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SXSW: Foursquare Scores Despite Its Flaws

Before this year’s SXSW event kicked off, a number of bloggers suggested that this year’s breakout hit might be foursquare , a new location-based social application with a gaming twist that was created by the guys behind the now-defunct Dodgeball service. http://techcrunch.com/2009/03/18/sxsw-foursquare-scores-despite-its-flaws/
This week tons of people were asking me “what’s the ‘Twitter’ of this year’s SXSW conference.

SXSW 2009 will be known as the “SMS & location explosion SXSW”

http://scobleizer.com/2009/03/18/location_sxsw/
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/weblife/literally-follow-your-friends-with-foursquare/356 Summary: If Twitter asks “What are you doing?”

Reasons why

Dodgeball founder pegs Google in the face with Foursquare | Vent

Hipswap, a Craigslist-like marketplace for local items, has launched its service in several cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta. http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/03/10/dodgeball-founder-pegs-google-in-the-face-with-foursquare/
Playfish's 'Who has the biggest brain?' was one of several iPhone applications launched at SXSWi this week. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10197420-37.html

Companies find ways to launch iPhone apps at SXSW | Apple - CNET