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order drinks at a club by adding bartenders PIN to BBM and scanning a QR code to activiate the service.  one that's done you can palce drink orders or call the waiter using the device and just provide a tablet number

Social platforms are still in their Precambrian era, with new services emerging and consolidating large audiences almost faster than they can be tracked. Meanwhile the social category as a whole is on the cusp of becoming the dominant form of online content, accounting for 16.6 percent of Internet minutes spent as 2011 drew to a close.

NTT Docomo from February 28th has released "Minna No Engei Hiroba TM" (Everyone's Gardening Plaza), a social network service for enjoying home gardening. "Everyone's Gardening Plaza" is a new SNS for gardening enthusiasts, who can record a daily cultivation log while raising plants, connect with peers, and share information.  By entering the type of plant or the cultivation starting date, explanations about essential thinning, fertilizing, and other such tasks are sent by mail at appropriate times.  In addition, you connect with other users raising the same plants and reference skillful gardeners' methods, and since you can give each other advice when you run into trouble, beginner gardeners can tend their greenery in a carefree spirit. Also, from April 1st (scheduled), a paid membership service will be implemented, for a monthly fee of 157 Yen (incl. tax), allowing users to receive cultivation advice from a horticultural specialist advisor.

 Youtopia is extending the gamification model to encourage good deeds, academic achievements and community service. Designed for use in the workplace, schools and charities, the Youtopia app enables users and their organizations to keep track of activities and gain rewards for completing them.

account activity summarizes everything youve done while you logged into  the service.

Cookie blocker on Mozilla Firefox browser. "Do Not Track" so far only works for sites signed on to the service, Twitter being one of them. 

Much like the early days of the Web, multiple legacy media constituencies are battling over who commands local mobile mindshare when it comes to news and services. Most local newspapers have their own mobile sites and app, and many local affiliate news stations were among the first major media companies to see the potential for mobile long before smartphones emerged. Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/175473/abc-local-apps-stick-to-basics-news-weather-tra.html?edition=47269#ixzz1voJJYy9z

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spotify & pandora

Overview of the different battles Google is fighting across services

Grooveshark using data to improve service and ad functions

Curious if the Delicious redesign is changing how people think about these services

Dragon Drive lets drivers listen, write, edit, and respond to both text messages and emails using only their voice and Nuance is also planning to add additional functionality to the service, including the ability to control music playback and search for directions. And since BMW is also one of the companies that will be supporting the upcoming Eyes Free feature for Apple's Siri, new BMW owners should have plenty of options when it comes to voice control.

Investment going toward Pinterest-based services

"LevelUp operates a mobile payment network with 3,500 U.S. merchants in 20 U.S. markets, and 250,000 active users. The service recently rounded up $21 million in funding to scale growth. The new NFC-equipped terminals, along with a newly adopted "interchange zero" policy, are designed to accelerate LevelUp's maturation process."

"Beginning later this month with Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller "Prometheus," the studio plans to offer high-definition versions of its films for sale at newly lowered prices about three weeks before making the movies available on discs and through video-on-demand services, studio executives said in interviews."

saveup allows consumers to earn credits for making smart financial decisions