I'm already a fan of GetGlue, the social app that lets you check in to your entertainment, and now that the company has integrated Foursquare into its check-in process, I'm a believer. Previously, you could check in when watching your favorite shows, playing games, or reading a book, but now GetGlue goes even further by allowing you to connect your Foursquare account so you can broadcast what Read more

Last night, Google launched its latest addition, a rating and recommendation service called Google Hotpot. The service, which works similarly in theory to Yelp, prompts users to rate businesses and restaurants you're familiar with while connecting with friends and their own rankings and recommendations. And, after you rank or review five locations, Google will start to recommend locations based Read more

Remember when I told you about the hospitality-focused location service TopGuest? At the time, it was just picking up steam, but now the service, which is used in conjunction with Facebook Places and Foursquare, has teamed up with Virgin America to introduce a perfectly-timed holiday promotion. Earn 25 extra Elevate frequent flier points just by checking in on TopGuest at any Virgin America Read more

While this amazing technology isn't ready for wide release just yet, it's pretty incredible. An Android app currently in development by HP would allow you to tag online content relevant to a certain spot — your apartment, a national landmark, your favorite restaurant, anything. The app, called Gloe, so far includes pre-populated content from Wikipedia, reviews, and photo-sharing sites, and Read more

Twitter recently rolled out its locations feature, allowing tweets posted from the web to include your location. While this functionality has been available to developers for a while, you weren't able to geo-tag your tweets from Twitter.com until this week. You have to turn the function on to use it, so there's no risk of accidentally including your location if you don't want to. If you do Read more

Traveling this holiday? Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday this year, which makes one big mess at the airport. If you can't take a car or a train, be sure to check out these packing and travel tips to make your life easier while booking flights, getting through security checkpoints, and beyond. Booking Flights TripIt — Once signed up for the free service, forward travel confirmation emails Read more

Friday marks the day for the iPhone 4S, but you can download the latest operating system, iOS 5, today! First, download iTunes 10.5 to get your system ready for update. Be sure to back up all your iPhone data — contacts, apps, and music — while you're at it. Once iOS 5 goes live, sync your phone and away you go! Wondering what all the fuss is about? ICYMI, here are some of the awesome Read more

Alongside Apple's Tuesday unveiling of the iPhone 4S, the new mobile operating system iOS 5 was revealed, which adds 200 new features to compatible Apple devices. Many of the new additions will look familiar to Android users (like the Notification center) or could have been a download from the App Store. Apple's inclusion of the embedded features creates what it considers to be the "world's most Read more