Tag Archives: Computing

Oh the Places you’ll Go(ogle)!

Posted on August 30, 2011 by brandonopdx

Today’s Willamette Week (link unavailable) features an article that seeks to vilify Google’s latest product, Google Places. To stoke the flames of fear, they quote Paul Wagner, founder of local deal site Forkfly.com, who claims that Places is “...

Posted in Daily Deals, Google, Groupon, Mobile Loyalty Apps | Tagged Computing, Gmail, Google, Google Inc., Google Places, Mobile Payment, Steven Levy, Technology/Internet, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment

Just sitting here watching the wheel (of awesome) go round and round. . .

Posted on July 18, 2011 by brandonopdx

A few days ago I downloaded the Happy Star Rewards Program app launched earlier this year by Carl’s Jr/ Hardee’s. As mobile apps for the fast food industry go, this one is pretty cool. Like Foursquare, it is a location … Continue r...