs in partner stores. This means no more fake check-ins and it allows the app to do some other potentially interesting things.<br />
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  "…While shopkick isn’t a full-on rival to the popular Foursquare and others in the check-in space, it is interesting that they’re going after the type of experience that those guys are trying to establish between consumers and retailers. As Foursquare’s Tristan Walker said at our CrunchUp event last week, they’re attempting to “socialize loyalty.” He also noted that everyone was looking for a location-based coupon Holy Grail that doesn’t exist."
• 10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World | Max Gladwell – "Location technologies are transforming how we experience, navigate, and ultimately better our world. From the global to the local, here are #10Ways geolocation is a positive force for go."
• TV in the 50s. – Fantastic photo by Evert F. Baumgardner, ca. 1958.
• CBS Interactive’s TV.com enters social-TV race with Relay (exclusive) – "CBS Interactive is giving television the Foursquare treatment.<br />
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  "The digital division is beta-testing TV.com Relay, a service that transplants Foursquare’s combination of user check-ins and badge rewards from brick-and-mortar venues to TV shows.<br />
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  "With Relay, you can check in on a particular program and make new friends chatting about your favorite shows or check out what your old friends are watching and pick up a new TV habit."